Has there ever been a 4 cyl. car run in the 11's in Stock ?

[Jason]

Originally Posted by rawhide

they have put all of the regular production Mustangs in the guide recently up through 2014.
Roland

The 2014 Mustang with the 227 V6 engine is shown as 260 horsepower in the class guide, but the V6 Mustang you buy at the dealer is 305 horsepower.

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by Jason

The 2014 Mustang with the 227 V6 engine is shown as 260 horsepower in the class guide, but the V6 Mustang you buy at the dealer is 305 horsepower.

You would rather race it at 305?

[gumbalaya]

I have also looked into building a Turbo Solstice/Sky Stocker. They look good, are pretty light and slick aerodynamically.

Down sides are it's short wheel base (only 95"), and the lack of visibility out the rear of the car, especially trying to look into the right lane for those Copos, DPs & CJs that you know are coming.



The Solstice was available as a coupe with a removable targa top in 2009, which would be better aero than the rag-top & seemingly make fitting the roll bar easier.

MY2009 isn't in the Guide, but the car is listed as a "Coupe" in the Guide for MY2006-08. Would this be considered a "paper car" like the '98 Camaro/Firebird with the LT1 motor?

[Jason]

Originally Posted by GUMP

You would rather race it at 305?

Would you rather the car be classed at the 305 factory horsepower or at 260 if it happened to be in your class?

305 would fall in G/S while 260 falls in K/S. That's quite a difference!!!!!

[Jim Caughlin]

I've been looking at the various Ford turbo 4 cylinder combos for SS for quite some time and had petitioned NHRA to allow non V8 GT cars (GT is currently V8 only). With a swap over to a flat steel hood, my car could run these classes. As mentioned there are some killer combos out there if they were legal. I think NHRA sees the can of worms that could occur if these combos were made legal and doesn't want to mess with it.

Joe, regarding how fast a 4 cylinder can run in SS, if someone wants to compensate me for killing the SS/ES index, I'll show how far into 10's I can run.

Jim Caughlin
SS 6019

[ALMACK]

Well, 37 days after I started this thread and posted the question, I get my answer.


Marty Buth officially made the first 11 second pass at an NHRA event with a 4 cylinder powered Stocker on May 24, 2014 in Bowling Green, KY

Congrats to Marty !


( If I had just left 5.8 seconds earlier, I would have been the first....darn. LOL )


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[Dan Fahey]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

Well, 37 days after I started this thread and posted the question, I get my answer.


Marty Buth officially made the first 11 second pass at an NHRA event with a 4 cylinder powered Stocker on May 24, 2014 in Bowling Green, KY

Congrats to Marty !


( If I had just left 5.8 seconds earlier, I would have been the first....darn. LOL )

OK..

BIG Freaking DEAL..

Now when are you going to hit 10's


D

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

OK..

BIG Freaking DEAL..

Now when are you going to hit 10's


D

^^ LOL

Dan, this is for you:





Dan:
As far as the 10's go, I'll leave that to the 2015 Mustang 2.3L Ecoboost racers. (if it gets included into the Stock Car classification guide)