The damage recently done

[Pvt Parts]

Originally Posted by KRatcliff

I am not sure how much the superseded parts really help those cars. At the end of the day, they are still AMCs.

Sounds good until you are looking at their taillights.

[KRatcliff]

Originally Posted by Pvt Parts

Sounds good until you are looking at their taillights.

There are only two things that would make me quit racing, getting beat by an AMC or a chick....umm....There is only one thing that would make me quit racing, getting beat by an AMC.

[Tom keedle]

Originally Posted by Pvt Parts

Sounds good until you are looking at their taillights.

hey, if you're the faster car, you're ALWAYS looking at taillights...

[super trick]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

First off, my D/S AMX was rated @ 315 HP. The same as the aforementioned 390 Mustangs at the time with their "improved" parts list. So if a Mustang 390 with larger oil pan, manifold and carb were "soft" but still weighed the same as my AMX, then I guess we were both "soft". And you also have no clue as to how much testing I've done, engines and clutches I've lost testing the limits.
Second, in one sentence you say you don't hear me talking about world championships, or race wins. Next sentence you say of those with such accomplishments, they don't mention it. Which end are you talking from?
Third, on the subject of class, you might notice I don't hide behind a screen name. Talk about classless!

Yes Jeff 315 HP is a soft HP. Testing,motors,clutches it's time and money u spent great. Anybody who has been on this forum at least twice in their life know that u set the record and qualified #1. Every other post your reminding us of how fast you went,set the record and top qualifier. You bought those achievements. When you win that first race or that first championship( takes skill and talent) then you might impress someone besides you!!!

BTW ..My name is Steven Whitmore from Iowa. Hurry,Hurry type it in Google!!

[gmonde]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

I'll stand by my original post. NHRA has never made such broad sweeping changes to so many combos in one shot ever. PERIOD. If you have the proper paperwork then just post it on here but remember, I've got the books sitting here on the floor so don't try yanking my chain.
And Dwight, OBTW, just for the records, at least Chevy made big blocks with aluminium heads. You show me any AMC V8 with them.
I'm so damned glad that everything I have is so da**ed different that no-one wants to be bothered with it. I guess the new deal now is "well he's cheating so I'm gonna cheat".

hey billy just an fyi we dont need to post anything ,nhra has appoved it and thats the way it is ,if you want to protest it call nhra and bitch to them ,,, i run the car because i like it ,i ran the 4300 carb and the cast iron intake and that has made me a better tuner and let me tell you i have done a ton of work to get (at the time my rebel machine to run 5 under) in good air ,,,sorry you have such a gripe on the combo , we all work hard on the cars we chose ,,, may be you should build an amc and be the hero and go fast ,,,stop bitching ,,,sorry i had to say it gmonde

[SStockDart]

Originally Posted by super trick

Yes Jeff 315 HP is a soft HP. Testing,motors,clutches it's time and money u spent great. Anybody who has been on this forum at least twice in their life know that u set the record and qualified #1. Every other post your reminding us of how fast you went,set the record and top qualifier. You bought those achievements. When you win that first race or that first championship( takes skill and talent) then you might impress someone besides you!!!

BTW ..My name is Steven Whitmore from Iowa. Hurry,Hurry type it in Google!!

Hey Steven, I was born and raised in SW Iowa. I left there after I was drafted in 1966. I have gone back to visit relatives.......each time I go there, I remember why I left....LOL I don't understand why you are going after someone that you think has a "soft combo". Let me ask you, if you were to build a car today, would you build one with a "hard combo"? Probably not. So why criticize some one that has built a car and qualified well and set records? As the old saying goes "is is better to have been a has been that has done it, than someone that never was".....

[Lew Silverman]

Good Grief!

Another meaningful discussion devolving into a name-calling character assassination contest. Passion is one thing, but really, can't we get beyond this?

Just be thankful there aren't more Dealer Installed Options OK'd for Stock Eliminator. Didn't Randall AMC put a 401 in a Gremlin back in the day?

This too shall pass!

Lew

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Lew Silverman

Just be thankful there aren't more Dealer Installed Options OK'd for Stock Eliminator. Didn't Randall AMC put a 401 in a Gremlin back in the day?
Lew

Lew, the Randall 401 has been submitted to NHRA for approval, the same with the 1969 'Cuda 440-Six Pack...(the first prototype 1969 440 'Cuda had a Six Pack engine), the Motion V-8 Vega's, the Mr.Norm's Duster with the 340-6 Pack too... just kidding!!!

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by gmonde

hey billy just an fyi we dont need to post anything ,nhra has appoved it and thats the way it is ,if you want to protest it call nhra and bitch to them ,,, i run the car because i like it ,i ran the 4300 carb and the cast iron intake and that has made me a better tuner and let me tell you i have done a ton of work to get (at the time my rebel machine to run 5 under) in good air ,,,sorry you have such a gripe on the combo , we all work hard on the cars we chose ,,, may be you should build an amc and be the hero and go fast ,,,stop bitching ,,,sorry i had to say it gmonde

Now this whole post is just funny.
Fine, don't defend yourself, lies and deceit have no defense.
I will be calling NHRA on Tuesday,what NHRA has done can be un-done. And that's the way it is.
I'm happy for you that running a "different" car made you a better tuner. Welcome to my world. I don't have a gripe with the combo, I have a gripe with the people that totally f**ked up the combo by presenting falsified documents to NHRA to gain an advantage that they didn't deserve so that they didn't all have to work hard on their cars.
Wow, ya hear that eddie? I could build an AMC and be a hero!
If it involved just one combo, maybe I would build it and go all Paul Wong on it but I won't live long enough to build every combo that is affected.
Let me say this again so that it sinks in, EVERY 4V V8 combo from 1966 to 1972 is affected. that's 5 different displacement engines in about a half a dozen body styles, in 7 model years. That's a whole lot of combos.
And everybody bitches about a couple of Mustang combos.
I'm not bitching, you'll know it when I start bitching!

[Lee Valentine]

Go get them Billy