Factory experimental

[Billy Nees]

Wow! I guess that I can die in my sleep and be a happy man! First Bruce and now Greg! Hey guys, while I will agree with you both 100% about "Factory Superstockers" coming into Stock, the "Perversion of the rules" has been going on for so long now (and usually with certain racers approval) that I'm sure that the suits in Glendora just figure this latest perversion is just the norm. We need the OEMs if for nothing else then for the publicity that they can generate. BUT, we need them participating within the "intent and spirit" of the rules. As far as I'm concerned, we all brought this upon ourselves by allowing "the rules" to be stretched and bent (and ignored) to the point that even I (the dumb s**t that I am) know that Stock is not Stock anymore. I feel that the dreaded AHFS was just NHRAs way of telling us"we can't enforce the rules anymore so go ahead and enhance heads and intakes and run parts breaker cams and we'll just tag on some HP". Greg, you and Woodro seem to be driving this runner volume issue and I'm going to guess (and I'll bet that it's a pretty good guess) that it's being driven to just try and make legal some "enhanced" heads that aren't legal now. Oh but let's see, now we've got NO valve seat rule and any steel valve which is going to make our runners bigger. I fail to see a difference between what Ford and Chrysler are doing with engines that never came in cars and what we are doing with valves, heads, brakes, fuel cells, ceramic lifters,wheelie bars, etc that never came in cars. BTW, LT1s never came in 98 Firebirds.