Re: You got to be kidding?
 

Claud, I don't think he does. LOL

Re: You got to be kidding?
 

I guarantee you that is not the case! You have no idea who I am or what my experience is.:rolleyes:

Re: You got to be kidding?
 

Did you answer Gary's question in post #108?

Re: You got to be kidding?
 

Hey Ed, I am sure that you have a nice car......you refer to it as a "rocket" and you don't want to turn it into a "turd"......do you realize that their are stockers on 9" tires that are much faster than your so called rocket. You race at Numidia EVERY WEEK.....isn't Numidia an NHRA facility? So, using your words, you race at a junk track!!! Dude, you don't make any sense at all. If you want to race for money, NHRA has 26 races a year that will pay over $12,000 per event to win....I guess I need to look harder at the winners circle photos from Numidia, they are posted on line.

Re: You got to be kidding?
 

How ya doing in the points, Mr Wonderful?

Re: You got to be kidding?
 

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Sorry Ed couldn't resist

Re: You got to be kidding?
 

I can't find any points for Ed Bigley, even at the track that he claims to bracker race at every week....So whatever Ed has is more than the other Ed (unless I am wrong), and done in NHRA competition, not at some outlaw, run what ya brung stuff. LOL

Re: You got to be kidding?
 

It's right there: http://www.numidiadragway.com/wp-con...Pointsp824.pdf

Re: You got to be kidding?
 

Sorry, Ed, I can't find your name...http://www.numidiadragway.com/wp-con...ointssp824.pdf

I see that your son is leading the points in Jr. Dragster.....congratulations


Thanks Michael, I didn't see it. Oh, I was looking in Super PRO. and not pro....(bracket racing confuses me)...he is 26th, not bad out of 54...at his local track....I figured he was running super pro with his 9 second, Sunset engine car, and not just "pro". Bad move on my part. I raced my 11 second stocker in super pro and figured a faster car would do the same. That's what I get for thinking.

Re: You got to be kidding?
 

Sorry to get back to the original topic..................

When the NHRA mandated that a "tether" be installed on bolt-together collectors they included a single product from one manufacturer as their "approved" solution to a problem which most people (not ALL people) agreed needed correcting. Had they included the statement "OR OTHER APPROVED DESIGN" when the original rule was published, they wouldn't have had to go back and correct it.

That being said, has there been any research into what actually fails that allows the collector to detach itself from the header? Would it not be possible to have the tabs which are welded to both collector AND header break and cause the problem? The two current designs of tether's that meet the NHRA's criteria seem to prevent the collector from breaking loose from the vehicle, whatever the reason for that malfunction might be. Maybe if the Tech Committee had published a notice that a problem existed and asked for a solution from those of us who work on these vehicles everyday, a great deal of the confusion that now exists might have been avoided.

"Build a better mousetrap, and the World will beat a path to your door!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson