Atlanta fan appeal.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Thats what BRACKET racing was invented for.

Terry I would have to counter and say to you "thats what Nostagia racing was created for" .

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by art leong

Terry I would have to counter and say to you "thats what Nostagia racing was created for" .

I agree 100% with you Art and with your post about the expense of the sport compact series. . Junior Barns also said that most will not put up with BS of NHRA or IHRA style racing along with the expense and that to....I agree with. I think in a very few years the class structure as we "OLD FARTS" have grown up with will go away.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Honest question here and not meant as a put down though some will take it that way. If they are so popular then why did the sport compact concept fail so badly ??? Even the bikini show couldnt keep it floating !

nhra screwed the sport compact racing up. It got off to a great start. Then they let the high dollar guys come in and dominate. You don't have a race car but if you did how would you like it if you had to run a couple of cars in your class that had a half million dollar budget for the season. It discouraged most of the racers. And they wound up with 3 and 4 car fields.
They did it to themselves. The sport compact racers or fans are there they just have no place to race.

[junior barns]

Art
No disrespect and dont want to get off topic, but what you said in your last post is exactly how most people in AA and A/S feel about the new Mustang! With the full force backing of Ford how can anybody compete!! I understand that the odds of getting a heads up is small but stock and ss is perfomance based and (most) strive to be the fastest in their class!

just my 2 ents worth

[art leong]

I believe it is totally different The mustangs are race cars the older cars had their hp done with mufflers, very small cams, stock pistons, stock fuel pumps Etc.Etc.
If you put the older cars back to the way they came from the factory. I would agree 100%.
Even the race hemis and max wedge cars came with cast iron manifolds.
The early cars have an awful lot of enhancements done by the racers. The mustangs are done by the factory they come with race headers, a sfi balancer etc.
Yes they are going to make a lot more power than the factory number. But so does a 427 chevy or a street hemi.
How much money does it take to build a competitive a or aa stocker. I'm sure you will wind up close to if not more than the mustangs.

[Lynn A McCarty]

Why dont the FWD guys build something really cool! Like a 66 Toronado SS car, or a 1996 Eldorado ETC? Or a 1970 Eldorado with a 500? I know there was a guy running a 1990 or so Buick Rivera with a turbo V-6, that was kind of cool.

There are all kinds of cool combos, Art yours is different, cant wait to see it. It is what makes drag racing, America, Apple Pie great.

Terry is correct hands down, they even tried small blocks in trucks and that wasnt successful either as a stand alone. I think maybe no limit on cubic inches with a single 4 barrel trucks, now we are talking. That would make a truck!!!!!!!!! How about a 1955-57 GMC truck with a Pontiac motor in stock or Super Stock?

[John Lang]

Art ! Speaking about Horsepower! Your Neon is right up there, 1.35? under and still untested so to speak ! I have a 65 SS/CA Hemi factored at 500, which used to be the same as the SS/AH cars. Now the AH cars are I believe at 507! What i'm getting at is I feel the rating is too high in the 65 cars, as the 68 cars have a much higher hood scoop, they can run the newer, higher manifolds, that we can't. I'm not whinning, just bring up a point, and I do like the neon, I'ts just that the ring & pinion is in the wrong end of the car!....I'LL Get over It.... Later John Lang

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by art leong

I believe it is totally different The mustangs are race cars the older cars had their hp done with mufflers, very small cams, stock pistons, stock fuel pumps Etc.Etc.
If you put the older cars back to the way they came from the factory. I would agree 100%.
Even the race hemis and max wedge cars came with cast iron manifolds.
The early cars have an awful lot of enhancements done by the racers. The mustangs are done by the factory they come with race headers, a sfi balancer etc.
Yes they are going to make a lot more power than the factory number. But so does a 427 chevy or a street hemi.
How much money does it take to build a competitive a or aa stocker. I'm sure you will wind up close to if not more than the mustangs.

Id say about $50,000 to $70,000 to start with and the old Camaros, Mustangs, early 60,s Mopars cost a fortune IF you can find a decent one to build. If its a good Corvette then its more like $100,000.