Thanks Jeff!

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Crate motor's sold. Building an engine for Super Stock GT. So I was wrong on one point... new engine is factored at 275.

Same 275 hp as the factory rating for an LT1 (now 344 in Stock?) except with ten more inches, 11.5-1 instead of the LT1's 10.5-1 comp, much larger (250 cfm) TB, larger valves, larger higher flowing ports, better intake, etc, etc....

Maybe a LITTLE soft, right? LOL

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Jim
I dont know the specs on your combo..Our 2 cars are way diffrent.
You Mopar guys get alot of goodies thru Direct Connection.
I gotta go to the swap meet my cars a out dated stocker.LOL
By the way I BUILT MY CAR ..Can you say the same?
Hell Ya I CALLED YOU OUT..Its part of racing .You are real fast.But I never see you race anywhere.Like I said Im going YOU WANNA RACE IN CLASS?
Aspens and Voloras where built with purpose that they were SOFT.
Now Mike you own a IHRA crate motor car?
You dont count.
So Jim and Aspen ....Ya I think you guys have a soft combo..

James, I gotta ask you a serious question. Were you stoned when you wrote this? If you were, that's ok, 'cause in the words of Bob Dylan "everybody must get stoned!". It just seems as though either you aren't very serious about this or you can't comprehend what people are posting here.
I am familiar with your combo but you comment about my combo that you admittedly know nothing about! Hell, you can't even spell the name of the car! For the last time, it's VOLARE'. It's a Plymouth. With a 175/289 360. I have to weigh 104 lbs more than your soft combo. Oh and those Direct Connection valve covers sure make a lot of HP.
You don't see where I race anywhere? Do you read Drag Race Central? Try it. I have 3 Divisionals under my belt so far this year, how many do you have?
Now go fire up another fatty and polish that killer Neva of yours. See you in class. Jim

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Same 275 hp as the factory rating for an LT1 (now 344 in Stock?) except with ten more inches, 11.5-1 instead of the LT1's 10.5-1 comp, much larger (250 cfm) TB, larger valves, larger higher flowing ports, better intake, etc, etc....

Maybe a LITTLE soft, right? LOL

Ed I think you are a little confused. Michael isn't talking about the new DP 360 (5.9). He's talking about the 1.88/ 1.60 valve, OEM production head, stock intake, TQ carb engine. Jim

[Lew Silverman]

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

it's VOLARE'. It's a Plymouth. With a 175/289 360.

A picture's worth a thousand words!

Lew

[Michael Beard]

Actually no, Jim, I *am* talking about the 5.9L Dragpak motor.

Nice pics, Lew! Hey, is that a '77 Nova? LOL

And Ed, it's more than a little soft... and that's *precisely* why I'm building it. I'm not here to blow smoke up anyone's rear. I can't afford to NOT build it. I'm building it to live, to footbrake it, to beat the snot out of it double-entered three times a week, and to put it in a bunch of winner's circles (mebbe?). I'm not out to prove how fast it can go (plenty of people can and will do that), but I am going to try to show how much of a winning, consistent, durable workhorse it is. If anyone's trying to hunt up the parts to build one, call Scott at Southland Speed. (see ad on the ClassRacer homepage)

[Ed Wright]

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[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Actually no, Jim, I *am* talking about the 5.9L Dragpak motor.

Nice pics, Lew! Hey, is that a '77 Nova? LOL

And Ed, it's more than a little soft... and that's *precisely* why I'm building it. I'm not here to blow smoke up anyone's rear. I can't afford to NOT build it. I'm building it to live, to footbrake it, to beat the snot out of it double-entered three times a week, and to put it in a bunch of winner's circles (mebbe?). I'm not out to prove how fast it can go (plenty of people can and will do that), but I am going to try to show how much of a winning, consistent, durable workhorse it is. If anyone's trying to hunt up the parts to build one, call Scott at Southland Speed. (see ad on the ClassRacer homepage)

Ooooops! My bad! Sorry guys. I guess I'm the one who was confused! Thanks for posting those pics Lew! Jim



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[Dennis P Chapman]

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

Ooooops! My bad! Sorry guys. I guess I'm the one who was confused! Thanks for posting those pics Lew! Jim



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Car looks good Jim good luck this year.

[Signman]

Hey Mopar guys correct me if I'm wrong! This period in time was when I was becoming seriously interested in and learning about stockers.

In the say early 2000s the Aspen / Volare was the hot ticket. Qualifying at the top and setting records. But like all under factored combinations got hit with HP, became not so attractive for those that just wanted to go fast and there are no where near as many of them out there making noise. In other words they had their heyday as the controversial fast cars. Everyone has their day. So would agree that these days their HP rating may not be so soft.

From what I hear one of the rockets with all the bells and whistles that has been sitting for years may make an appearance in Division 1 this season with multiple drivers and one fairly well known Duster driver may even swap feet!

[aspen7709]

When I (Yes I said I) built mine i bought a back up engine from someone who had one and bought a body for $12.00.. no that is not a typo &12.00. Then 2 years of restoring and laboring to make it work watching Ken Etter & Steve Wann & Jerry Bennett get it hammered with hp. But i kept plugging away...that was 2000. Now 2 model & year changes later it is still 24 hp up from the start and lost .3 plus from a natural J to a H...and now come the ringers just to make it worse. Yea James I built it. From the ground up..

I will never forget my first national.. I was struggling and Ken Etter said to me...Hey that is a nice car. too bad the motor is a hunk of junk. I could run 10.90 in h with it.. I was in I @ the time running 12.20s .That hurt & i knew I was in for a long weekend.. But I am still here.
Kenny Newsome 7709 h/sa