Hood scoops are back in Pro Stock! (17 Viewers)

[SoCal Racer]

How about a F/SS engine in a current p
PS chassis? Those motors all make similar horsepower as a 500 ci motor.
2350 lbs current slicks and a 5 speed manual

Well we almost had that with FX, but NHRA screwed that up....

 

[Nunz]

I listened to Richard Freeman and I'm pretty sure the racers will have the option to run with or without a scoop.

 

[ironpony]

How about a F/SS engine in a current p
PS chassis? Those motors all make similar horsepower as a 500 ci motor.
2350 lbs current slicks and a 5 speed manual

Allen Johnson was trying to sell that idea way back and everyone boo hooed him for it.

 

[SoCal Racer]

That’s not been the case in the entire history of pro stock.
There have been countless rules changes that adversely affected the Mopars and Fords, but never the GMs.
The final straw were the RPM limit and the fuel change.
Everybody and his brother knew the Mopars were done at that point.

That's because it (no rules changes negatively affecting GM) became the race to mediocrity rather than superiority. But that's the nature of the beast - if you can't elevate one, you have to bring the others down. It could be argued that in the earliest days of PS that both Mopar and Ford - prior to weight breaks - were far ahead of the GMs and was why the rules changes went into effect "to create parity" before that was a catch phrase. But those were cars built with factory blocks and heads, and as the rules package relaxed restrictions on those requirements it helped GM become competitive. Today everything is aftermarket and most of the NA development over the past few decades has been on the GM-based platform, so everyone just rents one of those and throws it in a Camaro. The Brandon Millers, Alan Prusienskys, and Joe Wilczeks of the world have an uphill battle (Larry Morgan too, when he had the Ford) - yet I applaud their persistence while getting little or no factory support.

 

[ironpony]

That's because it (no rules changes negatively affecting GM) became the race to mediocrity rather than superiority. But that's the nature of the beast - if you can't elevate one, you have to bring the others down. It could be argued that in the earliest days of PS that both Mopar and Ford - prior to weight breaks - were far ahead of the GMs and was why the rules changes went into effect "to create parity" before that was a catch phrase. But those were cars built with factory blocks and heads, and as the rules package relaxed restrictions on those requirements it helped GM become competitive. Today everything is aftermarket and most of the NA development over the past few decades has been on the GM-based platform, so everyone just rents one of those and throws it in a Camaro. The Brandon Millers, Alan Prusienskys, and Joe Wilczeks of the world have an uphill battle (Larry Morgan too, when he had the Ford) - yet I applaud their persistence while getting little or no factory support.

in before anyone else.,,,,,,,,,,

that was the 60's-70's are you ever going to let it go ?????????????

NO

 

[GumbyWVU]

if they are done, i'm not surprised. I'm guessing They poured more money into pro Stock, than anyone has ever and yet came up nil!

well that's a shame because they seemed to really start coming on some last year, and I think were on the verge of something very good.

 

[GumbyWVU]

One would be favorable and they would all progress over to it or if it wound up between brands, well we know how that would end. However there is only one brand now so...................

I know....I've wanted to see more variety too, wasn't bad in the 80s early 90s.

 

[GumbyWVU]

I listened to Richard Freeman and I'm pretty sure the racers will have the option to run with or without a scoop.

It would be interesting to see how adding a scoop will affect things, weight wise and aero-wise.

 

[TSK]

But that's the nature of the beast - if you can't elevate one, you have to bring the others down.

Talk about rewarding mediocrity of the GMs.
“Everybody gets a trophy.”