NHRA 2020 Rule Amendment SS Intakes???

Billy Nees · 12-12-2019, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by nolongerracing

NHRA TECH has no balls!!!!!

Ya know, as much as I hate to say this, NHRA really had no choice with this. I like to think that they realized with the kind of lead times needed to get a set of heads and intake done in this day-and-age that they couldn't make a ruling like this with less than 2 months lead time going into Pomona.
BUT, there are an awful lot of "issues" that I would like to see put on some kind of a realistic time frame.

jmcarter · 12-12-2019, 10:23 AM

You’re right Billy, they really had no choice but defer changes that would so drastically impact a number of racers. Proactive SRAC reps canvassed racers for impact statements (as they did on the potential oil retention device) plus I’m sure NHRA got plenty of additional inputs, some of it in the four letter variety. It would be interesting to know just how many Super Stockers would have been impacted (~10-15%??) if the rule had stood as originally stated. In any case several it would have been terrible to cut out any Super Stockers (yes, some bias but my favorite class).

nolongerracing · 12-12-2019, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Ya know, as much as I hate to say this, NHRA really had no choice with this. I like to think that they realized with the kind of lead times needed to get a set of heads and intake done in this day-and-age that they couldn't make a ruling like this with less than 2 months lead time going into Pomona.
BUT, there are an awful lot of "issues" that I would like to see put on some kind of a realistic time frame.

Do you think they will stick to the "new" rule 10 months from now? I doubt it. Racers start threating "lawsuits" scares the hell out of them! Maybe all the legal racers should do the same. The majority of the heads in question came from one place. I would say less than 1% of superstock racers had them. Looks like 99% will pay the price again next year.

Jason · 12-12-2019, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by nolongerracing

the majority of the heads in question came from one place.

bingo!!!!!

SSDiv6 · 12-12-2019, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by nolongerracing

Do you think they will stick to the "new" rule 10 months from now? I doubt it. Racers start threating "lawsuits" scares the hell out of them! Maybe all the legal racers should do the same. The majority of the heads in question came from one place. I would say less than 1% of superstock racers had them. Looks like 99% will pay the price again next year.

Wrong and you full of it!
The issue is not isolated to Chevy engined only or a single engine builder. There are other makes of engines dealing with the same issue and other engine builders also.

As I said in an earlier post, angle milling and the use of spacers/adapters has been taking place since the 1960's.
The only rule NHRA has established is to not modify the valve cover and intake bolt location as long it is not a SS/AH car.

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jmcarter VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Richmond Hill GA (and Port Ludlow WA) Posts: 4,295 Likes: 2,373 Liked 3,174 Times in 971 Posts	Re: NHRA 2020 Rule Amendment SS Intakes??? You’re right Billy, they really had no choice but defer changes that would so drastically impact a number of racers. Proactive SRAC reps canvassed racers for impact statements (as they did on the potential oil retention device) plus I’m sure NHRA got plenty of additional inputs, some of it in the four letter variety. It would be interesting to know just how many Super Stockers would have been impacted (~10-15%??) if the rule had stood as originally stated. In any case several it would have been terrible to cut out any Super Stockers (yes, some bias but my favorite class). __________________ Jim Carter 2340 Super Stock 2340 SST/2340 Stock Set another place at the table Last edited by jmcarter; 12-12-2019 at 10:27 AM.