Larry Morgan answered a question, i posed, a few years ago, that asked ! regarding the performance of a motor - is it the Brand of Motor or The Engine Designer/Builder? The answer was the ladder. So if that's the case, what's stopping Greg Anderson from building a non GM motor and subsequently end up putting a Lap on the field!
New RPM Rule Change In Pro Stock.
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ironpony
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WJ was asked if he had funding to build any PS engine he said he would pick the HEMI as he felt it was the best engine. You know what they say about opinions................I forget who it was but they answered a DRCE in a Dart.
That makes me think of Bob Glidden. Remember when Ford Pissed him off, hello Plymouth Arrow. lol
A dump truck full of money for starters and I'm not sure they could get any more power out of any non-GM engine than they're getting from the DRCE right now. 3hp/CID from a 500 inch, 2-valve, cam-in-block V8 with no power adders is pretty heady stuff.
SoCal Racer
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The answer to that is that rules states the "extra" 500 rpm is limited to a Ford in a Ford body or a Dodge in a Dodge body. They don't want hemi or Ford powered Camaros despite being happy with a GM (DRCE) in anything (per the 2016 rule change); nor do you get 500 more rpm by putting a DRCE in a Mustang or Dart. Just to stir the pot, at what point do we start seeing DRCE engines with a "HEMI" or "FORD" logo slapped on the valve covers to get the extra 500 rpm, similar to how they label FC and TF Hemis as Toyotas, Chevys, or Fords?
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65 Goatboy
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Anyone listen to Alan Reinhardt's Warren Johnson interview on his new show? Alan you should see if he'd do another short one again now. Or even Kurt.
Yeah, I remember that, & Glidden ran just as quick with the Arrow.
There was a lot of work on those Small Chryslers to make them go. Lifter bore angles were changed, extensive head work, slightly canted valves. Bob had his own furnace and basically turned the Chrysler into a Cleveland. I always wondered though why subsequent owners of the car couldn't even get within the ballpark of what Bob ran with it.
Sox & Landy had their own small block programs as well, and Landy did end up being the quickest of all of them before he pulled the plug on his deal in 1981. Sox was supplied engines by Chrysler for his Small Block and Hemi programs in '79 & '80, and has been quoted as saying they weren't good engines.
Stan
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Rasn1320
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Yes
CS
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I'm being told they are powered by a Chrysler and a Chevy no FORD
I loved running Spokane for Orville and Tice Jr.
Maybe the NHRA should let 'em rev to whatever level the engines can tolerate - and utilize - regardless of manufacturer. I understand all the bitching about valve springs and expensive unobtanium components as the reasons for 10500 but hey, PS ain't a cheap class in the first place. If your Hemi is competitive at 11.5, NHRA needs to let 'er eat.
Probably a controversial statement at best but if anyone wants to see PS with anything other than DRCE powered Camaros I don't see any other way. What a shame Factory X didn't take off; it was an answer to the lack of variety despite being a bit slower. Myself, I'd rather see at least 3 major brands (with brand-specific engines) competing at 6.80/200 than a parade of Camaros at 6.50/210. Your mileage may vary.
Litefoot
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