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Shawn Anderson · 08-09-2009, 06:30 PM

Great forum, I have always been a huge fan of stock class racing and am now looking at building a car over this winter and have a few questions. The car I am thinking of using is a 83 Mercury Capri but can change it to 85/86 trim and hatch, it is now stock and solid and 5.0 stick car (the solid part is rare here in michigan). I talked to some great people at the Martin IHRA meet and sounded like running it as a 85 5.0 ho stick would be the way to go and it looks like that would be N stock. Question #1 in the NHRA rule book it states that the rear end can be replaced with a unit of the same type from the manufacturer, does that mean that I would have to stay with a rear load type (8.8 or 7.5)? Or can I run a 9 inch? Question #2 What is a good place in Michigan to get stocker heads done? It seems to me with the tight rules and little being allowed that a specialist is required. Question #3 would a face plated t-5 be strong enough for a car like this or would putting money into a t-5 be a waste of time? Question #4 in stock are you allowed to change a motor to internal balance? Trying to come up with a plan up front, the car would run at a divitional NHRA/IHRA level at least to start with. Thanks.

08-09-2009, 06:30 PM	#1
Shawn Anderson Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 6 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	New to class racing Great forum, I have always been a huge fan of stock class racing and am now looking at building a car over this winter and have a few questions. The car I am thinking of using is a 83 Mercury Capri but can change it to 85/86 trim and hatch, it is now stock and solid and 5.0 stick car (the solid part is rare here in michigan). I talked to some great people at the Martin IHRA meet and sounded like running it as a 85 5.0 ho stick would be the way to go and it looks like that would be N stock. Question #1 in the NHRA rule book it states that the rear end can be replaced with a unit of the same type from the manufacturer, does that mean that I would have to stay with a rear load type (8.8 or 7.5)? Or can I run a 9 inch? Question #2 What is a good place in Michigan to get stocker heads done? It seems to me with the tight rules and little being allowed that a specialist is required. Question #3 would a face plated t-5 be strong enough for a car like this or would putting money into a t-5 be a waste of time? Question #4 in stock are you allowed to change a motor to internal balance? Trying to come up with a plan up front, the car would run at a divitional NHRA/IHRA level at least to start with. Thanks.