Crate Motor Class

[Rory McNeil]

Sorry goingbroke, but thats a bit of a cop out. When I started building my 85 Mustang for M/Stock, I needed to find the correct 1 year only cylinder heads, and an intake manifold that was only used in 84 & 85, and the correct 4180 Holley carb. It did not take me long at all to obtain 6 pairs of cylinder heads, 3 intake manifolds, and 6 carbs. And none of this was thru EBay, or any internet forums, just some junkyard and swap meet scrounging, and putting out the word to Ford enthusiasts. I actually enjoyed the hunting for the needed pieces, met some interesting people and made some good contacts. Just because the local wrecking yard is not full of 30, 40 or 50 year old cars does NOT mean there is nothing available, just takes a bit of digging. I am sure with forums such as this, and Ebay, I could find dozens of these "unobtainables" in fairly short order. If the guys running 50+ year old cars that were sold in very limited numbers, (like 413 & 426 Max Wedge MoPars, 427 Fords, Hemis, 302 Z/28s etc) can find that stuff, finding much newer, and more common production stuff should be a breeze. Just takes a bit of effort. Class racing is NOT SUPPOSED to be so easy that anybody can do it. Frankly, I wish that NHRA had never allowed anywhere near as much superseded/approved stuff into Stock as they have, I would hate to see the class more diluted than it already is.