The Future Of Stock

[Dave Gantz]

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

Dear Mark Yaccavone:

To answer your question.. YES !!
I suggested Bolt on Mods for the new Pure Stockers.
No modifications under the Valve Covers.
Stock MAF and TB and Pulleys.

Gears, Converters, Headers, Hi Perf mufflers, Suspension upgrades,
Pure Stock rules on DOT and Slicks.

All about keeping the inspection process clean and easy.
They are fast and see a pent up demand to race them in a Class Environment.
A lot of people have bought these cars....!

Asked many times how to get these new cars integrated into Pure Stock.
Many of these cars cost as much as our Stockers off the show room floor.
Would be drive the aftermarket for parts.

In fact willing to sponsor an ALL PURE STOCK race with new an Current Cars and put my money where my mouth is.
Could use a bit of advice how to plan, advertise and implement this.
Would use existing IHRA Rules.
Plus the ones I suggested for the new cars.

Would need volunteers to inspect the cars.
Again matching what IHRA would have to go through.
Exciting part there will be heads up races.
Truly believe there is a market to Classify and Race these cars.

I can see the heads up controversy now.
Remembering back in 1974..
Tommy Howes won Stock at 75&80 with his 454 Chevelle SS.
Tommy was challenged by Kenny Koonce and Leon & Eddie Maranian about how legal was Tommy's engine was. Offering him $200 back then to tear down his engine. What a conversation that was..!

Street Outlaws learned from us !!

Dan

Maybe I'm missing something but, inspecting cars is one thing; determining port volume, valve size, compression ratio, cam lift and duration, etc., is quite another. To paraphrase an old axiom, "The more rules there are, the more cheating there's going to be".

[Dan Fahey]

Originally Posted by Dave Gantz

Maybe I'm missing something but, inspecting cars is one thing; determining port volume, valve size, compression ratio, cam lift and duration, etc., is quite another. To paraphrase an old axiom, "The more rules there are, the more cheating there's going to be".

You know I cannot help that!
But there is still a huge limit to what constitutes cheating.
A builder who pushes past those limits get caught.
Amazing how the xHRA's manages to get so many fast cars pass tech.
You just do the best you can do!

Other than heads up runs in handicap racing it's mostly a drivers race.

Life is way too short to worry about what you call cheating.
Not to digress here.
I have lost about a dozen relatives, my dad, friends, their parents in the last few months...

Just go out and have fun!

D