New Eliminator proposition

[Bryan Worner]

Call it Modified Eliminator. All cars with hood scoops (not original equipment), along with alterds and dragsters can run this class. Kind of like combining the current Competition Eliminator with the Modified cars that run in SS.

[Dick Butler]

Guys re read the posts on Old Corvettes, Econo modified etc to see the rule set up that has worked at the local level. Needs more of you to read and support it. It is what this set of posts is asking for also.

[Tony Corley]

Originally Posted by Dick Butler

Guys re read the posts on Old Corvettes, Econo modified etc to see the rule set up that has worked at the local level. Needs more of you to read and support it. It is what this set of posts is asking for also.

Guess I'll be the stubborn one now, lol. Looks to me to just be another class for old , outdated cars and technology. I'm not a young guy, but this is old man drag racing that we already did 20-30 years ago. If we want to attract new blood and new sponsorship to the NHRA, I think this is the wrong way to do it.

[Dick Butler]

Tony Good to have your input. Main reason for making a motor people could build was so that a Ford Chevy, Chrysler were all in the mix besides giving guys a chance to get their hands dirty.
I agree with the Sealed Crate deal. Hard to please the other brands too but if it got viable with Chevy they other brands could be set up also....Chevy has new Sealed Drag race 350 now also.....

[Tony Corley]

But when was the last time Chevy put a 350 in a production vehicle? Chevy and Ford are already on board with the late model sealed engines, and I'm sure Chrysler would be easy enough to get to join in. The problem with "getting your hands dirty", as it were, is that is what runs the low budget guy out. Some guys are just better than others, can spend more money then others, etc. Stock Eliminator ring packages can cost north of $1000, and lifters run $1000-$1200, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Less than $7000 gets a complete, factry built and sealed, ready to race engine. Some people just don't have the time, resources to spend on every detail that it takes to build a winning engine combo. One friend of mine in NMRA spent a whole season swapping cam profiles. Tried 14 different cams, looking for a couple of horsepower. And he did when a championship that year. Silly stuff like that is where I see the advantage for sealed engines and tunes.
Then the guy getting beat knows it's not the trick of the week, and he needs to either work on the car or driver.


I think it would be really cool to see some of the older body styles with the late model engines. It gives us old guys the cars we love, the young guys the engines they love, the factories get to be involved with promoting their latest technology, and spectators and racers get to see/be involved in more Heads Up Racing. WIn/WIn for everybody.

[Dick Butler]

What motor are you seeing as new and favored by YOUNG people? Sealed what?

[Tony Corley]

Dick, the ones I posted links to in the earlier threads on here. The ones I listed the rules that are already in place and running. Chevrolet Performance Stock in the NMCA and Ford Coyote Stock in the NMRA. They have part numbers already listed and for sale.
For Ford, the 5.0 Coyote, for Chevrolet the DR525 LS engine. EFI engines with complete factory computer installation packages, including drive by wire throttle. Engine packages that basically come new in the Camaro and Mustang
Chrysler could easily seal one of their comparable engines, and you have a class with all 3 manufacturers involved.

[Geerhead55]

Originally Posted by Tony Corley

But when was the last time Chevy put a 350 in a production vehicle? Chevy and Ford are already on board with the late model sealed engines, and I'm sure Chrysler would be easy enough to get to join in. The problem with "getting your hands dirty", as it were, is that is what runs the low budget guy out. Some guys are just better than others, can spend more money then others, etc. Stock Eliminator ring packages can cost north of $1000, and lifters run $1000-$1200, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Less than $7000 gets a complete, factry built and sealed, ready to race engine. Some people just don't have the time, resources to spend on every detail that it takes to build a winning engine combo. One friend of mine in NMRA spent a whole season swapping cam profiles. Tried 14 different cams, looking for a couple of horsepower. And he did when a championship that year. Silly stuff like that is where I see the advantage for sealed engines and tunes.
Then the guy getting beat knows it's not the trick of the week, and he needs to either work on the car or driver.


I think it would be really cool to see some of the older body styles with the late model engines. It gives us old guys the cars we love, the young guys the engines they love, the factories get to be involved with promoting their latest technology, and spectators and racers get to see/be involved in more Heads Up Racing. WIn/WIn for everybody.

"It would be really cool to see some of the older body styles with late model engines".
That class is already out there, it's call Superstock GT. I admit I'm an older guy and would love to see a modified type class created nowadays for those that would want to get involved, myself included.
Bryan, I respect your opinion, but personally I wouldn't want to see dragsters included here, there's plenty of places for those cars.
I hope this thing takes off. It won't be easy at the start, but it should evolve, participants willing. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Danny Durham

[Tony Corley]

Originally Posted by Geerhead55

"It would be really cool to see some of the older body styles with late model engines".
That class is already out there, it's call Superstock GT.
Danny Durham

Index/breakout class. Not close to the same, lol