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For what it is worth,I would love to see this combo be built to run index and beat a bunch of Drag Packs and Cobra Jets.I had a pretty good year against those cars myself.
It sounds like it is possible to get it to run the index,just not cheaply. A lot of things have changed since 1971.Lightweight wheels and radials for one. Does this car have them? |
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So again I'll ask -
Why did the NHRA reinstate the the pre-1960 cars? The engine specification charts list engines for vehicles not listed in the Classification Guide! Why was the Classification Guide NOT updated to include combinations listed in the engine spec charts? Why were the pre-1960 cars included in Stock Eliminator if they can't be competitive? We're talking 50-year old technology here, aren't we? Can't use an early crank with a late model/Dart block - no bearing spacers allowed, right? Can someone explain this? Lew
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Sleeve the Dart block use a 302 crank. Cost about 3000.00
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Sorry Darrel 442 I apologise I miss read your post, I met you at Indy 1992 we pitted side by side, Doug Holder.
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Raced the car in ihra as 195/200 worked good -.60 under good air p/sa .404-.413 camshaft. 13.75 index Also tried ihra 180/200 very good air 13.45 et 13.75 index p/sa .334-.334 camshaft. Tried 180/200 high 90,s temp q/sa 13.93 et 14.10 index. I should be able to install my spare super stock engine and run about .75 under in ss/pa If that answers your question about the car. |
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Roughly a year ago, I bought Kyle Marshall's 1957 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery, "Hustlin' Hoosier". BUT, I'm really a 1956 Chevrolet guy, and I found another 1956 Sedan Delivery to go with the one I already had. Three Deliveries, and not enough room for them all, so the 57 Delivery was sold to a fella from Texas. The car was just like it was when put away in 1972 after they dropped Junior Stock; 220 HP 283, single Rochester 4-Jet carb, Stahl fenderwells, cast iron Powerglide with a 2500 RPM stall converter, and 4.88 rear end gears. The guy from Texas put new tires on, and has been racing it; best E.T. of 14.04, and nothing's even been freshened up. NHRA needs these cars back in stock; the spectators can relate to them, and think about how it was "back then". With a little work, lightweight wheels/tires, and more converter, this car will be in the low 13's, easily..............and it won't take 30-40K to get it there (I bought it for less than half of the lower number). These cars will be coming out of retirement, and sure, some "new" cars will be built. The guys at NHRA, for the most part, are'nt racers themselves currently, if they even ever were, and have no idea what the older stuff will really do with newer technology. Start them at the factory ratings, and go from there, up OR down, rather than pull a number out of the tire smoke. A 55 265 4 barrel motor is no more a 56 265 motor than it is a 426 Hemi (56 265's had three different heads used, 55 but one). Oh, and I sold "dakahuna" his 55 265 4 barrel intake; I want to see his car come into being. Butch/56sedandelivery.
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The 55 and 56 265 may have been quite a bit different years ago but the only difference today is the 56 is still allowed the Rochester carb thanks to the allowable 896 and 520 replacement heads.
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At this point, there's only one approved piston on the list for the '55.
"C42-CP" Obviously, there has not been a rush to submit samples from other manufacturers for this application. c
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