Make the Chevrolet Win

Geoff Turk · 09-13-2018, 08:09 AM

Ok, I couldn’t resist any longer

As one of the Dodges running the ‘bogus’ engine combination but who also actively campaigned (and routinely qualified in the top 6-8 out of 15-20 participants) with the ‘factory’ engine combination, here’s my offer:

To David Barton and/or Stephen Bell, I will reinstall the ‘factory’ engine that truly used production car/truck (not ‘production’ as in we put it in a ‘factory’ race car we sold a few of but ‘production’ as in it comes from a production car / truck that were sold by the tens of thousands), remove my production hood (that I cut a few inches of sheet metal out of the underside) to accommodate my non ‘factory’ installed air inlet and I will return to running zero air inlet system, drawing air from the back of the radiator, oh yeah, for David, I’ll also take off my ‘remote’ water pump that is bolted to the block and move the engine back to the exact location it was in (man, those were such huge gains).

You guys find some production heads and block (as in came in a Chevy car or truck, but you can cnc the heads), remove your purpose built special hood (is it really carbon fiber ?) that only came on a ‘factory’ race car and the related air inlet system that goes with it (that was also not ever on a production car)

And then, we meet at a track somewhere and run ‘em, 2 out of 3.

If I lose, I will publicly appologize for all the Dodges now running at the front with stuff we installed, that’s kind of like yours, but we had to put in after we got the car from the ‘factory’ (a small facility that finishes building 50+ hand built cars /year, kind of like the ‘factories’ your cars came from) BUT if I win, you have to never, ever again say how our current engines are bogus and not ‘factory’, our hoods / radiator supports are cut and that we have ‘remote’ water pumps.

You guys in ? Oh, and I’ll even let you guys keep your non production car/truck heads and block, special hood and air intake if you just let me keep my ‘cut’ production hood and air intake (I’ll run the special ‘bogus or not ?’ match race I am proposing with my ‘truck’ engine). We can all run at 3,550, right ? (And I won’t ask you to tape cardboard boxes to your cars to get to the same cross sectional area or drag coefficient).

Let’s schedule it and get this over with so we can go back out, work on our cars and race in the NHRA / NMCA, the people who continue to give us an awesome opportunity to be a part of one of the coolest classes that’s come along in drag racing in a while.

BTW, do I look fat in the Challenger ? I think I look good with the extra 25lbs, right buddies ? (don’t answer this). See you out there

09-13-2018, 08:09 AM	#11
Geoff Turk Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Yorkville, IL Posts: 41 Likes: 12 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Make the Chevrolet Win Ok, I couldn’t resist any longer As one of the Dodges running the ‘bogus’ engine combination but who also actively campaigned (and routinely qualified in the top 6-8 out of 15-20 participants) with the ‘factory’ engine combination, here’s my offer: To David Barton and/or Stephen Bell, I will reinstall the ‘factory’ engine that truly used production car/truck (not ‘production’ as in we put it in a ‘factory’ race car we sold a few of but ‘production’ as in it comes from a production car / truck that were sold by the tens of thousands), remove my production hood (that I cut a few inches of sheet metal out of the underside) to accommodate my non ‘factory’ installed air inlet and I will return to running zero air inlet system, drawing air from the back of the radiator, oh yeah, for David, I’ll also take off my ‘remote’ water pump that is bolted to the block and move the engine back to the exact location it was in (man, those were such huge gains). You guys find some production heads and block (as in came in a Chevy car or truck, but you can cnc the heads), remove your purpose built special hood (is it really carbon fiber ?) that only came on a ‘factory’ race car and the related air inlet system that goes with it (that was also not ever on a production car) And then, we meet at a track somewhere and run ‘em, 2 out of 3. If I lose, I will publicly appologize for all the Dodges now running at the front with stuff we installed, that’s kind of like yours, but we had to put in after we got the car from the ‘factory’ (a small facility that finishes building 50+ hand built cars /year, kind of like the ‘factories’ your cars came from) BUT if I win, you have to never, ever again say how our current engines are bogus and not ‘factory’, our hoods / radiator supports are cut and that we have ‘remote’ water pumps. You guys in ? Oh, and I’ll even let you guys keep your non production car/truck heads and block, special hood and air intake if you just let me keep my ‘cut’ production hood and air intake (I’ll run the special ‘bogus or not ?’ match race I am proposing with my ‘truck’ engine). We can all run at 3,550, right ? (And I won’t ask you to tape cardboard boxes to your cars to get to the same cross sectional area or drag coefficient). Let’s schedule it and get this over with so we can go back out, work on our cars and race in the NHRA / NMCA, the people who continue to give us an awesome opportunity to be a part of one of the coolest classes that’s come along in drag racing in a while. BTW, do I look fat in the Challenger ? I think I look good with the extra 25lbs, right buddies ? (don’t answer this). See you out there Last edited by Geoff Turk; 09-13-2018 at 09:50 PM.