Factory Stockers Unite!!!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I would respectfully suggest adopting the tried & true rules of the PSMCDR, don't bother setting up your own rules - because this type of stuff is what happens. Of course you didn't 'say' it, but the actions speak ... yada ... yada...

BTW, I'm relaxed, having some fun, and looking at the pic's of the event - looks like you had a great day!

[supergonzo]

Marlin, we had a great day thanks, and Raceway Park actually asked about you, if you were coming. I told them it might be a bad time to be asking that question! HA HA.

Look I'm an easy going guy, I know some people are fanatics, I am flexible, I am putting on an event that people enjoy, thats what gets me going personally. I don't have to win, competitive yes, but I just like all kinds of muscle cars.

Its a tough line to walk in a competitive hobby, because no one really likes to get beat by anyone. But at some point you have to say wait a minute......you don't have a 10 second Factory Stock car!! At some point there has to be a cutoff I believe. I know its different at Dan's event and thats fine with me. The Pure Stock drags are what inspired the east coast events I run. It does not mean I have to do exactly what anybody else does. I have rules everyone here understands and likes them. If you run 11 seconds here consistently you are in F.A.S.T. class...and that includes me. The whole reason there IS a F.A.S.T. class is because some guys were caught cheating, however up until that point they also declared they were stock as you could get! Remember??

Yeah well I am trying not to make that mistake again. If you have an 11 second car, you done more than just buy a factory camshaft and turned the distibutor left and right to time the car, youve done your homework, your a racer, like it or not.

Thanks again for your comments, good and bad are appreciated and looked at, I am trying to make the events as fun as possible, without dwelling on this tedious stuff.
I believe this was originally a thread between You and ME to begin with and not someone elses place to gripe.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I understand, thanks for clarifying.

[COPO PETE]

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Don't say headers don't make any difference, anybody who has seen a 427 Camaro/Chevelle exhaust manifold and been to a dyno room and swapped on a set of headers, knows they are worth 40-70 hp.

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That is very correct, but if you are running exhaust manifolds hooked up to a 1969 exhaust system and then bolt on headers on that same 1969 exhaust system, you "might" get 10 horse. I does not matter how big you make the funnel at the top, it still has to flow through the bottom!
Todays exhaust systems are light years ahead of yesteryears systems. I know some of the 1969 articles are great to look back on, but there are some articles up to and including 2006 that would show that 2.5 madrel bent pipes with todays excellent mufflers and a X pipe will outflow open headers. Actually, 1969 highwater marks in a lot of sporting events or records for lack of a better term have all been broken up to and including 2006!
Seat time is everything. period. I have to smile when I read some of those ZL-1 tests. Dick and the boys were even doing 6000rpm neutral to low gear drops in the column shift cars trying to get ets!
So Gonzo.... are we in agreement that ZL-1/L88 would get a varience in vaccumm reading of between 5 and 6 @900rpm????
Did you get a reading off your stable L88 yet????
Peter