tinman

No way.
NHRA stock eliminator cars run with full sets of rings, stock heads, no 'power adders'. Nothing really crazy about them.
The cams they use are stock lift and any duration, most run about 245-250 @.050 however.
NHRA classes for 5.0 FOX body cars are usually M/S, N/S. M/S record now is 11.98 but there could well be a quicker car someplace on the planet.
Go over to NHRA's website sometime and read the rules, they are VERY restrictive.
I can tell you from ekperience that those guys go as qick as they do by getting the chassis working just right and using tire/gears for the best effect......
Those cars are also very expensive, start maybe about 30 grand.........

302army187

well I'm just throwing it out there. I don't know for sure, and i know the classes are very strict. But it was my understanding that there was some sneaky mod's being done, besides all the rules.

Guess I do need to educate myself a little more on it, haha.

Epic91GT

30k and the car has a bone stock motor? i knew chassis shops were expensive but damn

tinman

Yep. Competitive stock eliminator racers have like $5000 'stock' heads.
A lot of the engine work is the balancing/machine work.
That's why a good car for the classes that a FOX mustang could run in ends up being a $30K car..........

projectresto83

You also gotta think, they may spend 30k on a car but they can win that back quick.

Epic91GT

tinman, to me that is not stock then since it takes modifying and machining to get to where they need to be. i pulled motor from an 87 took some accessories off and im trying to see what i can do

projectresto83

Gotta think Epic... everyone reads a set of words a little different than others so the interpretation can be blurred from one person to another...but that is the calass that they compete in....there is a small.....very small class that has people that have not touched the bottom end at all...

hell I know stock...but my version of stock is different than others...if its OEM..(gt40's, explorer,cobra,eaton) it is still stock lol but other are a little more exact than that...

Shelty

looks like a nice car man

but you gots to run a 26 inch tire.

tinman

True, there is 'stock' as in NHRA legal and then there is stock as you are saying with the OEM type combos that maybe the factory never offered but should have.
As a former stock eliminator racer I'll tell you that 'stock' can take on some very strange meanings, expensive ones.
I really like the idea of your meaning as long as non OEM power adders are left out.
Ever heard of an acid ported head/intake? That'll give you an idea of where some of that money goes..........

Epic91GT

i dont disagree with you as my car is a 4cyl that i swapped a v8 into so if i went to the extreme i would automatically be out. but r u saying that u can put a eaton supercharger on your car off a cobra and since it is an OEM adder it is fine to use?

i believe u as ive been around the track, i have never heard of anyone acid porting heads but if it is anything like acid dipping a body (car body that is) than i get the picture