Quote: ... All I need is a 3rd pedal and I'm ready, I wont run this class with an automatic. And if we are ERA specific NO TRANS BRAKES/TWO STEPS. Make them sound like real race cars.
Right on, Herb ! The class will be a flop if automatics are allowed. Just a glorified bracket race is exactly what you will get-boring. No body cares. You've waited 15 years to get this nostalgia pro stock thing rolling and you immediately ruin it. THE reason the early pro stocks were so popular? They were the ultimate stick shift car. I beg of you, don't do this. It will be a fatal mistake, I promise. I think the idea is a great one and hope it is a wild success, and it can be,if done correctly. Good luck !
do you think any more than 1% of the presently potential car owners will be standing in line to spend the 5k plus to change back to a 4 speed ? 833's ain't cutting it in cars like mine and a lenco represents squat in the suggestion. I would have to buy a high dollar trans and clutch .Then change the set up plus learn to make it hook for that $100.00 prize offered 5 times a year.. banging gears is not going to be enjoyed by my 35 year old chassis. then again I could just build a whole car for the class. what will you be running if you join us ?
Fred, I think it would depend on how badly car owners want to get involved with this particular class. It would cost about 7000-10,000 to convert a slush box to a stick. Jerico's are 3500, G- Force 4500 including shifter. Flywheel, pressure plate and disc would be 2000 from Tim Hyatt, 2800 from Rob Youngblood or 3000 from Boninfante. It is true that it takes time to learn to tune a suspension for a stick, 2-3 TnTs. My 72 Duster has stock frame rails and takes the beating without problems, so will yours. Building a purpose-built car for the class is also a reasonable but expensive way to go. Not sure if my car fits the rules, being a W-2 headed 358 small block. If it does, I would try to make some of the events. See youtube clip.
