Crate Motor Class - Page 15

Alan Roehrich · 01-10-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tpoh815

Alan I went to autoimagery and looked up your car wow! Its very nice. Im pretty sure the bottom end of your 350 looks like mine,I stress the word LOOKS. I understand your point about the crate motors but who wants to spend big money and kiss someones *** to find the rare - right parts. ( the heads that have been left in the parts cleaner too long wink wink!) or the quadrajet that cost more than my intake and carb. Combo is one thing what it really is- is another. The engine is still full of a bunch of rotating parts.To me crate motor or not its all about cubic dollars! I do however give credit when its due and my hats of to your team as the car flies legally.Mike

The white car is not mine, it belongs to my friend Kevin Cradduck (2853), he owns both cars, and lets me drive the white car as a perk. It really isn't fast, most of the cars in the classes it runs are faster, I consider it to be 3-4 tenths slow. It has an old engine, it needs to be updated. But Kevin's orange car is the main focus, and it is fairly fast. Like I said the white car is a perk, one that will not last forever (it's for sale), that I do not really deserve, but that I am nonetheless eternally grateful for. I am extremely fortunate to work for a truly exceptional friend.

Honestly, only the heads on the white car are really tough to find, only the 441 casting is legal, I'm hunting some castings now. I've got a large container full of carburetors I could build to go on the car legally. The intake is fairly easy to find as well. The heads for the orange car aren't hard to find, but prepare to pay $1500 or more for bare castings.

Something most people do not know about heads is that it is easy to make the heads too big on a stocker. Yeah, there's a lot of talk about acid ported heads, and I'm sure some sets exist, and some of them even run well. But the flip side is that I've seen some illegal stuff, and all they did was make it slow.

tpoh815 · 01-10-2009, 06:04 PM

Alan are you interested in some zz4 heads?? lol!

Alan Roehrich · 01-10-2009, 06:12 PM

LOL. I really have a lot more to worry about with the orange car, there's some heavy hitters coming out with some bad stuff down here in Division 2. I need a tenth or two for the orange car at least just to keep up. And the orange car is the one that matters.

I don't think Travis or Wesley would be real forgiving about finding ZZ4 heads on the white car, I can hear Wesley now, (Wesley:"Alan, you going to run Comp with that car this weekend, or are you and Kevin going to take a year or two off?"). No telling what Travis would say, but I bet he wouldn't smile at me anymore. Those 441 heads are hard enough to find that it might be necessary to swap to 186 heads and go 300/350, and we don't really want to do that.

Brandon Peterson · 01-10-2009, 06:20 PM

yall get a Wally for winning class

Brandon Peterson · 01-10-2009, 06:20 PM

we get a plaque that my son made at daycare....lol

Alan Roehrich · 01-10-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Brandon Peterson

we get a plaque that my son made at daycare....lol

Now THAT is funny.

I'd love to have a shot at a Wally or two this year. But we're in two (or four) very tough classes.

Brandon Peterson · 01-10-2009, 06:52 PM

yeah i thought it was funny...prolly shouldn't have said that..im just glad we get something for class....i hope i get an iron man everyone didn't really like the skinny ones i said ill take anyone as long as its an iron man.......good luck on that wally if you can't get one in class just get one with a race W....

THE LEGEND · 01-10-2009, 08:29 PM

Brandon,
Doing good. Ready to go racing. I may have to get another stocker those .90 guys don't fuss like this.LOL
Chip

Brandon Peterson · 01-10-2009, 08:43 PM

hahah i hear ya chip, we miss you in stock you sure are the legend in all catagories....man i glad you are doing good..i guess lucky it hit at the end of the year...im ready to hit the strip too...its hard to stop for a few months..but thats how it is....

p/s you can stay in the .90 class though less to worry about...have a good break

Brandon Peterson · 01-10-2009, 10:42 PM

on know they are talking about the challenger and new mustang on another post....but since this about crate motors and other stuff...im going to put this out here.....please don't hate me for this....but it seems like the new challenger is going to be pretty much a crate motor...lets not go crazy on this post now......i work at a dealer and know what these supposidly factory motors look like and they don't look like these motors in these cars.....im saying this on not really knowing how NHRA does there motor config...

01-10-2009, 06:04 PM	#142
tpoh815 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: West Seneca Posts: 537 Likes: 62 Liked 28 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Crate Motor Class Alan are you interested in some zz4 heads?? lol! __________________ EX 5-Doorstocker

01-10-2009, 06:12 PM	#143
Alan Roehrich Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murfreesboro TN Posts: 5,115 Likes: 1,572 Liked 1,829 Times in 414 Posts	Re: Crate Motor Class LOL. I really have a lot more to worry about with the orange car, there's some heavy hitters coming out with some bad stuff down here in Division 2. I need a tenth or two for the orange car at least just to keep up. And the orange car is the one that matters. I don't think Travis or Wesley would be real forgiving about finding ZZ4 heads on the white car, I can hear Wesley now, (Wesley:"Alan, you going to run Comp with that car this weekend, or are you and Kevin going to take a year or two off?"). No telling what Travis would say, but I bet he wouldn't smile at me anymore. Those 441 heads are hard enough to find that it might be necessary to swap to 186 heads and go 300/350, and we don't really want to do that. __________________ Alan Roehrich 212A G/S

01-10-2009, 06:20 PM	#144
Brandon Peterson Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 436 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Crate Motor Class yall get a Wally for winning class

01-10-2009, 06:20 PM	#145
Brandon Peterson Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 436 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Crate Motor Class we get a plaque that my son made at daycare....lol

01-10-2009, 06:52 PM	#147
Brandon Peterson Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 436 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Crate Motor Class yeah i thought it was funny...prolly shouldn't have said that..im just glad we get something for class....i hope i get an iron man everyone didn't really like the skinny ones i said ill take anyone as long as its an iron man.......good luck on that wally if you can't get one in class just get one with a race W....

01-10-2009, 08:29 PM	#148
THE LEGEND VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fayetteville, n.c. Posts: 1,411 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Crate Motor Class Brandon, Doing good. Ready to go racing. I may have to get another stocker those .90 guys don't fuss like this.LOL Chip

01-10-2009, 08:43 PM	#149
Brandon Peterson Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 436 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Crate Motor Class hahah i hear ya chip, we miss you in stock you sure are the legend in all catagories....man i glad you are doing good..i guess lucky it hit at the end of the year...im ready to hit the strip too...its hard to stop for a few months..but thats how it is.... p/s you can stay in the .90 class though less to worry about...have a good break

01-10-2009, 10:42 PM	#150
Brandon Peterson Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 436 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Crate Motor Class on know they are talking about the challenger and new mustang on another post....but since this about crate motors and other stuff...im going to put this out here.....please don't hate me for this....but it seems like the new challenger is going to be pretty much a crate motor...lets not go crazy on this post now......i work at a dealer and know what these supposidly factory motors look like and they don't look like these motors in these cars.....im saying this on not really knowing how NHRA does there motor config...