What's wrong with Stock?

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Andys dad

Yes

I suppose that's okay, if you want to be competitive by outspending your competition and having the rules changed to suit you.

If you can be happy with that, and proud of it, well, good for you.

[Andys dad]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

I suppose that's okay, if you want to be competitive by outspending your competition and having the rules changed to suit you.

If you can be happy with that, and proud of it, well, good for you.

We do not have enough money to stay fast anymore - we have been passed by in four short years by the blower cars

When we bought ours - we knew we could not stay fast without a lot of work.

You guys on here still have not acknowledge the new cars take work to stay fast - I do not need recognition or support.- from anyone on here.

You guys (on here) hope time stands still for another 40 years - it will not.

In the new world cars do not have carburetors or distributors - there is not a single current car produced today which does not have fuel injection and a factory computer.

A novel concept might be to race cars which are available today. That is what the big three think and NHRA does not disagree.

Its about selling cars - not having a way to race nostalgia cars forever and ever and ever.

OK - I am done for today.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Andys dad

We do not have enough money to stay fast anymore - we have been passed by in four short years by the blower cars

When we bought ours - we knew we could not stay fast without a lot of work.

You guys on here still have not acknowledge the new cars take work to stay fast - I do not need recognition or support.- from anyone on here.

You guys (on here) hope time stands still for another 40 years - it will not.

In the new world cars do not have carburetors or distributors - there is not a single current car produced today which does not have fuel injection and a factory computer.

A novel concept might be to race cars which are available today. That is what the big three think and NHRA does not disagree.

Its about selling cars - not having a way to race nostalgia cars forever and ever and ever.

OK - I am done for today.

Well, you asked for it. Several of us, 6 years ago, warned everyone that the new expensive cars would have their combinations made obsolete every 2-3 years at best. All any factory has to do is draw up a new engine combination on paper and get NHRA to approve it with a nice new soft factor. They don't have to build the engines, they don't even have to sell new race cars with the engines in them. Which is exactly why they should be Factory Experimental cars and not Stock Eliminator cars. Because the factories are experimenting.

It has absolutely nothing to do with fuel injection, distributorless ignition, and computers. Those have been in Stock Eliminator for 20 years. No one cares about that. That is not what makes the new cars perform.

What they DO care about is over 0.600" lift roller cams, 1000+ CFM throttle bodies, tunnel ram intakes, and what amounts to CNC ported heads (they CNC port a head, pull a mold, and cast the new head). None of which have ever been in Stock Eliminator before, and very little of which, if any, is seen on production street cars. Again, these are Factory Experimental cars. These are near Super Stock engines running in Stock Eliminator, and many of them starting out factored at or below what the older cars are factored at, with the older car having half the horsepower potential.

It has everything to do with the factory race cars not even being close to the street legal new cars for sale.

You want to make this about selling new production cars? Fine. Race new production street cars. Let's see how it works. I'm all for it. By all means, bring on the new production street cars.

The fact is, we're racing cars and combinations that were sold and driven on the street, against cars and combinations that would never, and could never, be sold for street use. I don't have a problem racing an old 427 powered 69 Camaro against a 2014 Camaro with a Stock Eliminator prepared engine based on the engine that comes in it when you drive it off the showroom floor and buy license plates to drive on the street. What I do have a problem with is racing an old 427 powered 69 Camaro against a new 2014 Camaro with a built for racing engine, that is almost as radical as my 396/375 Super Stock engine, that cannot be sold in a new car to drive on the street. Especially when it is factored almost the same as our old Camaro.

Now, not only do the factory race cars get soft factors and get to run in Stock Eliminator, they now get their own set of rules, and an AHFS waiver, so they can qualify as far under the index as they want with no penalty, while the older cars get none of the above.

[Mark Yacavone]

Alan,
15 to 1 compression in a 2014 engine
LOL

[Bob Mulry]

Ron, Ron, Ron

How far under could a 2014 Camaro be with an almost 50 year old L-88 rated at 225 Horsepower?????

It's not FI, Blowers, Overhead Cams, 4 Valves per cylinder it's the rating that the Factory puts on these engines with the blessing of NHRA

Some people get it. Some people don't.........

