NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"!

Billy Nees · 06-06-2012, 07:14 PM

I guess I'm slipping. I've apparently got to start checking the guide for recent additions every week! 1986 Chevy or GMC pickup truck 350/165 factored to 165! That is one heck of a gift for a wanna-be Stock racer looking for that ten cent, throw it together combo! It is a U/SA combo that might not even be able to get light enough for T. Q-jet (size NA) 390/410 cam, 624 head, 055 intake (same as 305) with a HP factor 5 HP less than a 2V 283. The same basic combo in an 81 Camaro (10 ccs less in chamber) is factored to 287 HP!
One showed up at Branerd Div. race and went -1.32 before being tossed for wheelbase!
Looks like the newbies aren't the only combos getting soft factors these days!

Dennis P Chapman · 06-06-2012, 07:18 PM

Billy got any on the farm Lol.

Phillip marvetz · 06-06-2012, 07:18 PM

Don't tell Larry,lol

Jeff Teuton · 06-06-2012, 07:25 PM

Larry knows.

Mark Yacavone · 06-06-2012, 07:36 PM

Seems to me Stock trucks get .430 lift cams too, right guys?

13.50's is all it went? LOL

KEN BUGAJ · 06-06-2012, 07:46 PM

Can this 350 run in SS/GT ?

GTX JOHN · 06-06-2012, 08:06 PM

No truck engines in SS or GT the way I read it.

I need one of those trucks!!

Billy Nees · 06-06-2012, 08:09 PM

Mark, I think you're right!

Ken, I don't think that truck motors are allowed in GT.

Paul Wong · 06-06-2012, 08:15 PM

I might have to slap a new 2 second under ride together

Bob Gullett · 06-06-2012, 08:49 PM

Damn I think I opened a can of worms! LOL.

06-06-2012, 07:14 PM	#1
Billy Nees VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: On a hilltop in Pa. Posts: 4,487 Likes: 3,588 Liked 7,688 Times in 1,732 Posts	NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! I guess I'm slipping. I've apparently got to start checking the guide for recent additions every week! 1986 Chevy or GMC pickup truck 350/165 factored to 165! That is one heck of a gift for a wanna-be Stock racer looking for that ten cent, throw it together combo! It is a U/SA combo that might not even be able to get light enough for T. Q-jet (size NA) 390/410 cam, 624 head, 055 intake (same as 305) with a HP factor 5 HP less than a 2V 283. The same basic combo in an 81 Camaro (10 ccs less in chamber) is factored to 287 HP! One showed up at Branerd Div. race and went -1.32 before being tossed for wheelbase! Looks like the newbies aren't the only combos getting soft factors these days! __________________ Billy Nees 1188 STK, SS I'm not spending 100K to win 2K

06-06-2012, 07:18 PM	#2
Dennis P Chapman VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toms River NJ Posts: 1,594 Likes: 415 Liked 53 Times in 25 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! Billy got any on the farm Lol. __________________ Dennis P Chapman 1904 STK NHRA National Record Holder Car Owner.

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Phillip marvetz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lynden ,WA Posts: 820 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! Don't tell Larry,lol __________________ 2009 V/SA Record Holder

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06-06-2012, 07:36 PM	#5
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,814 Likes: 2,903 Liked 5,118 Times in 1,950 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! Seems to me Stock trucks get .430 lift cams too, right guys? 13.50's is all it went? LOL __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

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KEN BUGAJ Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: LEXINGTON NC. Posts: 389 Likes: 43 Liked 18 Times in 7 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! Can this 350 run in SS/GT ?

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GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,732 Likes: 2,798 Liked 2,479 Times in 697 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! No truck engines in SS or GT the way I read it. I need one of those trucks!!

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Billy Nees VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: On a hilltop in Pa. Posts: 4,487 Likes: 3,588 Liked 7,688 Times in 1,732 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! Mark, I think you're right! Ken, I don't think that truck motors are allowed in GT. __________________ Billy Nees 1188 STK, SS I'm not spending 100K to win 2K

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Bob Gullett VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,105 Likes: 57 Liked 497 Times in 115 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! Damn I think I opened a can of worms! LOL. __________________ 68 Chevy11 327 F/S Last edited by Bob Gullett; 06-07-2012 at 09:07 AM.