How much longer do we have?

[NWDragracing]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

The cars in stock should have stock seats. Seats are available you just have to look.

Yep, let's keep 40+ year seats on race cars that wheel stand and go speeds that their seats were not designed to sustain.

I support the use of "Stock Appearing" aftermarket racing seats that are safer than the OEM seats.

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by NWDragracing

Yep, let's keep 40+ year seats on race cars that wheel stand and go speeds that their seats were not designed to sustain.

Hmmmmm . . . "seats sustaining speed" is strange to me. I didn't know any seat was built to "sustain speed".

[art leong]

Now that the question has been asked. There is no way they can turn down the aftermarket seat rule. If someone using a stock seat were to get hurt and seat failure was the blame. They or there family would have a blank check signed by nhra.
It would have been different before but once it was made public they would no doubt be found negligent.

[Ron Ortiz]

Do they make bench racing seats, just wondering?

Ron Ortiz
U/SA sustained speed for a long duration

[Jack McCarthy]

ron,
you sir are allowed a super trick ultra balanced killer $2000 crank to go with your soup can 2bbl that wont RPM over 5200 > and a six slat park bench for a front seat (must be green).

are you serious "how much longer" hell about 10 years ago when they did away with the spring & duration rule since then the bull**** just keeps on coming > $1000 roller rockers this year > $2000 for crank next year... we are DONE.

captain jack

[Phillip marvetz]

Jack, Ding ding ding. You win the beer of your choice.

Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy

ron,
you sir are allowed a super trick ultra balanced killer $2000 crank to go with your soup can 2bbl that wont RPM over 5200 > and a six slat park bench for a front seat (must be green).

are you serious "how much longer" hell about 10 years ago when they did away with the spring & duration rule since then the bull**** just keeps on coming > $1000 roller rockers this year > $2000 for crank next year... we are DONE.

captain jack

[Jim Bailey]

Just my $.02.... If a Stocker or Super Stocker, runs quicker than 10 flat and/or 130.00 mph, they should have an 8 point "cage", after market drag seats, and along with the mandatory full faced helmet, a Hans device should also be included as mandatory. JB

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy

ron,
you sir are allowed a super trick ultra balanced killer $2000 crank to go with your soup can 2bbl that wont RPM over 5200 > and a six slat park bench for a front seat (must be green).

are you serious "how much longer" hell about 10 years ago when they did away with the spring & duration rule since then the bull**** just keeps on coming > $1000 roller rockers this year > $2000 for crank next year... we are DONE.

captain jack

I'd say if you spent or were offered $1000 rockers that are within the new rules, somebody is trying to screw you royal!

[SS Engine Guy]

Respectfully, Jeff, there are rocker sets out there that actually do cost that much with the modifications allowed to fit the application. Some applications can't have these types of modifications done physically. These are special built pieces that will pass the "new rule" but offer advantages over the common roller rocker. They are on the approved list but the modifications are not (in my opinion) in the spirit of the rule. Actually, we don't know what will go thru tech under the new rule until it is either kicked or passed. But I know of at least a couple that have been looked at and passed. Mostly because the people looking at them didn't know what they were looking for. That is the biggest reason some of us were against allowing rockers. I'm all for the interest of preventing engine failures in any way possible. Its like the disc brake rule that everyone wanted in the interest of saftey. What was really wanted was dual calipers or more holding power on the rear tires to allow higher stall speeds. I have stopped too many low 9 sec. drum brake heavy superstockers for years without any problems, however, I agree the discs are better at stopping. But stopping and saftey was, for many, a "smoke screen" as a way to get a car to work better off a chip in the first 60'.

[Phillip marvetz]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

I'd say if you spent or were offered $1000 rockers that are within the new rules, somebody is trying to screw you royal!

Price a set of rollers for a Hemi. $1000 is cheap.