Joe Newbie, 20 Builds a "Stocker"' in 2023

[Chipper Chapman]

And here I thought I was going to be reading a post about actually helping a younger crowd enter the classes, boy was I wrong and disappointed. Being what I feel is part of the younger crowd in our classes (36) I am very thankful to have had influencers that not only helped, but understood my situation, and gave me the early lesson of “you can do it yourself on budget and go racing, but when YOU decide to try going fast, it’s gonna cost!” As some others have stated, many of our racers are the Bain of our own existence

[Keith 944]

Originally Posted by Chipper Chapman

And here I thought I was going to be reading a post about actually helping a younger crowd enter the classes, boy was I wrong and disappointed. Being what I feel is part of the younger crowd in our classes (36) I am very thankful to have had influencers that not only helped, but understood my situation, and gave me the early lesson of “you can do it yourself on budget and go racing, but when YOU decide to try going fast, it’s gonna cost!” As some others have stated, many of our racers are the Bain of our own existence

Would love to hear a different side of the same story, please make a thread of how you went about entering stock including your build and who helped you to get into it.
Maybe hear from someone Billy Nees helped? I would love to hear that story

Now to me this story is an eye opening truth to those wannabes that look at stock blindly and think they can build a car like any other bracket car. It’s not saying it can’t be done, just what to expect.
Thanks Mark for posting

[Billy Nees]

Ya know, there's a "newbie" who happens to be a member of a prominent racing family in Div. 3 and is just getting things sorted out. This prominent racing family doesn't post much on here but maybe they could make an exception and make some helpful comments OR maybe even start a "build" thread?

[Mark Yacavone]

Getting close now...

NB> Hey, I'm running out of cash here. I see some 1 and 5/8 " headers on Summit. I think I'll get them with my credit card and add some collector extensions. What do you think?
VR> You should be able to run under the index with them, but 283s really react well to a good header. Maybe a step deal with merge collectors, or a set of stainless Tri /Y's ..Eventually you'll want to go that way..

NB maxes out his credit card for a fuel pump, gas line , fuel pressure gauge , sample valve, tach, oil and water gauges, line lock, two gas jugs, and a low pressure tire gauge.

The guys put the car all together, fire it up , break in the cam with some borrowed 1.3 rockers. Sounds great.

There's a rumor out there that the local track will be opening for some Friday night T&T action, so we wait...

TBC

[Dave Muller]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Getting close now...

Hmmm, I thought those pictures looked familiar!

[Doug Hoven]

Originally Posted by Keith 944

Would love to hear a different side of the same story, please make a thread of how you went about entering stock including your build and who helped you to get into it.
Maybe hear from someone Billy Nees helped? I would love to hear that story

Now to me this story is an eye opening truth to those wannabes that look at stock blindly and think they can build a car like any other bracket car. It’s not saying it can’t be done, just what to expect.
Thanks Mark for posting

I would definitely fall under the category of people that Billy has and continues to help get into class racing. I thought about starting a build thread when he, for better or worse, let me drag him into the project of converting the car from V/SA trim to F/SA trim over the past 4-5 months. He does like to say I’m the “insane kid” that tunes his efi cars, but decided to play with a 53 year old carbureted car.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by Dave Muller

Hmmm, I thought those pictures looked familiar!

WOW ! And the reason you have that LARGE harmonic balancer on the engine is …..

[Dave Muller]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

WOW ! And the reason you have that LARGE harmonic balancer on the engine is …..

Yeah, sadly, I didn't really think about it at the time.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by Dave Muller

Yeah, sadly, I didn't really think about it at the time.

Just kinda jumped out at me , the factory balancers were so small …

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Just kinda jumped out at me , the factory balancers were so small …

It was an approved unit from Summit and the price was right.
Not sure now, but I think it was Wade Owens who told me they tried a little tiny hub, instead, and didn't see anything :-O