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Where did you find that part number to order that engine?
I must have missed the part where you said that the engine pictured was in fact a 12.5:1/ 12mm lift engine. Those specs would have would have confused me as well. I'm not 100% familiar with NHRA rules. I thought the specs posted were what you were allowed to do, in other words if you built one it could have 12.5:1 compression, I have never seen any mention of this "paper" engine anywhere else. I'd be very interested to find more info on it. |
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Like Kris said, that Boss longblock used to be reasonably priced. Not anymore.
![]() Anyway, I saw on Ford's site where they now sell a 9.5 to c.r. crate 5.0 Coyote with Forged pistons and h-beam rods. Designed for boost in mind.($ 8,099)....it's a real crate engine, not a paper engine. Not NHRA legal tho. It's $1,100 more than the reg. GT Coyote crate engine.
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Drag racing is far from dead. Young people are just racing other places such as NMRA and NMCA, PSCA, etc. For the price of a Stocker, Super Stocker or Comp car, you can go heads-up racing and use easy-to-find aftermarket parts and be the show! Plus you get magazine coverage, the racing is intense, and the rules reflect what is hot today.
I am as much a purist about NHRA/IHRA Stock as anyone, but the current format has a shelf-life. Young people don't want to spend $40,000-plus to essentially bracket race and the folks building the new factory cars just want to run hard. So, where does that leave the future of Stock/Super Stock? It needs to either evolve into more heads-up racing to attract sponsors or it will be a small side-show. Bottom line is that racers looking to go faster spend money and that supports what any advertiser wants. Racing is big business and we need the support of the aftermarket and the factories to make this machine go.
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Evan is 100% right. There is a lot of heads-up racing going on. There are also a lot of young people competing. They just aren't that interested in Stock or Super Stock. The truth is that they can go way faster for the same money, run wide open, and get a lot of internet and print coverage.
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One thing not mentioned is, isn't the new GT 5.0 a variable valve timing engine?
Sad they don't have to include factory streeters to present their F/X style cars out now. I do really love all these new cars, hope GM will be there next year and NHRA/IHRA re-introduce Top Stock. No break out. ego driven fun, lol. Heads up is where its at with this new generation of motor heads. Hitting the brakes before the finish line is not exciting to watch for most, and to hold back these new cars from wfo is a sin. |
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A perfect class would be a mix of NMCA Mean Street, NMRA Pure Street chassis rules, NHRA Stock engine/driveline and EFI/Carb rules. Heads up, no index. That would give you three classes plus UMTR to run in.
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