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Chris,

That "of" in the 2007 Rulebook is a typo. For years it read "1 percent OR 1cc". Also, the engine builder is supposed to BUILD in that much tolerance. You don't get to be that much to the ILLEGAL SIDE and still be considered legal.

Jerry

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Meant to say Chris and SSDiv6.

Jerry

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forgot what race or what year.
guy kept going to the barn, a tech man asked if his car was there, he said no was just looking at guy in his class stuff.
tech man said since you wana be here go get your car and pull the left head (hardest)
i try to glance from a distance since then.
jim

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Hey Jimmy,,,,i try not to go anymore!:D

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Michael, I have neither the $$$$ or energy to do what you class racers do, I ADMIRE the effort and results y'all get, and the tough work it takes to just compete, let alone be at the top of the game.
Wednesday through Friday are the only days of the Nats worth attending for me, because that is when I get to see the awesome display of ingenuity and performance wrung out of the combinations allowed.

Where does my '67 post Deuce 230 6 cylinder fit into Stock racing?

Trust me, I'm considering it, I haven't driven the car since '99, it's going to hell in a handbasket as it sits, but I also am not one for "drive in cruising" a 6 cylinder car with no radio and a rubber mat floor......

I've got almost enough stuff to do a smallblock/stick conversion on the car, but it's tough to cut up a 42K mile car at this point. Then I'd need a correct block and heads to complete it for class racing.....I have stuff that is the same junk, just with the wrong casting numbers.

Sorry, didn't mean to get off topic.....

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Many have gone to the Mod classes just to get away from the "risk" of tear down. Smart move if you like higher dollar motors. It seems to be a Non SS or S type car though if you dont have to prove it is within a spec except cubic inchs and lbs.

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Dave, if you are serious, there is one man you need to contact: Steve Tarence (Spelling?)

From either Kentucky or Tennessee, Steve ran a most unique Chevy II in, I think V/S. He used the 194 engine and a 3 speed.

This car sounded like it left at about 11,000 rpm, which would be a bit much for something with a crankshaft that was 10 feet long. Many times, he would win at Music City Raceway in their stock/super stock weekly combo. I think he even runner-upped at the US Nationals in the 1970's.

This was a car that if you ever saw it run, you never forgot it.

(And sorry too, for getting so off-topic.)

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Steve Terrance, is the correct spelling, I think. The team was Huff, Terrance, and Watson. Used to be a killer car back in the day, on the "hot car" side of "the Hill". Back then, it was Jimmy Bridges, Harry Vineyard, Tucker Parrish, Don Wolfe, Danny Coffman, Kenny Schindler, Cliff Reigle,and sometimes Cotton Perry, among others I can no longer remember, running both Combo I and Combo II. If you could win Combo at "the Hill", you were just plain bad, car and driver, and could win anywhere. "Peanut" Watson was always a threat in Jack Huff's cars. "Peanut" can probably tell you where most any of the people and the cars are, he's still one of the best machinists around.

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Woody--I agree with you 110% . You said it all --"LET IT REST SON". Enough already.

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Alan,
Please email me at bobrice@coastalnet.com.
Thanks,
Bob Rice