Newbie pondering combos

big blue galaxie · 01-15-2009, 10:31 PM

I am in the same boat as you, yet after taking a good look at it all it seems like what we have to ask ourselves is what would be the benefit in terms of competetiveness, ease and cost for doing a particular combo. Also, like one other racer said, but I'll paraphrase here, zoom factor. It sucks to run a car that just doesn't squeeze you good down the quarter. My car is big with a small motor and a stick, so unless you gear it and scream the guts out of it, it will not do the job. But if I work at it (ie time and $$$$$$), it can do the job. Any car can. But some cars and combinations are easier. The physics of speed are the same no matter what. The cheap way is to take the lightest car, combined with an engine that conforms to the rules with the best factory available heads and induction, cam and driveline to match. It takes us sitting down and calculating everything out before making a move. What got me excited about Stock Eliminator is seeing late model Mustangs with E7TE heads and stock spec cams going 11's and nudging the 10's. Seeing 301 turbo pontiacs do 12.5's legally, not to mention the big dogs like that Vette that went mid 9's with an L88. Good stuff. This type of racing is hard fought, probably more so than any other that I have seen because the top players have had to make so many sacrifices to squeeze out everything and still be legal. Chevy and Mopar seem easiest to do from a cost benefit point, then Ford, then everybody else. In the end we have to be committed for a class like this, because the more obscure the car combination, the more sacrifice it's going to require.

01-15-2009, 10:31 PM	#1
big blue galaxie Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 36 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Newbie pondering combos I am in the same boat as you, yet after taking a good look at it all it seems like what we have to ask ourselves is what would be the benefit in terms of competetiveness, ease and cost for doing a particular combo. Also, like one other racer said, but I'll paraphrase here, zoom factor. It sucks to run a car that just doesn't squeeze you good down the quarter. My car is big with a small motor and a stick, so unless you gear it and scream the guts out of it, it will not do the job. But if I work at it (ie time and $$$$$$), it can do the job. Any car can. But some cars and combinations are easier. The physics of speed are the same no matter what. The cheap way is to take the lightest car, combined with an engine that conforms to the rules with the best factory available heads and induction, cam and driveline to match. It takes us sitting down and calculating everything out before making a move. What got me excited about Stock Eliminator is seeing late model Mustangs with E7TE heads and stock spec cams going 11's and nudging the 10's. Seeing 301 turbo pontiacs do 12.5's legally, not to mention the big dogs like that Vette that went mid 9's with an L88. Good stuff. This type of racing is hard fought, probably more so than any other that I have seen because the top players have had to make so many sacrifices to squeeze out everything and still be legal. Chevy and Mopar seem easiest to do from a cost benefit point, then Ford, then everybody else. In the end we have to be committed for a class like this, because the more obscure the car combination, the more sacrifice it's going to require.