Hooray! - Page 5

mitch kight · 04-18-2018, 03:13 PM

Let the letter writing begin! Now a lot of stuff that was not original will be deleted! 3 speeds back to 2! Amongst others! NHRA has opened a big can of worms!

Jack McCarthy · 04-18-2018, 03:20 PM

correct billy ... and available behind every combo except highest HP 348 and 6 cylinders, in 57 only 283's !!!!!!!!!!!

took me 3 years to get it in books and damn if they didnt give em to everyone 1 year later

captain

James Perrone · 04-18-2018, 03:33 PM

Thank you Billy Nees.for making this happen
I agree about the transmission deal. But not one of you Chrysler and Mopar guys will admit the intake is bogus Be real ! Us Chevy people are stuck with factory intakes and heads. I wish I could get anything aftermarket intake for my poor Chevy.
You guys are getting 1 year free enjoy while it last.
I gotta ask. Do you really think the Chrysler would have beaten the camaro heads up without out the bogus heads and intake ? Don’t think so

Dwight Southerland · 04-18-2018, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by mitch kight

NHRA has opened a big can of worms!

That can opened when they allowed this stuff in the first place. It will take more effort to get those worms back in the can.

Paul Wong · 04-18-2018, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Thank you Billy Nees.for making this happen
I agree about the transmission deal. But not one of you Chrysler and Mopar guys will admit the intake is bogus Be real ! Us Chevy people are stuck with factory intakes and heads. I wish I could get anything aftermarket intake for my poor Chevy.
You guys are getting 1 year free enjoy while it last.
I gotta ask. Do you really think the Chrysler would have beaten the camaro heads up without out the bogus heads and intake ? Don’t think so

Flying Hawaiian your the man 99% of the time, but I will trade the junk edelbrock mopar heads for the good iron replacements being used on 327 and 350's right now.

Billy Nees · 04-18-2018, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Wong

Flying Hawaiian your the man 99% of the time, but I will trade the junk edelbrock mopar heads for the good iron replacements being used on 327 and 350's right now.

I've got a sneaking feeling that won't last.

SSDiv6 · 04-18-2018, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Thank you Billy Nees.for making this happen
I agree about the transmission deal. But not one of you Chrysler and Mopar guys will admit the intake is bogus Be real ! Us Chevy people are stuck with factory intakes and heads. I wish I could get anything aftermarket intake for my poor Chevy.
You guys are getting 1 year free enjoy while it last.
I gotta ask. Do you really think the Chrysler would have beaten the camaro heads up without out the bogus heads and intake ? Don’t think so

Yep, it reminds me also of the flycut piston domes on the Chevy Big Blocks so the would not hit the piston domes...

...or the approved and improved aluminum Big Block heads...

Billy Nees · 04-18-2018, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by James Perrone

Thank you Billy Nees.for making this happen

Just for the record James, it wasn't me. It was the SRAC.

GTX JOHN · 04-18-2018, 05:06 PM

This change is really very much to our Benefit......
We run two 71 340 Demons with Iron heads and
intakes and our 1.0 under stuff might have
a better chance now that our competition that
ran 1.5 under is slightly hampered.

When the Alum. heads became legal a few years back......I
call the gentleman who did my heads for 20 years and talked
to him about a couple sets. he quoted me around $12,000 to
$13,000 for each set.....Way beyond our budget (I have children and
grand children that like to eat every day)! Currently we race in class the Alum. heads 340 and they
are factored a D*mn 15 to 20 Horsepower LESS in the same engines and
bodies.

That being said......A lot of us have struggled
to afford to run Stock with all the changing
rules.

If NHRA start changing a lot of different rules at
this point in time......We will have to walk away
and stop after racing stock for after over 50 years!

Add some more changes and confusion and the resulting
uncertainty will probably make others walk away as well.
Not everyone has the funds to buy a bunch of new pieces
to replace the thing that have changed over last 30 years!

The famed Bobby Warren in the 70s had this on the back of his Nova:

"A few men have become reasonably well off thru Drag Racing......
Of course they were Millionaires before they started"

That holds much more true now 40 years later!

John Irving E/SA

Casey Miles · 04-18-2018, 05:30 PM

Here's one more, put hydraulic lifters back into hydraulic engines. No reason to basterize hydraulic to solid, the horse power was calculated with oem lifters, if you change it up, you should be rated to the horse power of an engine close to the cubic inches that came from the factory with solids.

Casey Miles
248H Stock?

04-18-2018, 03:13 PM	#41
mitch kight Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North Carolina, Ohio Posts: 97 Likes: 19 Liked 50 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Hooray! Let the letter writing begin! Now a lot of stuff that was not original will be deleted! 3 speeds back to 2! Amongst others! NHRA has opened a big can of worms!

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Jack McCarthy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: lyndon ky. ... louisville area Posts: 1,322 Likes: 29 Liked 477 Times in 117 Posts	Re: Hooray! correct billy ... and available behind every combo except highest HP 348 and 6 cylinders, in 57 only 283's !!!!!!!!!!! took me 3 years to get it in books and damn if they didnt give em to everyone 1 year later captain __________________ Jack McCarthy 3609 STK "the Captain"

04-18-2018, 03:33 PM	#43
James Perrone VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LONG ISLAND N.Y. Posts: 1,679 Likes: 3,383 Liked 1,826 Times in 426 Posts	Re: Hooray! Thank you Billy Nees.for making this happen I agree about the transmission deal. But not one of you Chrysler and Mopar guys will admit the intake is bogus Be real ! Us Chevy people are stuck with factory intakes and heads. I wish I could get anything aftermarket intake for my poor Chevy. You guys are getting 1 year free enjoy while it last. I gotta ask. Do you really think the Chrysler would have beaten the camaro heads up without out the bogus heads and intake ? Don’t think so __________________ james perrone 1290 STK

04-18-2018, 05:06 PM	#49
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,733 Likes: 2,802 Liked 2,486 Times in 697 Posts	Re: Hooray! This change is really very much to our Benefit...... We run two 71 340 Demons with Iron heads and intakes and our 1.0 under stuff might have a better chance now that our competition that ran 1.5 under is slightly hampered. When the Alum. heads became legal a few years back......I call the gentleman who did my heads for 20 years and talked to him about a couple sets. he quoted me around $12,000 to $13,000 for each set.....Way beyond our budget (I have children and grand children that like to eat every day)! Currently we race in class the Alum. heads 340 and they are factored a Dmn 15 to 20 Horsepower LESS in the same engines and bodies. That being said......A lot of us have struggled to afford to run Stock with all the changing rules. If NHRA start changing a lot of different rules at this point in time......We will have to walk away and stop after racing stock for after over 50 years! Add some more changes and confusion and the resulting uncertainty will probably make others walk away as well. Not everyone has the funds to buy a bunch of new pieces to replace the thing that have changed over last 30 years! The famed Bobby Warren in the 70s had this on the back of his Nova: "A few men have become reasonably well off thru Drag Racing...... Of course they were Millionaires before they started" That holds much more true now 40 years later! John Irving E/SA __________________ John Irving 741 Stock 741 Super Stock Last edited by GTX JOHN; 04-21-2018 at 04:48 PM.*

04-18-2018, 05:30 PM	#50
Casey Miles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 706 Likes: 128 Liked 507 Times in 92 Posts	Re: Hooray! Here's one more, put hydraulic lifters back into hydraulic engines. No reason to basterize hydraulic to solid, the horse power was calculated with oem lifters, if you change it up, you should be rated to the horse power of an engine close to the cubic inches that came from the factory with solids. Casey Miles 248H Stock?