Pure Stock Drag Racing tips & tricks

[Salvatore]

Marlin, Pete is a great guy. Has been around for many years. Has done all my work since 1970. I finally did a real good motor for my Nova about 1974. We used stock LT1 pistons and moved the ring land up and put an 1/8in. ring up top. We put an old engle roller cam, with about 500inch lift, put 88's in the rear and took the back seat out and went 11.58 at 122 down Cecil County. That car was unbelievable. The MPH was high, because I should of had 538's in it. Basically stock pistons,the first guy in this area to use the angle plug heads. I think they were the 292's, bought them from Shaws Speed Shop. Pete did the heads and cut them for the big springs. I have some old pictures of the car at Maple Grove, I have to see if my kid can down load them for me. I live in Souderton, so I am not far at all from Perkasie. None of this is rocket science, just basic! Do you know that guy in Greenlane with the orange Yenko, original paint etc. He bought it in about 1970, coming out of Nam. He told me he paid $2700 for it. It is a very, very nice original car. Says it is original motor. I don't know. Sam