Wondering what stock racers think

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Alan, I know what Casey's doing. And I can see both sides of this discussion. You're right, he's not competing, but at the same time you can't fault a man for having an emotional attachment to his car. He's doing the best that he can with what he's got.

Now about "if the rules were turned back about 30 years or so", the only rule that we need to turn back would be the valve spring rule. And we really don't need to go back to the original valve springs. I think that 160 on the seat for a conventional cam placement and 110 for an OHC would bring everything back to reality in a hurry. And I think that even the Millennial Tech guys could use a valve spring tester, quick and easy right after fuel check.

I'm not faulting anyone. I don't have a thing against Casey. I'm just saying that he is making his choices to not be competitive. It's just plain completely unrealistic to even bother to complain about the HP factor of other cars, or the indexes, or to be offended by any of it, if you choose not to be competitive.


We can all wish for a lot of things. But if you want to race, you have to deal with reality.

[B Parker]

I said it back several post ago. Stock is just a name that are class has. The real Stock left the building years ago. It reminds me of a saying we had at the Fire Dept. Lead follow or get left behind. Casey hydraulic lifters haven't been real hydraulic lifters for a long long time. We shimmed are lifters back in the 70's. There was no gain in HP using solids. My car came with solids my brother still uses hydraulics. Barry