IHRA Tech at Pittsburgh

Larry Hill · 06-05-2013, 10:05 PM

Classracerfan the 428, 352 late model Mustangs are catalog crate motors GT/ SS cars. If you can not buy plates for the car with that engine it is not a stocker!

ALMACK · 06-05-2013, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Classracerfan the 428, 352 late model Mustangs are catalog crate motors GT/ SS cars. If you can not buy plates for the car with that engine it is not a stocker!

???
NHRA has them listing the 428 and 352 as legal Stockers.
Are these legal in IHRA ?

RJ Sledge · 06-05-2013, 11:36 PM

Having to pull the valve covers and checking for cylinder head casting numbers????

Man.....thats scary right there!!!

RJ

Dan Fahey · 06-05-2013, 11:54 PM

I suggested to Mike Baker that I would drive anywhere to get Teched and Certified. He said to contact Hank Blankenship who would do that.
I did call, but passed away.

Made another suggestion.

Set up Tech Days where Tech Officials come together on weekends and locations to just tech cars and certify.

Reducing the anxiety of last minute tear down/rebuilds for a race.

D

Brandon Peterson · 06-06-2013, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Classracerfan the 428, 352 late model Mustangs are catalog crate motors GT/ SS cars. If you can not buy plates for the car with that engine it is not a stocker!

You mean to tell me those new mustangs are Bracket motor cars.....wtf

Dwight Southerland · 06-06-2013, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Brandon Peterson

You mean to tell me those new mustangs are Bracket motor cars.....wtf

Well, they sure are different from Stockers that have been around since the beginning of the class. If it walks like a duck, etc. Then NHRA tech wants to act like it knows what its doing and being so "correct" as to gripe about ZL2 hoods on 255hp '69 Camaros. Where's the integrity? "Remove the plank from your own eye, then you can help your brother remove the speck from his."

Jeremy1374 · 06-06-2013, 09:18 AM

How many cars came with dart blocks???

classracerfan · 06-06-2013, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Classracerfan the 428, 352 late model Mustangs are catalog crate motors GT/ SS cars. If you can not buy plates for the car with that engine it is not a stocker!

I am assuming you are talking about a license plate. If so, I have a question(a legit question, not a smart a-- question) because I don't know. Are/were the engines(block, heads, intake, etc...) that are in the Drag Pak Dodges available in a car with plates? Oh, and by the way, thanks to the Hill's for the "live from" reports. I don't know how you have time to race and report at the same time but, it's great when us stuck at home folks can't be there.

Duane Eiskant II · 06-06-2013, 07:33 PM

Crate motor cars are still under factored. We got a short block from advance auto, put the stocker camshaft in it had a set of heads that got a 3 angle valve job, put the words biggest p.o.s intake (torker 2) that was ever made and ran the car 130 pounds heavy and ran it with more problems than anyone could imagine. Still .450 under. Try to do that with a traditional stocker and see how far off the index you are.

Problems with tear downs is you have NO time with the two day races to pull anyone apart. Flat out, unless they MAKE a racer show up on friday and tear down its simply not going to happen.

Now tear down on pure stockers, Honestly (and Danny Sr and I have spoke about this in length, so no disrespect to any of the officals) but WHO knows how to accurately check lift, overlap, and duration along with spring pressure on any pure stockers. Now i sat out for 3 years and at the few races ive been at this year (some watching) theres alot of pure stockers running around sounding like regular stockers of today. I was around back in the day and still remember what they are suppose to sound like, and there is a bunch that are wrong. Some even in the wrong class, that i believe.

Now that ive voiced my opinion, ill apply for the head tech inspector for IHRA stock and super stock. The only issue is i believe alot of people wont like the outcome.

Lil Duane

mike withers · 06-07-2013, 09:10 AM

I remember when IHRA ran a 32 car qualified field at it's national events and they tore us all down( pull head) at every event. When you went to tear down it was usually the same 28 chevys, a cobra jet, a hemi mopar and a couple AMC's. The same was true for NHRA and it's class winners. A real pain when their seal on motor had not been broken from the previous race.

06-05-2013, 10:05 PM	#1
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06-05-2013, 11:36 PM	#3
RJ Sledge Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 783 Likes: 503 Liked 288 Times in 90 Posts	Re: IHRA Tech at Pittsburgh Having to pull the valve covers and checking for cylinder head casting numbers???? Man.....thats scary right there!!! RJ

06-05-2013, 11:54 PM	#4
Dan Fahey VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,128 Likes: 1,084 Liked 184 Times in 113 Posts	Re: IHRA Tech at Pittsburgh I suggested to Mike Baker that I would drive anywhere to get Teched and Certified. He said to contact Hank Blankenship who would do that. I did call, but passed away. Made another suggestion. Set up Tech Days where Tech Officials come together on weekends and locations to just tech cars and certify. Reducing the anxiety of last minute tear down/rebuilds for a race. D

06-06-2013, 09:18 AM	#7
Jeremy1374 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 136 Likes: 207 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: IHRA Tech at Pittsburgh How many cars came with dart blocks??? __________________ Jeremy Erny

06-06-2013, 07:33 PM	#9
Duane Eiskant II Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Alexandria, Va Posts: 501 Likes: 261 Liked 57 Times in 33 Posts	Re: IHRA Tech at Pittsburgh Crate motor cars are still under factored. We got a short block from advance auto, put the stocker camshaft in it had a set of heads that got a 3 angle valve job, put the words biggest p.o.s intake (torker 2) that was ever made and ran the car 130 pounds heavy and ran it with more problems than anyone could imagine. Still .450 under. Try to do that with a traditional stocker and see how far off the index you are. Problems with tear downs is you have NO time with the two day races to pull anyone apart. Flat out, unless they MAKE a racer show up on friday and tear down its simply not going to happen. Now tear down on pure stockers, Honestly (and Danny Sr and I have spoke about this in length, so no disrespect to any of the officals) but WHO knows how to accurately check lift, overlap, and duration along with spring pressure on any pure stockers. Now i sat out for 3 years and at the few races ive been at this year (some watching) theres alot of pure stockers running around sounding like regular stockers of today. I was around back in the day and still remember what they are suppose to sound like, and there is a bunch that are wrong. Some even in the wrong class, that i believe. Now that ive voiced my opinion, ill apply for the head tech inspector for IHRA stock and super stock. The only issue is i believe alot of people wont like the outcome. Lil Duane __________________ Duane Eiskant 1354 Stock/Super Stock Last edited by Duane Eiskant II; 06-06-2013 at 07:35 PM.

06-07-2013, 09:10 AM	#10
mike withers Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 67 Likes: 4 Liked 3 Times in 1 Post	Re: IHRA Tech at Pittsburgh I remember when IHRA ran a 32 car qualified field at it's national events and they tore us all down( pull head) at every event. When you went to tear down it was usually the same 28 chevys, a cobra jet, a hemi mopar and a couple AMC's. The same was true for NHRA and it's class winners. A real pain when their seal on motor had not been broken from the previous race. __________________ Mike Withers 1195 SS