CLASS RACER FORUM - Aftermarket strut rods

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lee (Post 366873)

I just voted. Allowing aftermarket has a slight lead @ 82%. :p

Cars that use strut rods:
All AMC
All Ford
All Mercury
All Plymouth
All Dodge
All Chrysler
1st gen novas also BIG chevys
To be fair, that would probably be all those built before 1974. Probably a very small percentage of the stockers use a strut-rod suspension system. I mean, how many AMC, Ford, Mercury, Plymouth, Dodge & Chryslers, and some GM's race in Stock? Can't be but a small portion of Stock. Right? :rolleyes:
And as NHRA can see, only a very few amount of racers need to be unsafe to make the other racers happy. :mad:

Well there are at least 19 dinosaurs or their combo isn't one of the above mentioned, or they feel too many changes in STOCK, maybe they don't even drive a car, what ever! Like Mark said maybe all this maybe could have been avoided, but now it's up for review and I was told super stock only, I was also asked if I had wheelie bars. WHY NOT? Still trying to figure out how this answered my question why not in STOCK? If aftermarket gets approved in stock it will be for safety in design, which is what we are basically asking for. We are all very creative and this may lead to too many untested/unproven designs. Again if allowed the aftermarket component would be the effective way to keep the suspensions uniform. Some of us remember the beginning of the DRAG PACKS when you got your body in white a trunk full of wires and parts and you ordered up all the rear suspension brackets and so on, creativity caused too many variables and some chassis builders were told you should have known better! CHANGE IT. I run a 43 year old big bad mope and feel the crank rule is good, old virgins are getting real hard to find, as far as the seats rule again safer in design. Don't think a 40/50 year old seat was designed for this type of use, when is the last time you heard a racer tell you YA I just had my seat rebuilt. The next item will be radiators, you can't use a replacement cause their different in design/materials etc.if your lucky enough to find the right stuff they usually want your first born and one of your nutz.