Joe Newbie, 20 Builds a "Stocker"' in 2023

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by curtis reed

I'm wondering why VR didn't just help him find some older parts that could probably put him 60 under, a bottle of shoe polish and send him out to have a great time???



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Curtis, In our story, JN, I mean NB ran just about .60 under, with new pistons and solid lifter cam .
.60 under , with and older cam and hydraulic lifters, and used pistons, etc. might have been a challenge.
VR was what I called your average racer...Not afraid to spend money for the good stuff.
Massaging older parts is an art form that very few competitive racers want to do, in 2023.
If NB had lived near BN, he might have saved himself some real money, but he didn't.
;-)
BTW, running .60 under in a RWD car, with a bunch of used parts, isn't as easy as it sounds.

[curtis reed]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Curtis, In our story, JN, I mean NB ran just about .60 under, with new pistons and solid lifter cam .
.60 under , with and older cam and hydraulic lifters, and used pistons, etc. might have been a challenge.
VR was what I called your average racer...Not afraid to spend money for the good stuff.
Massaging older parts is an art form that very few competitive racers want to do, in 2023.
If NB had lived near BN, he might have saved himself some real money, but he didn't.
;-)
BTW, running .60 under in a RWD car, with a bunch of used parts, isn't as easy as it sounds.

Sorry I wasn't clear Mark. I meant older technology not used parts. Please don't take my comments the wrong way, in no way do I believe that doing that is easy. I was just thinking if VR is anything like me he has new unused parts stuck back that will probably never be used and friends that are the same. Cool thought provoking story though.

[Billy Nees]

Mark, is NB going to be at Indy? ;-)

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Mark, is NB going to be at Indy? ;-)

Doubtful, seeing he can't afford to go to Bako..

[Mike Schwartz]

The rules in Stock barely exist compared to the SCCA road racing rules. I remember reading one tech bulletin explaining that it was illegal to tamper with the alignment nibs on sealed beam headlamps. Apparently, people were cutting them down for the negligibly better aerodynamics, which was a no-no.

[GTX JOHN]

Originally Posted by Cglrcng

Now that as a long time lurker here, I have finally taken the leap to register last night and had a chance to read and read,...and read more this wonderful thread and many others of late, while waiting for a reply window to arrive I am going to ask a few questions, and start a thread on my recent late in life 2nd try at class racing.

A tiny bit of hisyory. (Though lived about 3 miles from Lions in the 60's early early life fan of the biggies, bracket raced starting after high school at O.C.I.R. in 1975 through the late 80's, and made the first failed but super fun attempt at class racing in 1994-1997, I was somewhat competitive but the car certainly was not, it was the absolute slowest car in the category running in GF/SA).

Who inspired me to attempt Class Racing in Stock someday? Chad Langdon, and another who drove his Stocker Pinto wagon from SoCal to Indy (racing it in Stock, then driving it back home, and lived a short dream of racing at The Big Go. And in Super Stock the original builder of my winning at the time (mid 80's time period), bracket car (a whit/blue 63 Dodge Polara), Peter Berkuta....and Later none other than GTX John Irving, and am so glad to see he and Jon are still at it and so active after all these years living the dream.

Am rejoining Yac and Nees with a very old slow sled project, last raced actively in the 1990's purchased a car in the family since new dealer purchased Feb. 2 1985 w/27K on the odometer in April of 1993 (last active Feb. 1997 Atsco Nationals Phx, AZ, GF/SA Class Finalist, and really glad the winner is still active albeit a quarter of a century later).

What is the combination? The slowest and most underpowered sled I think to ever attempt the mission, but too late now to back out, what is done is done, and this newbie decided to move forward.

A 1984 Dodge Daytona 2.2L/135 C.I. TBI (single point Upright Bosch injected...NON-Turbo snail), 2 door hatchback).

How did it become a Stocker? Mom bought the car as a dailydriver from Cerritos Dodge in SoCal Feb. 1995 (build date 3rd week Dec. 1984, Uncommon Block EFI, w/A/C...Silver/Silver), she drove it first 27K miles and was forced to retire in a AAA downsize in 1993, and was moving to AZ, I bought it for my wife (for 3K), as a daily, and 3 weeks later she asked if it could be raced in Stk. Elim.?

The next weekend I was at Carlsbad Raceway to find out....(continued).

Let us know if we can help = Just an hour up the road!
Let me know if you get up this way = Will buy you lunch.
Often we have room in the stacker for any extra car and it
has Air and a bed. We sleep in the toter so it is always empty
unless a friend comes.