Crate Motor Class

[Brandon Peterson]

so fear of change doesn't fit in any of those how????

[Jim Bailey]

Alan ......Amen!

[Brandon Peterson]

what have crate motors done to other motor sports

[John Warehime]

Come on Dave! (Ribeiro) Don't you want to put a 502 in that Firebird? LOL!! Just think..no more being let-out every round. I'll talk MacNeish into putting an LS2 in that 67 Z28! We don't need 10" tires. LOL!!

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Brandon Peterson

what have crate motors done to other motor sports

They have practically destroyed grass roots circle track racing. I've been racing for thirty years, and never have I seen so much blatant BS and cheating as I have since they let crate motors in local circle tracks. The most healthy circle track classes do not allow them.

[Brandon Peterson]

so the main reason is you say NHRA doesn't need anymore classes.....thats fine....by the was i didn't hire a professional 15 to 20 thoussand dollar engine builder to build my motor i hired my dad...lol...i see everybodies point on the subject..i just wanted to know why and what the big deal was if NHRA had crate motor cars..

[Brandon Peterson]

don't give me qualifying sheet b/s ive seen some of NHRA qualifying sheets -1.50 and higher

[Brandon Peterson]

stocker 2.....do you cry when a crate motor stocker out qualifies a "traditional" stocker........its just a race if you qualify low who cares

[Stocker 2]

Originally Posted by Brandon Peterson

what have crate motors done to other motor sports

In roundy round racing real Crate Motors have brought a level playing field and great competition at tracks where rules are enforced. In dragracing counterfeit Crate Motors have diluted Stock Eliminator because of bogus low horsepower factoring. Just look at the qualifying sheets.

P.S. It won't take long to read them with such low car counts.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Stocker 2

In roundy round racing real Crate Motors have brought a level playing field and great competition. In dragracing counterfeit Crate Motors have diluted Stock Eliminator because of bogus low horsepower factoring. Just look at the qualifying sheets.

P.S. It won't take long to read them with such low car counts.

You must have different crate motors in circle track around where you are.

Last time I was at the local circle track that allowed crate motors I saw a dozen "sealed" crate motors that were supposed to have 9:1 compression a 230 degree duration cams that I can guarantee you have at least 11.5:1 compression and at least 245 degree duration camshafts.

There's an entire cottage industry built around bogus and counterfeit "tamper proof" bolts, and near any cam grinder will regrind a crate motor cam and get you 20HP and 500 RPM.

They're next to impossible to get serviced around here, and the price is outrageous. I know a couple of people that were charged 50% the cost of a new engine for some head work they needed because of parts failures.

The first one around here sucked an intake valve in 150 laps. And when it was first started on the dyno it hit on only 6 out of 8 cylinders, and after that was fixed it was still down 15HP. No, they are not all created equal.