PSMCDR...new "tech"

[moparts]

Good point Rowdy Rat

They could do compression and all the suspension checks before and the tear down after.

This would make it alot eaiser on the engine builders.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I agree, I would not want to show up with an unassembled engine and then try to get it back to race setup after they tech it. I would rather wait till after.
M

[Chevy454]

The reason they do it after is because the race is not run on a ladder type bracket like a regular race...similar ETs run similar ETs. I, too, would rather tear down after the event, but I'm not sure if that's an option with the way the bracket is set up and if the track is available.

[JoeC]

The intentions are good but if the tear down is voluntary I don't think many people will want to disassemble a restored car. Maybe they can do something like use a mobile chassis dyno to check the winning cars. If the car pulls high HP numbers then they have to tear down the car or forfeit the win. This would only have to be done in the new separate "Certified Stock" class.

[Chevy454]

It's hard for people to understand what this race is like until you have actually been there. Believe me...I didn't until I went! It is a TOTALLY different experience than what I expected.

The "certified stock" is to give credibility to the event, by showing what truly stock cars run, and that they DO attend the event. The first year we went, we ran a '69 L34(?) Chevelle (the low hp 396), and it was running 13.50s. Let me say that again...13.50s. We ran him in our shootout, and luckily we ran 13.20s and beat him. It's not just the ultra-quick cars that are cheating...it's also the slower cars that have MORE to gain. This isn't meant to sound like sour grapes, that's just the way it is. It's hard to explain.

In my opinion, this will help the event by allowing the owners of original cars to "save face" by proving there combo is legit.

[bowtie3168]

I think that doing the tear down before the race might be a good idea. What happens if someone is running an illegal car and makes it all the way to the finals and then is found to be cheating? What do you at the end rerun the whole race? What happens if the cheater "knocks off" a legit car? It would be nice to know that eveyone is on a "level playing field" before the event starts. I have a good question, what is with the L-89 1968 Nova? Have they produced any proof that any 68 Aluminum headed Novas were ever built? I don't have a problem if someone runs a exact replica of a documented car but, I don't think that anyone should race a hybrid at the event.
Andrew

[Chevy454]

The '68 L-89 Nova is still up in the air. I haven't ran across anything that says there is such a beast, and Dan and Bob are looking into it as we speak. Anyone know anything about this?