Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there wer

FED 387 · 03-17-2013, 07:39 PM

I remember a guy who also will remain nameless Div 3 racer was about to get pumped and the tech guy asked the racer which hole he wanted to do. He said I dunno # 3 or whatever it was so he goes thru the whole thing pulls the plug, screws the P&G adapter in and removes the rockers and turns the engine over pumps up to whatever it is supposed to be and the tech guy said you are good to go--- only one problem the other 7 cylinders were .060 larger than the one they pumped---he always pumped that same cylinder till somebody protested him and he had to pull the head and they measured both the bores and stroke!!!!!!! How do you say OOOPS?

Jim Wahl · 03-17-2013, 09:37 PM

I remember in the early 80's getting tossed for having a sponsor decal that was "too many square inches big". Yup that's correct, a decal that was TOO BIG! Jim

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Bench Racer · 03-17-2013, 09:48 PM

I remember back in the early 80's my brother was running a 1958 Chevy wagon in IHRA Super Stock. It was a 283 econo modified piece with a 650 CFM Holly 2 bbl. Back then the head rules allowed only a port match with no polishing of the ports. The car always qualified well due to the soft index of the 2 bbl. (formula3) classes, that TRC prepped 650 Holleybflowed 730 CFM and was as quick as a 4bbl on the 283. We got pulled into tech at Darlington and was told to pull the intake, a header and two rockers and a plug. My brother and I were no engine builders and back then didn't have a clue but I mentioned to him that the exhaust ports didn't look legal. The floor of the ports on them 292 turbo heads looked pretty wide and flat from the casting line down and I was worried. The tech man (not Robert Leonard) done a visual of the heads and P&Ged the motor, and said looks good button it up. I told my brother "I hope that guy don't call little league ball games cause he can't see crap!. Don Jackson

03-17-2013, 07:39 PM	#1
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,426 Likes: 550 Liked 335 Times in 182 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there I remember a guy who also will remain nameless Div 3 racer was about to get pumped and the tech guy asked the racer which hole he wanted to do. He said I dunno # 3 or whatever it was so he goes thru the whole thing pulls the plug, screws the P&G adapter in and removes the rockers and turns the engine over pumps up to whatever it is supposed to be and the tech guy said you are good to go--- only one problem the other 7 cylinders were .060 larger than the one they pumped---he always pumped that same cylinder till somebody protested him and he had to pull the head and they measured both the bores and stroke!!!!!!! How do you say OOOPS?

03-17-2013, 09:37 PM	#2
Jim Wahl Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Florida Posts: 5,845 Likes: 672 Liked 683 Times in 129 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there I remember in the early 80's getting tossed for having a sponsor decal that was "too many square inches big". Yup that's correct, a decal that was TOO BIG! Jim . __________________ Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess) 2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion 2009 NHRA D2 National Open Stock Champion 1982 NHRA D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association.

03-17-2013, 09:48 PM	#3
Bench Racer Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Green Creek (Tryon) North Carolina Posts: 331 Likes: 69 Liked 99 Times in 21 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there I remember back in the early 80's my brother was running a 1958 Chevy wagon in IHRA Super Stock. It was a 283 econo modified piece with a 650 CFM Holly 2 bbl. Back then the head rules allowed only a port match with no polishing of the ports. The car always qualified well due to the soft index of the 2 bbl. (formula3) classes, that TRC prepped 650 Holleybflowed 730 CFM and was as quick as a 4bbl on the 283. We got pulled into tech at Darlington and was told to pull the intake, a header and two rockers and a plug. My brother and I were no engine builders and back then didn't have a clue but I mentioned to him that the exhaust ports didn't look legal. The floor of the ports on them 292 turbo heads looked pretty wide and flat from the casting line down and I was worried. The tech man (not Robert Leonard) done a visual of the heads and P&Ged the motor, and said looks good button it up. I told my brother "I hope that guy don't call little league ball games cause he can't see crap!. Don Jackson