SS Classes

FireSale · 05-28-2016, 02:30 AM

If I recall, GT started out as a way for racers to keep using older SS engines in newer bodies of the same corporate brand. It gave hot rodders more room to play because you could pick different engine combos than came from the factory builds. It also made up for missing rigs in the Stock Car Classification Guide. The 68 Shelby GT350 Mustang came with a 600 cfm Holley carb but that car isn't in the Guide. Anyone trying to build a SS car from a 68 Mustang is stuck with an Autolite. GT allows you to build the car and claim the 68 Cougar 302/230 as the engine. It is listed with a 600 Holley that cross references to a QuickFuel 585 carb.

It gets weird with the front end conversion cars. You can build pretty much a tube frame car with a BBC up front on an aftermarket spindle setup in a Cavalier. The Modified Stock cars - /SM is the designation and the tower usually calls them Super Modified - can run Pro Stock hood scoops, too. They belong, in my opinion, in comp.

Also, Stock is limited to 9 inch tires. Anything that fits the external wheel well in SS.

Super Stock should be simple. A Suped up Stocker.

Dale

05-28-2016, 02:30 AM	#4
FireSale VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Lakewood Washington Posts: 1,407 Likes: 29 Liked 237 Times in 126 Posts	Re: SS Classes If I recall, GT started out as a way for racers to keep using older SS engines in newer bodies of the same corporate brand. It gave hot rodders more room to play because you could pick different engine combos than came from the factory builds. It also made up for missing rigs in the Stock Car Classification Guide. The 68 Shelby GT350 Mustang came with a 600 cfm Holley carb but that car isn't in the Guide. Anyone trying to build a SS car from a 68 Mustang is stuck with an Autolite. GT allows you to build the car and claim the 68 Cougar 302/230 as the engine. It is listed with a 600 Holley that cross references to a QuickFuel 585 carb. It gets weird with the front end conversion cars. You can build pretty much a tube frame car with a BBC up front on an aftermarket spindle setup in a Cavalier. The Modified Stock cars - /SM is the designation and the tower usually calls them Super Modified - can run Pro Stock hood scoops, too. They belong, in my opinion, in comp. Also, Stock is limited to 9 inch tires. Anything that fits the external wheel well in SS. Super Stock should be simple. A Suped up Stocker. Dale __________________ Dale Shearon 68 Mustang 6394