New - Lots of Questions. Help me understand S&SS

[GTX JOHN]

The 383 or 440 are both good choice in a 67 B Body.
Also the 426 Hemi is excellent but it is pricey. My son and I are
very ordinary guys and we have a lot of fun in Stock/SS.

I think you still have my number, and you are welcome to call
any afternoon. I will be happy to chat with you in more
detail when not in public.

[ken robinson]

The class combo is like a heads up , it's how far under your index you can run and your reaction time . The tree start will handy cap off the index split of the 2 cars ( just like a bracket race slower leaves first ) . Do you have a copy of nitro joe's ? In Div 1 there are a few BB mopars that run very well. If your car has bin tubed for big tires super stock is your best option. And 8 under isn't a bad please to start .

[4406mopar]

Your car is mini tubbed so stock eliminator is out.

Very familiar with BB mopar bracket engines is great, but doesn't mean much for stock or SS racing.
Different as night and day.

There are many good running cars on the west coast in all classes A-H, and a few notables in I-M so you won't go very far with a slow car.

SS is just cubic dollars to run far under. Lots of RPM.

What do you get for setting a national record? About 9 horsepower. LOL

Or stay with bracket racing, money ahead.

Sounds negative, but trying to be realistic.

I didn't even get to the entry fees going up and purses not following, and contingencies going away or no payment. Then the amount of time off work needed to attend races.

[1320racer]

Originally Posted by 4406mopar

Your car is mini tubbed so stock eliminator is out.

Very familiar with BB mopar bracket engines is great, but doesn't mean much for stock or SS racing. Different as night and day.

There are many good running cars on the west coast in all classes A-H, and a few notables in I-M so you won't go very far with a slow car.

SS is just cubic dollars to run far under. Lots of RPM.

What do you get for setting a national record? About 9 horsepower. LOL

Or stay with bracket racing, money ahead.

Sounds negative, but trying to be realistic.
Didn't even get to the entry fees going up and purses not following, and contingencies going away or no payment.

quoted for the the TRUTH and the FACTS! Bravo

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

quoted for the the TRUTH and the FACTS! Bravo

Again, your opinion is irrelevant until you have the ballz to SHOW UP......

[1320racer]

Again, not my opinion, rather 4406mopar's opinion.

Stop being a hater!

[LemonWedge]

Originally Posted by ken robinson

The class combo is like a heads up , it's how far under your index you can run and your reaction time . The tree start will handy cap off the index split of the 2 cars ( just like a bracket race slower leaves first ) . Do you have a copy of nitro joe's ? In Div 1 there are a few BB mopars that run very well. If your car has bin tubed for big tires super stock is your best option. And 8 under isn't a bad please to start .

Is it off the index split, or a dial-in on the car?

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by LemonWedge

Is it off the index split, or a dial-in on the car?

Index

[LemonWedge]

Originally Posted by 4406mopar

Your car is mini tubbed so stock eliminator is out.

Very familiar with BB mopar bracket engines is great, but doesn't mean much for stock or SS racing.
Different as night and day.

There are many good running cars on the west coast in all classes A-H, and a few notables in I-M so you won't go very far with a slow car.

SS is just cubic dollars to run far under. Lots of RPM.

What do you get for setting a national record? About 9 horsepower. LOL

Or stay with bracket racing, money ahead.

Sounds negative, but trying to be realistic.

I didn't even get to the entry fees going up and purses not following, and contingencies going away or no payment. Then the amount of time off work needed to attend races.

This sounds like the truth. I do NOT have cubic dollars. Bracket racing is fun. But like most car guys, I?m constantly looking for the next thing. Lots of good suggestions here.
So if I?m looking at this correctly, a 1967 Satellite had a shipping weight of 3534. The 383 four barrel, advertised at 325, is factored at 290 with stock 516 heads. This means the weight break number is 12.18, which slots the combo into SS/K, which is an index of 11.25. To be competitive at all, I’d have to have that combo solidly into the 10?s. That seems crazy to me. With stock heads and a 625 cfm AFB.

Also, Am I correct that under the GT class, you can run an engine combination from another year, such as a 440 six barrel setup in a 1967 chassis??

[1320racer]

Originally Posted by LemonWedge

This sounds like the truth. I do NOT have cubic dollars. Bracket racing is fun.

Then forget this foolishness.

But like most car guys, I?m constantly looking for the next thing.

Until you've won multiple big $ gambler races like the Flings and the Million, "the next thing" is still waiting for you to accomplish and even then, the best racers in the country are still out their every weekend bracket racing NOT class racing, including the guy that has won the biggest payday in ALL of drag racing.