CJ OUT at Indy!!

[james schaechter]

Originally Posted by buzzinhalfdozen

OK easy everyone they didn't just decipher the dead sea scrolls, after talking directly with someone closely involved in this it seems to be nothing more than one hand of Ford not knowing what the other hand was doing. I'll leave it to someone else to fully explain but hey they could probably stack 2 head gaskets and go just as fast. Please try to wait till the full story comes out on this before labeling these guys, doubt they would bring something that was obviously illegal to a race with a 99% chance of tear down. Joe

I spoke with a couple of the CJ guys that actually know these pretty well. Ford submitted a production tolerance average instead of a minimum spec. I guess the guy that submitted the info was there and they were taking turns beating him LOL. I am sure the memo to correct this was already drafted. I also don't think the guys could have even reassembled the engines without some help. There are some tools that make the impossible possible. Maybe Ford will come out with a CJ teardown kit!

I don't see this piston dish spec or any other as any real issue. Ford will submit it and NHRA will accept it. These are really cool cars and they guys that I talked to Jimmy Ronzello and George Wright are nice guys and dedicated racers. I don't agree with the hp factor and class they are in, but I can't blame those guys for that.


I think the guy that got "jobbed" in teardown for stock was Tim Bishop. They couldn't read the entire number on his piston. He pulled a piston and rod. It weighed right, measured right and looked right. I would agree this would be something that should be reviewed, but that is what the big guy is there for at Indy right? I would have thought if a couple of senior tech guys said it was right, but they can't verify the # but it was clearly legal, the Head NHRA tech official would be able to make a call that would make sense. I guess he only flies out from California to eat the catered food and sit in the tower.

I didn't hang out in teardown, but I did talk to a couple of SS guys. One had a set of Manley rods that were not marked and was tossed and one he a chunk of epoxy that fell out and as luck would have it, that was the runner they checked!