Nhra no bigger than stock cam journals

[Chuck Norton]

Originally Posted by amxron

Cvengros told me 1957 Fords couldn't run stock because Ford didn't send the
specs to NHRA! Guess he never heard of Parham/Payne or Larry Walker.
I wonder where they find these guys?

Ron.

My memory cells are shrinking faster than either the polar ice cap or my hairline at this stage of life but I seem to recall that the specs for all model years prior to 1960 were scrubbed during the Great Purge of 1971. When the prohibition against vintage cars in competition began to ease a few years ago, some but not all manufacturers resubmitted specs for a few models and we now have some examples in Stock Eliminator such as the Tri-Five bowties. Sadly, some of the really strong players from "olden times" such as Hudson, Pontiac, and Oldsmobile no longer existed by that time so they never had a chance to be revived. Either no one asked Ford for help with the blown 312 or Ford simply decided not to play in the revival era because their specs never reappeared.

There have been a few posts in other threads decrying the perfidy of NHRA with regard to aftermarket cylinder head castings and camshaft bearing journals. It's not hard to understand why people would want a stable set of guidelines and a clearly defined planning structure in the organization's decision making but I would submit that this is nothing to become all that agitated about. Until the morning comes when the word goes out that your class, your car/engine combination, or your entire eliminator has been wiped from the books ala Modified, Pro Stock Truck or Stock Eliminator in 1971, you really haven't experienced the worst that NHRA can do.

Suck it up and move on!

c