OK, Stocker "valve jobs".

Larry Hill · 06-09-2024, 07:09 PM

Well aware of BBC angel a cant of the valves. Spent a ton of money on a 68 427/ 400 project with 290 small plug heads. The car we got was from Wayne Shaw was a 69 350/ 350 car. I sold to John Livingston and he made the Tennessee Thunder car. NHRA made him change doors and put the key on the dash.
We enlarged the hole with an end mill to keep the tap drill from following the path of least resistance. And then spot faced the seat of the screw in stud.

Dan Bennett · 06-10-2024, 01:50 PM

[QUOTE=Larry Hill;698408] ...NHRA made him change doors and put the key on the dash....
/QUOTE]

Flash of nostalgia for when rules mattered and a car had to be correct for the year. Little things like a pushbutton door latch and location of the ignition switch were no doubt a total pita but before "close enough" grey areas. No, can't think of a single performance advantage but somehow I liked it better that way.

Rory McNeil · 06-12-2024, 10:17 AM

Certainly must have been far fewer first gen 350 and B B powered, as well as automatic transmission equipped "Z/28" Camaros running in Stock and Super Stock back in the "old days". I still remember when a buddy took his 69 Camaro 427/425 Super Stocker down to Pomona, and the tech guy made him remove the SS emblem between the tail lights, since that was a COPO combination. Or when if you wanted to run a 69 Mustang 428 CJ car as a GT rather than a Mach 1, you needed to use the GT only gas cap. Things have certainly changed!

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Dan Bennett Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 437 Likes: 840 Liked 591 Times in 134 Posts	Re: OK, Stocker "valve jobs". [QUOTE=Larry Hill;698408] ...NHRA made him change doors and put the key on the dash.... /QUOTE] Flash of nostalgia for when rules mattered and a car had to be correct for the year. Little things like a pushbutton door latch and location of the ignition switch were no doubt a total pita but before "close enough" grey areas. No, can't think of a single performance advantage but somehow I liked it better that way.

06-12-2024, 10:17 AM	#3
Rory McNeil VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: from Vancouver BC Canada, now in Nova Scotia Posts: 1,311 Likes: 315 Liked 1,103 Times in 301 Posts	Re: OK, Stocker "valve jobs". Certainly must have been far fewer first gen 350 and B B powered, as well as automatic transmission equipped "Z/28" Camaros running in Stock and Super Stock back in the "old days". I still remember when a buddy took his 69 Camaro 427/425 Super Stocker down to Pomona, and the tech guy made him remove the SS emblem between the tail lights, since that was a COPO combination. Or when if you wanted to run a 69 Mustang 428 CJ car as a GT rather than a Mach 1, you needed to use the GT only gas cap. Things have certainly changed! __________________ NHRA 6390 STK M/S 85 Mustang