Super Stock GT Rules?

[darrellbargeron]

I have a 1968 Dodge Dart that is backhalved with a 9 inch Ford rear. The front k member has been replaced with a tubular k member but still has the std steering box. My question is: Is it legal in super stock to run a tubular k member in a car like this in the gt classes? Or is that only allowed with the front wheel drive conversion cars?

Thanks Darrell

[Dyno]

Stock K member required, but it can be modified for oil pan etc.

[Adger Smith]

Sit tight.. A little bird has chirped about that rule being changed.
If it happens it will be in the 2024 rules.
Make your decisions after the 2024 rules are released.
I think it might be an effort to equalize the rules between the FWD conversions and the RWD SS/GT cars.

[Rory McNeil]

Concerning the back half, it may or may not be legal for Super Stock , depending on how it was done. The rear frame rails are not permitted to be higher than the factory trunk floor, and most of the original trunk floor needs to be retained. So if the car has had all the trunk flooring replaced, or made of flat steel or aluminum, and had the frame rails made to "kick up" higher etc, that will need to be corrected to meet the rules.

[Jim Caughlin]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

Concerning the back half, it may or may not be legal for Super Stock , depending on how it was done. The rear frame rails are not permitted to be higher than the factory trunk floor, and most of the original trunk floor needs to be retained. So if the car has had all the trunk flooring replaced, or made of flat steel or aluminum, and had the frame rails made to "kick up" higher etc, that will need to be corrected to meet the rules.

A legal Super Stock back half is way different from a generic back half. As Rory states, it needs to be mostly not only steel but also mostly original floorpan. Any suspension retrofit need to be contained under the original floor, a work around on that is that it can be contained inside the new steel tubs. Way more complicated than a generic back half. On the other hand, I have seen some massively illegal back halves hiding under carpeting and no one is saying anything.

[MAURICE BLENDHEIM]

Originally Posted by Jim Caughlin

A legal Super Stock back half is way different from a generic back half. As Rory states, it needs to be mostly not only steel but also mostly original floorpan. Any suspension retrofit need to be contained under the original floor, a work around on that is that it can be contained inside the new steel tubs. Way more complicated than a generic back half. On the other hand, I have seen some massively illegal back halves hiding under carpeting and no one is saying anything.

They must be East Coast Cars, out West it's all by The Book. MB

[darrellbargeron]

Hopefully these pictures attached correctly. Does this look like it would be legal. Ignore the spider webs and dust, it's been sitting a couple of years...

Well I tried uploading a picture of the trunk but it keeps failing. Apparently the file is too big or to high of resolution.

[CMcAllister]

Stock/original floor, in the original location, between the frame rails. All the way to the tail panel.

[al wisniewski]

Adger, would it be for all GT cars or Super/stock in general? Thinking Chevy II's could stand an update?

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by al wisniewski

Adger, would it be for all GT cars or Super/stock in general? Thinking Chevy II's could stand an update?

Not Adger, but my guess is that it would be for GT only to help level the field between the FWD conversions and the cars that are RWD stock.
Bill