Entry level class?

SS3860 · 02-05-2024, 08:51 PM

If comparing entry level classes of Super Street and Stock, I've done both and Super Street is definitely more entry level. Build a 1/2 decent 454 and a power glide, put it in an old back half car. Spend a $1,000 on a delay box and throttle stop. A couple test n tune days and then drive it like a bracket car. NHRA has already picked your dial in. Best dollars to spend is on a good converter. Stock I've had to spend a lot more $$ buying a competitive car and I don't see how anyone could build it for any less. And I've spent the 1st year learning all the idiosyncrasies of it. Metric 200 transmissions are a picky beast. After 30 years of bracket racing against some of the best drivers in the country, who's in the other lane don't bother me, but is this cranky old car gunna repeat for me, Never had to think about it bracket racing or 10.90.

Tom Flowers
E/SA 3860

02-05-2024, 08:51 PM	#11
SS3860 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 97 Likes: 9 Liked 178 Times in 59 Posts	Re: Entry level class? If comparing entry level classes of Super Street and Stock, I've done both and Super Street is definitely more entry level. Build a 1/2 decent 454 and a power glide, put it in an old back half car. Spend a $1,000 on a delay box and throttle stop. A couple test n tune days and then drive it like a bracket car. NHRA has already picked your dial in. Best dollars to spend is on a good converter. Stock I've had to spend a lot more $$ buying a competitive car and I don't see how anyone could build it for any less. And I've spent the 1st year learning all the idiosyncrasies of it. Metric 200 transmissions are a picky beast. After 30 years of bracket racing against some of the best drivers in the country, who's in the other lane don't bother me, but is this cranky old car gunna repeat for me, Never had to think about it bracket racing or 10.90. Tom Flowers E/SA 3860