I received my new copy of GRM and I found nothing for you guys!
What is up?????
Is Texas dead in the publications?
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I received my new copy of GRM and I found nothing for you guys!
What is up?????
Is Texas dead in the publications?
I think we ran Todd off. :shock:
Texas? Are there road racers in Texas?! Who would have known?! :roll: :(
Well, I'm not surprised by anything anymore. Considering that a thread I posted in over at CMC.com about the new Teardown Procedures at Nationals got edited and then locked it's becoming readily apparent to me that the racers opinions of the activity or procedures are not welcome or appreciated.
It's their ballpark and rule book, but I'm through playing in their game.
Suprised it took you this long.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Bell
Plenty of room over here on the bench
The ghosts of Hallett live on.
jb
I just saw the post to which you referenced, Mike. I don't go to the Kalifornia site very often ...
Wasn't that a bombshell ... 3 weeks before the race and the rules are "clarified". :lol:
"might remove a head ... but no teardown."
I guess you boys need to take along a complete gasket and seal kit as part of your spares ...
Just think of the ruckus if the Kalifornia boys don't podium ... :shock: Or maybe the ruckus if they ALL do! :o
Kind of reminds me of the time a Hemi Dodge PU truck pulled beside me in my street car and purged nitrous.
He asked "Wanna race?"
I said "What's the point? If I win, you'll say it's 'Just a farm truck' and if I lose, you'll say 'it's just a FARM truck."
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Originally Posted by mitchntx
Karnack stopped by earlier and said something about "Southern Iron".....wonder what he meant? :lol:
JG, when are we going to work on that exhibition race for AV8SS? Hell, I would even do it at TMS!
I don't understand.
Some folks don't want to run with NASA anymore and that's fine. Other folks still want to run with NASA and that's fine too. What I don't understand is why someone who has disassociated himself with NASA feels compelled to make posts on a forum made up of NASA racers and trash talks the organization.
John, if you want to go, then go. If you want to stay, then stay. But all I get out of your participation on this AICMCTexas forum is negativity and stirring up issues about which you say that you are no longer a part.
I don't get it.
So now we are telling people to go or stay? C'mon, no race writeups in GRM kinda sux. I loved our old race writeups and it was cool to see the Texas results in the bigtime magazine.
Recent debacle (catastrophe is more like it) caused us to lose Adam as a Series Director and participant. By proxy we also lost another capable driver in Daron Cooke. "Ghosts of Hallet" might be the phrase of the year.
For me the heart of the issue is the current CMC rules and how they don't address some very basic questions or specifications. Folks go and buy a race car from Timbuktu and it dynos at 230/300. That's great, at or under the legal limit and with no teardown rule there is no problem. Race it and have fun. But other folks bought a race car and either blew up the motor (me) or it was down on power and for some reason they can't get it up to the 230/300 by following the exact wording in the rules. This topic is mainly about the small block Ford (SBF).
The fact remains that according to the rules there are many stock SBF motors that would be legal but won't make the 230/300 numbers. In fact, many are far from that ceiling. So either we have a bunch of illegal motors or a few idiots that don't know how to build a SBF right. Asking questions at the National level gets you a bunch of responses about "seat time" and "you just don't get it". I sent Tony G an email several months back asking what cam I can legally run in my new 302, no response. I'm building a new motor, you tell me should I feel good about spending my $$$ and still being down on power?? Should I be happy about the crapshoot odds of my new motor somehow being the "magic combination" and making at or close to 230/300????
For the record:
I don't want engine teardowns.
I don't want to cheat.
I don't think anyone else in our region is cheating.
I don't want folks to have to change their existing motors.
I do think there's a significant rules gap in CMC.
I do want to compete in a fair contest of driving skill.
I do want the CMC rules to be modified to allow a repeatable recipe for the SBF to reach the 230/300 mark.
Ask these questions on the National CMC website and get censored or ignored. I'm a paying participant, period. While W2W has been the most fun I've had with my clothes on recently it's not the only game in town nor does my paid up entry indicate I wish to be subjected to someone's dictatorship. If I pay, then I get to express my opinion(s) as well.
Without one you don't get the other.