I sure didn't feel sorry for Nickens. He was the one responsible for getting the old Eicke motor combination banned to they could stay ahead of Allen and Roy. That forced Johnsons to play catch up with old hemi parts, since they didn't have factory backing, they had to make do with what they could scrounge off of the factory teams.

Isn't the Eicke head the basis for the NRC head design?

Danny

I thought the general idea was (at least at one time) in most sanctioning bodies is that in order to run and X-stock class, a certain number had to be produced and the parts used had to be available to the general public, or have the rules since been "augmented"?

Heres the same HEMI PS motor note the distributor (no hole) small belt drive off of crank.

Actually, when NHRA paid attention to blocks used, it was the "factory teams" that suffered, A. Johnsn was using a different block made by a other supplier totally by aftermarket. The problem with the denied block was that it actually came from the same line as GM "factory" PS blocks. In a typical pro stock engine you just don't go to a speed shop and buy a block, it takes A LOT of effort and changes to build one for use. Currently the mopar block is told to be about the "readiest" block on market.
Personally I have not seen anyt Eicke stuff. When they went with the 4.9" bore space, everything used "GM blocks", All the stuff I have seen is B1/TS parts for those. I believe there wasnt much performance difference at that point, but Eicke that co-operated with Steve Schmidt already had a working PS program with the GM, and there was kind of a temptation.... Hasn't been much talk about Eicke lately, was kind of beried with the mopar deal but was a main player before that.
I can have my hands on a pretty late B1/TS engine (Steve Schmidt/Billy Stepp), good power, but pretty "thin" comapred to csame era GM's, narrower powerband.
And you need a guy from Finland to write this.