Being fast is a relative thing....
Is a B/SA car that runs 10.90 fast or is it an M/SA car that runs 11.65 ???
I think you know the correct answer...

Bob

[Lee Valentine]

Andy,s Dad it's not about old and new it's about all of us running under the same rules. I ran one of the first F.I. cars in our area and took some B.S. about it so I know how that goes , but I was running by the same rules.

[RKelliher]

I agree that the new cars should be put in either a fs of fx class but only run in ss catagory. they could be set like the modified class super stocks,afx,bfx,etc.and not be in any other class. this is because they do not qualify for regular classes in stock or superstock. this would be the fairest way to handle this problem and would boost the superstock numbers.

[Andys dad]

OK I am up -- got the kind of responses I expected. from the same three keyboard jockeys.

You guys do not want any change that impacts 40 year old cars.

How in the heck can the rules stand still with all that is going on in performance increases.

I wish we were in our own eliminator - but I do that would stop the whining.

At the end of the day - who really cares - it is not our game - it belongs to NHRA and the "big 3" - like it or not - it is about selling cars - not race cars.

Guys find someone to harp on that really cares - I just decided to break my pact with other late model fast car owners and address you guys - they were right - none of you would ever step up and ever agree with change - to stuck in the past.

Go to NHRA an get the rules changed - so far the old cars have been dismissed (mostly).

Say to NHRA formally what you are saying on here - which does not count.

Or maybe we should stop racing our cars to show our displeasure with how the 40 year old cars have been screwed.

Have a great rest of the holiday.



Ron

[Pistol Pete]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Well, you asked for it. Several of us, 6 years ago, warned everyone that the new expensive cars would have their combinations made obsolete every 2-3 years at best. All any factory has to do is draw up a new engine combination on paper and get NHRA to approve it with a nice new soft factor. They don't have to build the engines, they don't even have to sell new race cars with the engines in them. Which is exactly why they should be Factory Experimental cars and not Stock Eliminator cars. Because the factories are experimenting.

It has absolutely nothing to do with fuel injection, distributorless ignition, and computers. Those have been in Stock Eliminator for 20 years. No one cares about that. That is not what makes the new cars perform.

What they DO care about is over 0.600" lift roller cams, 1000+ CFM throttle bodies, tunnel ram intakes, and what amounts to CNC ported heads (they CNC port a head, pull a mold, and cast the new head). None of which have ever been in Stock Eliminator before, and very little of which, if any, is seen on production street cars. Again, these are Factory Experimental cars. These are near Super Stock engines running in Stock Eliminator, and many of them starting out factored at or below what the older cars are factored at, with the older car having half the horsepower potential.

It has everything to do with the factory race cars not even being close to the street legal new cars for sale.

You want to make this about selling new production cars? Fine. Race new production street cars. Let's see how it works. I'm all for it. By all means, bring on the new production street cars.

The fact is, we're racing cars and combinations that were sold and driven on the street, against cars and combinations that would never, and could never, be sold for street use. I don't have a problem racing an old 427 powered 69 Camaro against a 2014 Camaro with a Stock Eliminator prepared engine based on the engine that comes in it when you drive it off the showroom floor and buy license plates to drive on the street. What I do have a problem with is racing an old 427 powered 69 Camaro against a new 2014 Camaro with a built for racing engine, that is almost as radical as my 396/375 Super Stock engine, that cannot be sold in a new car to drive on the street. Especially when it is factored almost the same as our old Camaro.

Now, not only do the factory race cars get soft factors and get to run in Stock Eliminator, they now get their own set of rules, and an AHFS waiver, so they can qualify as far under the index as they want with no penalty, while the older cars get none of the above.

Alan, Did you happen to read my post in " Indy Observation " ????
Your post is spot on.
EVERYONE should have the SAME SET OF RULES.

[treekiller]

there is a way that everybody could keep their current junk and all race each other. The traditional guys don't want to change the way things have been for years but look what NHRA is doing to y'all. Have the **** swinging contest in class elims then take out heads ups in eliminations. Everybody has a dial in and a chance no matter who they race. Nobody has to sell anything and car counts probably go through the roof. the new car guys won't be able to stand it and the old car guys are too stubborn to get with the times andunderstand that implementing a rule like that will be the only chance they will ever have against the new cars.