Maybe a more stock class, whatca think?

[hotrod 80]

There is a new class that is coming to the monthy event I run . My Chevy Luv Fits this class that seems geared for mustangs . Let me know what you think . I'm thinking I can compete . I'll give as much detail as I can .

Evil street :
1. Small block 410ci BB 470 limit
2. conventional head only - Commonly avalible heads , no 18degree , splyed valve , etc.
3. SIngle power adder 2-soliniods (no beer can solinoids) 82 nitrous jet /76 mm turbo( no intercooleror methinjection )
4.Small block 3200 #, BB 3500#
5. 325/50/15 max or 30x12.50 et street style tire max
6. Stock suspension ( after market parts o.k. in stock location, front sub frames and K members ok if bolted to stock location )
7. Exhaust must be within 12" of rear axle with 3.5 " max
8. Full interior , stock floor pan , no exceptions ( trunk can be cut for fuel cell, but no complete trunk floor replacement ) This is a Mustang thing .
9. No lexan , no wheelie bars , no forward facing scoops , no stickered upo cars .
10. No digital MSD boxes , no electronic boost contrllers , no progressive nitrous timers .
11. single nitous bottle , no pusher systems .
12. Only fiberglass allowed is hood
13. all glass windows must be functional , except lexan rear window for bars on trucks .
14. No tow vehicles , Period . Must be driven to staging lane , scales after pass , and back to the pits or disqualified .
15. gasoline only / pump style gas .
16. You win 1 race add 50#s, win a second add 100#s, you win 3 in a row you sit 1 out .

My little truck is very close to this . My new big small block is almost done , i would have to add weight (need it in the back anyway) , and I have a glide with a trans brake I can put behind the big motor .

Anyway just looking for thoughts . I don't dislike bracket or index racing ( i've done a ton of it ) , I would just rather run heads up if you know what I mean . Anyway , whatcha think ?

[Super73]

Just wondering here.. This would be what I would be worried about with my set up.

Not that you are running it but a LS1 head would not fit this. 2. conventional head only - Commonly avalible heads , no 18degree , splyed valve , etc.
LS1's are 18* heads but are a production pice and available all over.

The second thing I would do it use a dry shot N20 system. I can make up for the Fuel system with tuning on the injectors. This would allow me to run a 2 stage set up.


To me it sounds fun..

[djracer]

it sounds like a cool class to me!

[hotrod 80]

The second thing I would do it use a dry shot N20 system. I can make up for the Fuel system with tuning on the injectors. This would allow me to run a 2 stage set up.


I think they will supply the jets and they will be checked . It sounds like 1 plate , all the nitrous you can get through an 82 jet .

I'm gonna try it out this month , I may not be the fastest , but i can get it down the track .

The guy heading this up has a turbo Mustang in the 6.80's , I think it will be a 6.40 class . They are already talking about all drag radials now .

[bigjimzlll]

Sounds like fun, but I see the times being low 8's for the better funded rides. All of these classes start out being a way to keep the playing field even and allowing the average Joe to compete.
Look at the other classes that started out...real street, true street...etc.
In a matter of months they went from 9's to the 7's

[Super73]

My point was you get 2 noids. It doesn't say one fuel, one N20. So if you used 2 N20 noids stuffed with 82 jets and compensated for that with upping fuel injector flow, you could stuff a ton of N20 through it. But, your not EFI if I am correct.

I was more thinking out loud if I were running something like this.

[hotrod 80]

Looks like these guys are gonna force me to run a drag radial . Does anyone have opinions on drag radials .

[djracer]

I have a buddy that fly on them and I think I'm gonna get a set tomorrow to try. He runs the M/T's.

[hotrod 80]

I have more motor right now than I have chassis . Just looking for the closest thing to a slick I can get . They just posted the rules and it looks like i'm out . the rules are no lexan . I have already appealed this and now i'll feel like a whiner if I keep appealing .

[djracer]

I hear some guys go faster on drag radials than slicks!

[hotrod 80]

There gonna let me run lexan for a rear window , so i'm back in . I heard the Hoosier drag radials are super light and have a really soft compound . So soft that even though they are DOT approve that Hoosier list them for race applications only . I am removing the sway bar and trying to cross reference a set of drag shocks now . I have been needing to do this for a while . I ran the guy making the rules sunday night heads up and got him by 2 or 3 lengths .
http://houstontruetens.com/SLIDESHOW...0SUN%20239.jpg
http://houstontruetens.com/SLIDESHOW...0SUN%20237.jpg
http://houstontruetens.com/SLIDESHOW...0SUN%20234.jpg

[hotrod 80]

Well , i worked my tail off getting the truck to fit . I had the field covered by three tenths and was the #1 qualifier . 2nd round it pulled a huge wheelie and bent both rear leaf springs tore one axle pad off and rolled the other one . I pulled up to the line in eliminations hoping for a red in the next lane and just drove down through . Hoosiers worked great though .

[hotrod 80]

Hoosiers at work .

http://houstontruetens.com/images1/ROWLANDBLUE.jpg

[a1953mdl]

A video by any chance?
Sounds like the work was well worth it.
Was it a blast to run heads up?
When do you run again?
Lee

[a1953mdl]

By the way, that lexan in your rear window looks really clear.
So what's the plan now to keep it hooking but not tearing it up?

[djracer]

that booger needs an antiroll!

[hotrod 80]

I did buy the video , so i'll see what i can come up with there .

I would rather run heads up , but that's just me , nothing against bracket or index racing .

They don't run in june ( Monster truck show paid like 3 times the track fee to buy out the spot for that month ) but we do it again until july .

In the picture there is no back window , I was just short of getting it finished and they let me run anyway .

djracer, it crushed both rear leaf spring and rolled the backs of the perches shortly after that picture . I'm gonna try some caltracs type bars and new leafs springs .

[djracer]

Are you running aluminum bushings in your leafs? If not you may want to try some!

[streetstar]

Originally Posted by hotrod 80

. 2nd round it pulled a huge wheelie and bent both rear leaf springs tore one axle pad off and rolled the other one .

OUCH --- sounds like the drag radials hooked then -- thats one of the worst cases of axle wrap i've ever heard of

[Pyrotechnic]

My god that is a wicked launch. You definitely need the caltracs.

[hotrod 80]

Well , it took me a week worth of measuring and calling , but I ordered a new set of Caltracs and split mono leafs for it . The word I get now is that the monster truck thing is in July . I have til the 28Th to get it back together . Looks like i'll be testing during qualifiying .

[djracer]

tell me more about the monster truck thing?

[hotrod 80]

Well a monster truck show of some sort bought the july Clobberthon spot . But they did just add this class for you fullsize guys .

[hotrod 80]

Killed this class already . 9 cars 1st outing . 3 at the last one .