Extreme lack of tech talk

[Jking24]

In my area, the deep south, 602/604 crates have saved dlm racing. We are seeing full fields every race and even the tracks are cooperating and not trying to schedule on top of one another......imagine that, they finally woke up!Sorry fastford, we had a sponsor lined up to purchase a crate Ford, but the local track and series wouldnt cooperate!

The problem with the Fords was Ford didn't want to play ball you can't build a crate engine for racecars to be better than its competitors that kind of defeats the original purpose. And if anyone thinks it's not possible because of whatever benchracing reason just watch this https://youtu.be/lmvj8JPGXOk

[let-r-eat]

I see no reason not to let the ford engines in other than $$$. I sure know a bunch of Ford guys that are buying chevy though to meet the rules............. LOL

[ZERO25]

The problem with the Fords was Ford didn't want to play ball you can't build a crate engine for racecars to be better than its competitors that kind of defeats the original purpose. And if anyone thinks it's not possible because of whatever benchracing reason just watch this https://youtu.be/lmvj8JPGXOk

Yep, when you have to run a 500cfm 2 barrel to make them fairly even, there's a problem!

[fastford]

In my area, the deep south, 602/604 crates have saved dlm racing. We are seeing full fields every race and even the tracks are cooperating and not trying to schedule on top of one another......imagine that, they finally woke up!

Sorry fastford, we had a sponsor lined up to purchase a crate Ford, but the local track and series wouldnt cooperate!

thats cool my friend , i make most of my living working on them old chebys ....the problem with the ford crate engine , as far as fitting in with the 602s and 604s is the initial cost , that i dont understand , and the two ford options weight wise were either lighter ( 302 based block) or heavier (351 based block) , they could match hp and torque with no problem , but crates were invented by GM and thats how they want to keep it , i like the new open wheel class , put a 2brl on that 347 with N heads on e85 , and i think you have something , i wish they would carry these rules over to the 602 class , i dont mind the 200 extra pounds either......

[ZERO25]

thats cool my friend , i make most of my living working on them old chebys ....the problem with the ford crate engine , as far as fitting in with the 602s and 604s is the initial cost , that i dont understand , and the two ford options weight wise were either lighter ( 302 based block) or heavier (351 based block) , they could match hp and torque with no problem , but crates were invented by GM and thats how they want to keep it , i like the new open wheel class , put a 2brl on that 347 with N heads on e85 , and i think you have something , i wish they would carry these rules over to the 602 class , i dont mind the 200 extra pounds either......

Yep, we were pretty excited to run something different and probly have an advantage! But as usual, tracks and series dont cooperate!

And yes, they are def pricey.....always been that way with Ford!

[dirty white boy]

erry body got to fussing and fighting on every post lotta folks just sunk into shadows not wanting the drama! lotta folks got out of it as some one posted to....DWB

[fastford]

there were several that came on the tech section to argue about some thing they knew nothing about and were called out for it , i guess they finally got the message , IMO , the ones that comment here now are very knowledgeable and if you pay attention , you can learn a lot.....JMO....

[Burke1118]

there were several that came on the tech section to argue about some thing they knew nothing about and were called out for it , i guess they finally got the message , IMO , the ones that comment here now are very knowledgeable and if you pay attention , you can learn a lot.....JMO....

If you read some of the posts I was reading from the mid 2000s/early 2010s, it makes our tech section now look like 1st grade. High level debates, no name calling, collective effort to figure out how these cars work. The same problems that we have now, but don't care about. All we care about now is the next trick shock we can buy or magical spring load numbers we can sheepishly install

[grt74]

If you read some of the posts I was reading from the mid 2000s/early 2010s, it makes our tech section now look like 1st grade. High level debates, no name calling, collective effort to figure out how these cars work. The same problems that we have now, but don't care about. All we care about now is the next trick shock we can buy or magical spring load numbers we can sheepishly install

and if you are actually trying to help, people only do half of it and wonder why it doesn't work, lmao, nothing has really changed much except rf clearance, it not as hard as some may seem, they have to make it seem hard so they can charge you for it
i also love all the new shock stuff, makes me laugh

[fastford]

your right GRT , every one thinks the soft rt frt and bump stops are new technology , we were running soft rt fronts that would coil bind , which was the basic same principle but not as controlled , in the late 90,s and early 2000,s ....

[Krooser]

I'm almost out of dumb questions...but saving up for more.