True story about a "STOCKER"

l88427 · 12-24-2013, 11:15 AM

I worked at a local garage after high school back in the early eighties the owner had just purchased a 1967 Corvette 427/400 hp. Tri power A/SA car the steet racing scene was pretty active back then and the street racers would stop by and talk about who beat who on the past weekend a guy with a 1970 Camaro 377 inch small block prepared by a local machine shop with a "Roller valvetrain" was " cleaning up" they said. A cople of days later the Camaro owner stopped in at the shop and he saw the Vette sitting in the corner with its 9 in. slicks he replied tha it was a cute car! cute the Vette owner says it will lay a beating on that Camaro of yours! right its stock no way! stock right down to its hydralic flat tappets an rocker arms,he pulls a valve cover to show him. tha Camaro owner starts laughing again put your money where your mouth is 1000 bucks tonight at the local track, fine so the meet that night,line up tree comes down Corvette drills the tree and puts 12 car lengths on the Camaro! I wasnt ready camaro owner says 1000 bucks the Vette owner says then we can run again if you want so he pays the man and they line up again this time the Vette lets him get out a couple of lengths then goes by him blipping the throttle,they come back to the staging lanes Camaro owner hands him another grand loads his car and never stopped by the shop again! love those class cars from a two barrel small block to the newer supercharged Mustangs and Camaros which the same principles of this story apply to. Merry Christmas to you all and keep up the good work in 2014! ( This thread was inspired by a previous post.)

12-24-2013, 11:15 AM	#1
l88427 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 62 Likes: 15 Liked 17 Times in 8 Posts	True story about a "STOCKER" I worked at a local garage after high school back in the early eighties the owner had just purchased a 1967 Corvette 427/400 hp. Tri power A/SA car the steet racing scene was pretty active back then and the street racers would stop by and talk about who beat who on the past weekend a guy with a 1970 Camaro 377 inch small block prepared by a local machine shop with a "Roller valvetrain" was " cleaning up" they said. A cople of days later the Camaro owner stopped in at the shop and he saw the Vette sitting in the corner with its 9 in. slicks he replied tha it was a cute car! cute the Vette owner says it will lay a beating on that Camaro of yours! right its stock no way! stock right down to its hydralic flat tappets an rocker arms,he pulls a valve cover to show him. tha Camaro owner starts laughing again put your money where your mouth is 1000 bucks tonight at the local track, fine so the meet that night,line up tree comes down Corvette drills the tree and puts 12 car lengths on the Camaro! I wasnt ready camaro owner says 1000 bucks the Vette owner says then we can run again if you want so he pays the man and they line up again this time the Vette lets him get out a couple of lengths then goes by him blipping the throttle,they come back to the staging lanes Camaro owner hands him another grand loads his car and never stopped by the shop again! love those class cars from a two barrel small block to the newer supercharged Mustangs and Camaros which the same principles of this story apply to. Merry Christmas to you all and keep up the good work in 2014! ( This thread was inspired by a previous post.)