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[Carguy49]

Stock Eliminator is so diluted now, that it has lost some of it's interest for me.

I love cars that still look like cars that came of the showroom floor.

NOT looking forward to the day that the class becomes - - Stock Appearing Eliminator. Without consistent TECH at events that is where we are headed.

YES, I know that the cost of consistent, reliable tech inspections is OUT OF SIGHT. With all the cars that now run in the class, it would be nearly impossible to train the personnel needed and to have available all the info needed would be overwhelming. Plus NHRA doesn't really care.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

BTW, while I'm here..How many showroom available cars does it take for acceptance in Stock?
Used to be 500 ..So what is it now ? Fifty ? One (1) ? ...Zero?

It depends. For example, if you wanted to run a 67 L-88 Corvette, the number is 50, and only 36 were officially sold. There are some cars that were never built, some factory race cars that a complete engine was never actually built. Go figure. Rules are for "little people".

[L.Fite]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Joe ,this is beginning to sound like a Shifty Schiff hearing. Am I going to have to call my lawyer in on this one?
This doesn't look like a THM 400 bolt pattern to me >
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Hence my original question..
I see so much smoke , I can't even see the mirrors LOL

Tilt your head to the left a little and squint...
See...?
Looks just like a Turbo 400...

[Jim Caughlin]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

I know it...not to mention a C4 bolted to an FE ;-)

Yeah but they were an option in FE equipped Bolivian mail trucks, a highly guarded secret. Only one year though...

[RKelliher]

I noticed in rule book that you can not run a aluminum center section in the 9" rear end unless it cam from factory. meaning no mark william's Plus rule does not allow 12 bolt rears in that car. plus no aluminum or carbon fiber drive shafts unless available from factory. But i'm sure nhra will change this for that car just like they allow crate motors in copos

[Shadylane]

No worries folks that BMW engine will be leaking oil like a sieve after a couple of races. We have a 328i, I know. 😵*💫

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Jim Caughlin

Yeah but they were an option in FE equipped Bolivian mail trucks, a highly guarded secret. Only one year though...

Much like the LT1 powered Camaros and Firebirds (with Ford Pinto rack and pinion steering to boot!) that were allowed a year after the LS engine replaced the LT1 in production cars. As for the 500 minimum production number required to be eligible for Stock or S/S, guessing that went out the window about the same time that all the zero sold to the general public, "Paper" cars were allowed in. Like the factory COPO, Drag Pak Challengers, and Cobra Jet Mustangs were sold with engines, transmissions, and rearends that were totally different than what the showroom available street cars were available with. Plus at that time, the Thunderbolt, and several other combinations, had a power per weight ratio below 8.0, which at the time, was the highest allowed in Stock. So, again, to allow the "Paper" cars to play, the power to weight ratio requirements were changed to make room for the 7.99 and less cars that could run in Super Stock, now fit into Stock.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

M/SA , 13.07 index at Vegas...Roll bar , two year belts, SFI jacket , pants..
Nice job NHRA...That's how you get young people into Stock E

Then just run slower than M. That's what I did. I was/am new to class racing so I entered in a spot that made sense. Wanna go faster? Nobody is stopping you but your own willingness to put up the money and time it takes to do so.

[JP1738]

This thread and the introduction of a new manufacturer has been very exciting and a great read! Semantics about this car's legality aside, it is awesome to see a new player in STK. I'm 25, and it is so great to see a real car that you can actually go out and buy that isn't a FS car be added to the guide. I sincerely hope this starts a trend of adding lots of new cars to the guide, imports and domestics from the year 2000 and beyond. some of you older guys have been racing STK for so long that you're used to being surrounded by the cars of your youth. Well this Supra and other imports like it are the cars of my youth. I'm happy Gump could bring just one of them to life and competition.

EDIT: That being said, both of my race cars are 1979 and 1980 models so I realize I'm not exactly practicing what I preach, but I enjoy the cars I have and look forward to seeing new ones too!

[Frank Castros]

Originally Posted by L.Fite

So... when do '69 Camaros get rollers and a 9"...?
Asking for a friend...

Why not a Dana 60? Chevy trucks have them.