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Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland
As a matter of historical fact, when NHRA allowed any stock appearing valve spring, it was shortly followed by aftermarket steel retainers, ceramic lifters, tool steel lifters, oversize pushrods, oversized studs, and now, roller rocker arms. And stockers than run 8500 rpm in the lights. I don't believe that is what you are looking for with Pure Stock.
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This was well said.
My mind has been spinning taking in all the feedback....Springs, Cams ...!
Bottom line, Got to keep the rules the same.
Keep Pure Stock rules as they are. Need discipline. No changes!
More Valve Spring will allow for more radical cam science.
Someone posted that there is a record of every spring on cars.
Ok let's use it. If IHRA needs a Spring Tester. I will Pay for it.
Think the real issue; Tech and Racers need to figure out how to make Tech easier.
Some have posted harsh opinions about PS. That we are not real Stockers.
Yet we are running on the old rules before Pandora's box turned Stock into Super Stock light.
Not to dirge today's Stockers, in 1985 few Stockers could run on a Super Stock index's.
I have magazine articles when Junior Stock and FX and everything got reorganized.
Stock became absolutely Pure Stock to the correct option, facia or emblem on the car.
Minor technicalities got you busted. Today much of this has been relaxed.
1974 the rules changed to allow Blueprinted cams.
Because racers were regrinding their Stock cams during the Real Pure Stock years.
Stock grew yet remained a tech management nightmare.
Stock Science morphing got what they wished for.
Now they are Super Stock light, far from Stock and way expensive.
IHRA had the wit to be different experimenting with new and old ideas.
Today's Pure Stock is using 1985 rules, growing with the same tech headache.
They added Crate Motors morphed into something unStock, again (my opinion).
But that was the trend.
Bottom line!
Pure Stock allowed me to get back into the game. So did many others.
Please leave the rules as they are.
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