Hooray!

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?

Bruce Noland · 04-18-2018, 06:02 PM

But these intakes didn't make any extra horsepower. So, not a big deal.

Hacksaw · 04-18-2018, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

But these intakes didn't make any extra horsepower. So, not a big deal.

How about 20 lbs off the nose ?

Race Clean · 04-19-2018, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

But these intakes didn't make any extra horsepower. So, not a big deal.

Great attitude to keep Stock stock!!!!!

04-18-2018, 05:06 PM	#2
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,738 Likes: 2,823 Liked 2,492 Times in 700 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	#3
Casey Miles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 706 Likes: 128 Liked 508 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?

04-18-2018, 06:02 PM	#4
Bruce Noland VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,855 Likes: 83 Liked 444 Times in 145 Posts	Re: Hooray! But these intakes didn't make any extra horsepower. So, not a big deal. __________________ Bruce Noland 1788 STK