Ok?

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by DYER

just because its 40 years ago that makes it right ? then look at this go to class guide for 1955 chev 265 cu 2 barrel 162 hp factory hp it has never been changed !!! then why is fords been changed ????? just because its 40 years ago we don't make it right ??? yes your right you could throw all kinds of money at it build a car and hope . heres where we are my friend has the 79 fairmount he build it to run brackets then went to some s/ss races with me and had a good time and got hooked and said I wanrt to do it . right away I said you can not do it with this car because of the hp . long story short I built him a motor that is about 75% of what my motor is that is what fit his budget with the hp at 210 it would run ss/ma we have been running it for couple of months and have beat on it a little and it has run 12.27 on a index of 11.85 in ss/ma last week end we run it at cedar falls nat open in ss/pa which we thought was new hp at 143 it ran 12.27 on a 12.65 index so I ask how much more do throw at it ??? it will never run in ss/ma I don't care how much money you throw at it . so do you go to points races over and over not able to even run the index ???? I know you and I would like to have that guy 1st rd. I know I will just tell him to forget it and go bracket racing

Sounds like a bunch of crap to me! Your friends car would be a perfectly good Stocker @ 162 HP or better yet, a SS/GT car with YOUR combo in it @ 205. that's about a no-brainer.