thanks NHRA..

[jarn05]

Originally Posted by HawkBrosMav

Anyone else start a budget project with a goal on how fast they wanted to run and now due to NHRA's great idea to drop index's you may be re-evaluating and maybe not even running stock in the near future?

Story: Me(21) and my bro(20) decide we want to build a stock just under a year ago. We both are full time students at UofA but have a part time jobs with some extra spending money. both been in the sport for a while but dad has paid for nearly everything. We decide we can put together a car that may run just under index and be perfect to get our feet wet without dads money. around $12,000 dollars and a couple Christmas and b-day gifts later.. 8 months of sweat and BAM! stocker complete.. first day testing and were actually a tenth faster than we had hoped for when the build started.. problem is we intended to be about 3 tenths under in the beggining so at tracks like Firebird where they get no altitude correction we will be a couple hundredths too slow.
We will find the ET I have very little concern of that. We've been in this sport too long to just quit because we're too slow. BUT it got me thinking how on earth do we expect people on a budget to even consider trying to join our sport? this is our first try at stock and i guarantee that may people would either sell the car and find a new sport or they will look to some of the other more exciting associations where they can go a hell of a lot faster with a hell of a lot less restrictions for the same amount of cash...

rant over ha
good lucky this year everybody
BH

what made you think you would be under the index right away regardless of what the index is? it is not nhra's fault, your also to young to remember the two tenths they added to the indexes twenty years ago, if it was my call i would have lowered the indexes by .5 all this means is you need to work harder on your car!!! think things through and test stuff with proof of your results, keep records of what you are doing,only change one thing at a time , and work hard on your car you might just be amazed with what you find that can give you positive results.

if you think you should just go and build a car and run 1.00 under your crazy, some guys that post here have been at there cars for 30 years and still have to go at it full time to keep those car 1.00 under

[wagonboy]

Brad, I agree and totally get what you are saying. I also , even though it makes it harder for me to get under- agree that after 20 years and all the rule changes that .3 is not bad. Encouraging new blood is always important, and the index drop had to happen, just not a good time- but there is never a good time.

Now - that being said- would all you finger pointers who say you need to "work harder "on your car please stop. I could lay under my car- take my trans out 15 times- make changes the converter,not watch TV - not spend time with my kids- not spend time with the wife, and unless I have the loot to pay to have that converter opened and played with- my car is not going to go any faster !!!! It takes TIME and MONEY-almost all of us have the time- if desire paid the bills I would be faster than anyone. I have and will work on my car to get it there- but without the cash to change something how is my effort alone going to make it faster ???? If you say move the cam and try jetting the carb- yea free hp- how much is it worth ? Just say it for what it is- work on your car and spend some money to make it faster- that is the real truth.

[larry dowty]

nothing beats MONEY period.

[Dean3870]

Some poeple on here crack me up! I am also building a 455 for my 71 buick that im curently running in crate motor. (bracket car) so i can do some NHRA racing G/SA, and I will have trouble running under index, but i will make it!
The people on here that want to criticize others, and act like every one should make 250 thow a year, and if we dont its our own fault make me wounder why the hell i even want to do this. My grandfather did it, my father is still struggling to do it, i guess thats why. Thats ok just run every one off!!!!!!!!!

[danny waters sr]

I have been working on mine for 3 years and finally got it .7 under. Did a lot of testing and listening. Some things worked and some did not. I did it all without bags full of money. Did a little here and there til it improved. Still doing the converter thing now in hopes of a couple more tenths. My goal is to go a second under..Good luck and be patient, It will work out for you.

[AC]

Originally Posted by Dean3870

Some poeple on here crack me up! I am also building a 455 for my 71 buick that im curently running in crate motor. (bracket car) so i can do some NHRA racing G/SA, and I will have trouble running under index, but i will make it!
The people on here that want to criticize others, and act like every one should make 250 thow a year, and if we dont its our own fault make me wounder why the hell i even want to do this. My grandfather did it, my father is still struggling to do it, i guess thats why. Thats ok just run every one off!!!!!!!!!

nice car love them Buericks!!

Back here in D1 Lenny Williams has his running super fast!

[W J]

Originally Posted by larry dowty

nothing beats MONEY period.

Larry, both GOOD HEALTH and GOOD LUCK beat MONEY....I've seen it work out that way many, many times.....WJ