how much do build this to a stocker??

[colton vassar]

right now it has a 355 with vortec heads, little bigger cam, with an edelbrock intake..nothing special...im guessing i will fall into M or N stock??

[B Aceves]

Originally Posted by colton vassar

right now it has a 355 with vortec heads, little bigger cam, with an edelbrock intake..nothing special...im guessing i will fall into M or N stock??

Colton my first advice would be to get a NHRA Rule book and read it from cover to cover,
and Im not saying this to be a smart -ss.

[colton vassar]

i was planning on doing that..just to make sure i do everything right...so about 5000 for a motor, 2000 for a tranny, 600 or 700 for a good carb, 800 for a good convertor, 200 for gears,and shifter for 190...so roughly 9500..plus tires, and good shocks..not bad i guess

[Bob Pagano]

Make some new friends, go to a couple div 4 races and talk with people with small block cars with motors similar to want you need to make you combo fit. There are some very good folks here that will point you in the right direction.

[THE LEGEND]

Have you thought about running some IHRA crate motor stock with the vortec motor you got? You could do that while you're building your other combo?
Chip

[colton vassar]

yes actually i have thought about that,,just havent took the time to check

into all the rules..its really a better deal..half the cars for almost the same

money..i bet it would cost half to make it IHRA legal instead of NHRA

legal..im going to do some checking today..if you find any usefull

info on either class i could really use it..

thanks-colton

[Alan Warman]

Colton

I will be at the IHRA Divisional at Dallas Raceway on March 12 to the 14. You are more than welcome to stop by and hang out with us.

[colton vassar]

sounds good..hopefully i will be racing in it!

[THE LEGEND]

Chuckie,
The reason I suggested the crate motor is thats basically what he has now. He could get his feet wet while building a crossover combo.
Chip

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

Chuckie,
The reason I suggested the crate motor is thats basically what he has now. He could get his feet wet while building a crossover combo.
Chip

I'll vote with you Chip. If he has the iron vortec heads and intake. Look up the crate motor specs on the IHRA website. He'll probably have to change the compression (piston change), call either Bullet or Comp Cams for a cam. Unless you get lucky like I did and find someone with spare parts (got my Ross pistons -new- and a used Comp Cam for the 330hp). Maybe post a wanted add thru the sale forum and maybe look through Racing Junk as well.

Didn't look to see where he's from but he could run combos with this. Maybe an IHRA divisional. Like you said, get his feet wet. Build the car with the mindset of setting it up for NHRA legal stock later. Figure out what NHRA combo you plan to run and start collecting pieces.

Why all the knocks on the IHRA crate combos? I'm no expert on this but the guy can feel free to PM me and I'll help him in any way I can. If I can't get my own car ready, be glad to see someone else make it out.