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Who would be the best candidate to build an LS2 engine for stock eliminator? Thanks

SS/BS 4457
Jonathan Womack

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Woodro Josey

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Patterson Power!

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Mike Trumble 713-477-4430 / Jim Hanig 713-826-8176

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I second Trumble Racing Components! Call me I sent you a pm.

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Tim Sloan 919-258-5616

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Carrol Shelby

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Parker Engines Newtom Iowa 641-792-7836. the best machinist in the country. Al Parker

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For any LS engines stock or super stock, I'd call Tim Sloan.

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Parsons and Myers 937-228-7278

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I would stick with a chevy builder like ; Woody, Parsons & Myers, Bud Rowe, Tilberg,Warren
and many others... But if you have a Ford or Mopar, go to guys who's specialty are Ford & Mopar.... I am not saying they can't do others engines, but this is what they are noted for... Anyway I guess it has alot to do with where you live ? LOL

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Woodro Josey! Gets my Vote....................................

Jeremy Waibel

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Bub Whitaker.

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If you could get John Gulius to do it, he would be my pick

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i would go to joey wilkes only if you want to go fast and be legal and be treated right.steve

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I still think Carrol Shelby, at least on paper. All those other engine builders cannot dictate what was original.

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When will he be done with the new bullet for your wagon? :D

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ouch... that hurt...

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Paul Cambria qualified #1 at the fall Rockingham race this year
with an LS1 engine built by Tim Sloan, and also Monty Bogan won class at Indy this year with a Sloan LS1 as well.

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I might be wrong but I think Monty Joe who drives for Bo Kenney, both those guys use Patterson Power and were using Patterson Poer when they dominated IHRA Top Stock towards the end of the class as well as when they started in NHRA. Could be wrong but I think I saw a Patterson Power sticker on their car.

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Bub, can I bring that quote to tear down this?? Happy holidays.

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Bobby Lundholm's got it right, and in additon to the LS1's he's done, Tim has also built class legal LS2's, different parts and requirements than the LS1 .

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Bobby, I don't think that Bogan made it through teardown at Indy. I think Wilkes won A/SA.

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Imagine that!

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I still think Carrol Shelby, at least on paper. All those other engine builders cannot dictate what was original.
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Ron Ortiz 2102 STK


Thats a weak shot Ron, I'm sure Mopar NEVER help there racers right??

Bub Whitaker gets my vote, no body better to deal with. His power won the World Championship, and alot of heads up races along the way..

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I heard that the manifold he had was the reason he didn't pass.

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imagine that Larry Hill's wrong again. Monty's stocker (which the intake was wrong, and was the one that was on the car when Bo purchased it from Wilkes...) got tossed at the scales in A/SA. But Monty won SS class and passed tear down with out ANY issues. Wilkes got over on Bo, when Bo purchased the car. And since Wilkes couldnt run with Monty at INDY, he said something about the intake. Sorry Bo, i defend Hawk when there bassing him also.

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I would go with Tim Sloan also. His reputation speaks for its self.

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I agree with Peter & Jeremy...my vote also goes to Woodro Josey. My reason is simple, he's the first person to take one of those engine/car combos to a national event and become No. 1 qualifier! Furthermore, it's his finding of the tuning base by which the Accel Calmaps were once famous for, that created the flood of others to join the fuel injected stocker era...over and beyond that are the other companies that quickly developed their own versions of Accel's Calmap. By the way, I'm still using one of them, and although there was no baseline established for my 2800 V6, I'm sure that Woodro could bring it up to snuff just as easily as he did his own car. Ask the Emmons brothers too, because if my memory is right, one of them (at least), is racing a fuel injected stocker that was prepped by one Woodro Josey???

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Todd,

Sorry about the shot on Carrol Shelby, I just could not resist as I have read all the complaining about his "paper" cars on the forums. Personally, I really do not care what people say is legal or not. If NHRA allows it I guess it is OK. As far as Mopar giving assistance to racers, it has only been for larger displacement motors, thay really could give a rats *** about a 273 2bbl. Though I recall a SS/AH car operated by a father and son that put a bowtie emblem on their dashboard of their Mopar in retaliation for their displeasure.

There are a number of quality engine builders out there, how one works with his customers would seem important to me. Ron Kendzior, who used to build stocker motors way back when did mine and I am extremely pleased. That was like in 1989. I have heard alot of good things about Woodro Josey and alot of the other engine builders referred to on this thread. So, go ahead and pick one, just be carefull that it is legal in NHRA's eyes, or at least Glendora's viewpoint.

My next engine builder is going to be from a galaxy far far away, I just love the principal of magnetic molecule transportation within itself.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA

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i would go with bub
he did the engine in the world champs car
does big block fords and mopars big and small

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Lil Duane; You are in luck, Bub Whitaker builds a great "Bracket Motor".

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Yes Bub Whitaker does an awesome S/SS engine. But we do ours in house. And i bet that if i leaned on my Stocker engine i could run as far under the index in super stock that you can go in stock. One day, ill have my 73 bodied car together and run F/G/H in NHRA, but for now ill stick with my IHRA stocker NHRA super stocker.
37 242 SS/EM Mark Young, Wake Forest NC, '93 Mustang 10.040 10.50 -0.460
38 113 GT/HA Duane Eiskant, Chester VA, '85 Mustang 11.042 11.35 -0.308
39 137 SS/AM Robbie Hudlow, Monrovia MD, '96 Achieva 9.341 9.45 -0.109
40 1682 SS/JA Brian Van Poppel, Perry Hall MD, '86 Camaro11.275 11.30 -0.025
41 1161 SS/CS James Antonette Jr., Valley Stream NY, '98 28.000 10.65 17.350

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Gary McGlasson does a very good job of building engines in Albuquerque , New Mexico . 1-505-865-0059. He know how to make those 427 stockers fly ask Bobby De Armond. Builds some pretty quick Super Stockers .

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either jim lewis out of oklahoma or Tony Cowell out of Hudson Oaks does good work. I have a 1990 pontiac trans am and it runs 1.16 under index 70 lbs heavy. if you need either phone number pm and i can give it to ya. also either one is reasonable on price also. Mr. cowell is in texas

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Bub Whitaker .... (301) 490-3131 Burtonsville Performance Machine ....

Tex Miller
Lee Zane
Mark Dickerson
Brian VanPopple
Sonny Stahl
Matt Rover
Vic Guilmino
Bob & Craig Marshall
lots more ...

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OUCH again!! or was that a complement Larry?

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Hey Bub,
I know you build a great stocker motor. I saw what you did for my neighbor and my little Polish friend from Nashville! The comment was more about crate motors not being "stock" motors.
Thanks,
Larry

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sorry Larry i dont have a crate engine, its a legal stocker engine

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Do you honestly think you can beat Dad with your bracket stocker running GT/HA?

You've spent so much time up Hawk’s sphincter you’re starting to asphyxiate yourself and hallucinate.

It’s time to come out and get some fresh air.

You’ve said many less than brilliant things on classracer, but your previous statement is by far the best.

Thanks for the laughs!