finished my new ss/tb truck - Page 3

Dave Casey · 06-03-2009, 07:05 PM

Mark, It looks great, see you Saturday

Others-It is a SS/TB which is a modified truck, not a GT truck and the rearend rule and hood rule are different i believe.

Dave

joe176 · 06-03-2009, 08:38 PM

Truck is beautiful....is Mark the Mark Markow of CT....he does excellent work if it is....worked on my camaro...great guy to do business with.

RPM5595 · 06-03-2009, 09:52 PM

Beautiful workmanship but I asked and was specifically told NO "fabbed" housings in SS Modified. That would seriously piss me off if that's not the case. Oh well, too late now.
Jay

Larry Fulton · 06-04-2009, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by RPM5595

Beautiful workmanship but I asked and was specifically told NO "fabbed" housings in SS Modified. That would seriously piss me off if that's not the case. Oh well, too late now.
Jay

Jay (and others) I'm not disagreeing with any of you...
But, IF this housing is truly a "Fab'd Housing" (which it's hard to tell from this small thumbnail photo)...
My opinion is there's so much "bogus bs" in stk / ss anymore, a fab'd housing in a super stock modified vehicle should be considered a non-issue. There are lots more serious infractions out there than this.

Larry

Mark Markow · 06-04-2009, 10:04 AM

let me clear some stuff up. yes i'm mark from markow race cars. and the truck was built as a modified . a cowl hood is allowed , as well as the fab housing. the fab rear is not legal for s/s or gt . but anyway the rear in the truck is legal it,s not a fully fabbed housing. is was built from a stamped ford center available thru strange eng. the back cover as well as the tubes were changed and it's got plenty of bracing on it'. from what i was told in the past by nhra the only part of the rear that needs to remain original is stamped surface where the 3rd member bolts too . hope that clears it up. i,m not trying to cuase any conflict . just want to have some at the track with all my freinds and customers

Eric Merryfield · 06-04-2009, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by quadfather

let me clear some stuff up. yes i'm mark from markow race cars. and the truck was built as a modified . a cowl hood is allowed , as well as the fab housing. the fab rear is not legal for s/s or gt . but anyway the rear in the truck is legal it,s not a fully fabbed housing. is was built from a stamped ford center available thru strange eng. the back cover as well as the tubes were changed and it's got plenty of bracing on it'. from what i was told in the past by nhra the only part of the rear that needs to remain original is stamped surface where the 3rd member bolts too . hope that clears it up. i,m not trying to cuase any conflict . just want to have some at the track with all my freinds and customers

Just out of interest, what does the truck run? It would be entertaining to have the truck on truck run at the allstars events this weekend......of course I am going to be getting a sizable headstart!

See you this weekend.

Eric
Stk 1883

George Mirza · 06-04-2009, 07:18 PM

Mark, the truck is beautiful, can't wait to see it in person. Best of luck with it!

Eric, now there will be at least 3 trucks at this weekends ASRA race.

See you all Saturday,
George

Mark Markow · 06-04-2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric Merryfield

Just out of interest, what does the truck run? It would be entertaining to have the truck on truck run at the allstars events this weekend......of course I am going to be getting a sizable headstart!

See you this weekend.

Eric
Stk 1883

i tested at epping and was having transmission issues .i had a problem with it slipping thru high gear. but it still was able to go a 9.60 at only a124mph i had to lift at a 1000ft when it went on the chip. the computer showed 1500+slippage in high gear. had the converter and trans checked today and we found some issues with the trans and the converter checked out ok. so i'll find out this weekend. see you there.

RPM5595 · 06-04-2009, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quadfather

let me clear some stuff up. yes i'm mark from markow race cars. and the truck was built as a modified . a cowl hood is allowed , as well as the fab housing. the fab rear is not legal for s/s or gt . but anyway the rear in the truck is legal it,s not a fully fabbed housing. is was built from a stamped ford center available thru strange eng. the back cover as well as the tubes were changed and it's got plenty of bracing on it'. from what i was told in the past by nhra the only part of the rear that needs to remain original is stamped surface where the 3rd member bolts too . hope that clears it up. i,m not trying to cuase any conflict . just want to have some at the track with all my freinds and customers

Thanks for clearing that up. It's too bad that when two NHRA Tech officials are asked about using a Fabbed housing they both tell me NO and then apparently it's just fine. So, the only part that has to be "stock" is the mounting ring? What a joke! Wish they would have told me that. Could have saved a lot of work cleaning up and bracing the old turd I started with. Oh well. NICE work by the way!

Kent · 07-22-2009, 09:00 PM

Check page 128 in 2009 Rulebook which is different than page 116. Looks like anything after Modified Stock is allowed a fabricated rear. IMO but that maybe too gray!

06-03-2009, 07:05 PM	#21
Dave Casey VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hampden, MA Posts: 1,151 Likes: 197 Liked 581 Times in 127 Posts	Re: finished my new ss/tb truck Mark, It looks great, see you Saturday Others-It is a SS/TB which is a modified truck, not a GT truck and the rearend rule and hood rule are different i believe. Dave __________________ Dave Casey 1330 STK

06-03-2009, 08:38 PM	#22
joe176 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NY Posts: 601 Likes: 34 Liked 41 Times in 9 Posts	Re: finished my new ss/tb truck Truck is beautiful....is Mark the Mark Markow of CT....he does excellent work if it is....worked on my camaro...great guy to do business with.

06-03-2009, 09:52 PM	#23
RPM5595 Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashua,Iowa Posts: 136 Likes: 84 Liked 32 Times in 14 Posts	Re: finished my new ss/tb truck Beautiful workmanship but I asked and was specifically told NO "fabbed" housings in SS Modified. That would seriously piss me off if that's not the case. Oh well, too late now. Jay __________________ Jay Roeder facebook.com/racefuelsales Former N/SA , Soon to be SS/AS, Renegade Race Fuel dealer

06-04-2009, 10:04 AM	#25
Mark Markow Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: east hartford ct. Posts: 539 Likes: 1 Liked 9 Times in 3 Posts	Re: finished my new ss/tb truck let me clear some stuff up. yes i'm mark from markow race cars. and the truck was built as a modified . a cowl hood is allowed , as well as the fab housing. the fab rear is not legal for s/s or gt . but anyway the rear in the truck is legal it,s not a fully fabbed housing. is was built from a stamped ford center available thru strange eng. the back cover as well as the tubes were changed and it's got plenty of bracing on it'. from what i was told in the past by nhra the only part of the rear that needs to remain original is stamped surface where the 3rd member bolts too . hope that clears it up. i,m not trying to cuase any conflict . just want to have some at the track with all my freinds and customers

06-04-2009, 07:18 PM	#27
George Mirza Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Attleborough Ma. Posts: 522 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: finished my new ss/tb truck Mark, the truck is beautiful, can't wait to see it in person. Best of luck with it! Eric, now there will be at least 3 trucks at this weekends ASRA race. See you all Saturday, George

07-22-2009, 09:00 PM	#30
Kent Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 15 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: finished my new ss/tb truck Check page 128 in 2009 Rulebook which is different than page 116. Looks like anything after Modified Stock is allowed a fabricated rear. IMO but that maybe too gray!