IMCA Open motor guys. Question about this years performance.

[oldtrackchamp4x]

SCD. If you look in the Nov. issue of Dirt Mod. Mag on page 32 you will see Willy's Carb ad for their carb, reg and fuel pump package that they say adds 40 hp and maximizes the power out of a crate. Haven't found ad for headers yet. As you said guys running what they had before works but are they getting the most out of their crate. I don't know that answer.Just passing on some info. As always this is JMO.

[Drake Racing]

I ran a 604 on gas in a late model a few yrs ago, we were on a 6200 chip, but mine had 80 nites on it before it was freshened. (that was legal back then)

Curt Drake
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[stock car driver]

SCD. If you look in the Nov. issue of Dirt Mod. Mag on page 32 you will see Willy's Carb ad for their carb, reg and fuel pump package that they say adds 40 hp and maximizes the power out of a crate. Haven't found ad for headers yet. As you said guys running what they had before works but are they getting the most out of their crate. I don't know that answer.Just passing on some info. As always this is JMO.

There are adds out there saying fluidampners add power too! lol..

wtf posting quoting a ADD in a magazine, talk about wasting peoples time

[oldtrackchamp4x]

WTF no one is as smart as the not quite yet famous SCD. I throw something out there that you don't agree with and you do as you always do, run people down. I hope you don't
have kids, as being around you they will be in for a bad upbringing. In closing go f u c k yourself.

[stock car driver]

WTF no one is as smart as the not quite yet famous SCD. I throw something out there that you don't agree with and you do as you always do, run people down. I hope you don't
have kids, as being around you they will be in for a bad upbringing. In closing go f u c k yourself.

Seems like your the one attempting the run down and insults to me, you been drinking tonight?

Scroll up and read what you posted.

My reply to you has nothing to do with disagreeing with you, I agreed with ya. The crate cost me over 20k cus I had to buy a modified to put it in..

Your posts speak for themselves, cant say Ive ever seen someone quote a ADVERTISEMENT.

Did you buy the flowbee, to cut your hair cus the info mercial said you could hook it to your vacumn and do it yourself!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3G1cwqYkO4

First we NEED a special carb headers fuel pump.. cus the 1 guy you know...bla bla bla... then you READ it in a magazine add. lol, I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. Thanks for the laughs seriously you made my day!

[mod71m]

Jeff - your rear weight issue probably has more to do with the location of the fuel cell and battery then anything else. Also if you have too much rear then why not move that ballast from the transmission area up to right behind the radiator on the left or right top tube?

If the crate is of no advantage like you keep implying then I tell you what I've got a deal of a lifetime for you. I will trade you my claim motor for you crate. Straight across. I'll have it fresh and ready to go for you. The cylinder heads on it cost more than your entire engine cost...

My uncle still cuts his own hair with his Flowbee

[Sportmod Rookie]

Did any/how many open motors qualified for the duel of the desert A-main??

[MM90]

I read somewhere that only 2 did. Paul Stone was one, can't remember the other name mentioned.

[oldtrackchamp4x]

From what i saw watching the race on xsan i could see crate sticker on top four for sure and looked like 5th also had crate sticker when they were lined up at flagstand after the race .JMO

[Duckhnter83]

Crate definatly won the duel not sure about the numbers of crates that qualified though.

[charcoal01]

26 of 28 cars that qualified were crate motors. Bobby hogge out of California was the other qualifier. Probably one of the best mod drivers in the West didn't make it into the show until saturday in his lcq. If you didn't have a crate, you basically had to be absolutely perfect to even have a chance at making the main. 15 of 16 cars that qualified on Thursday and friday were crate cars. It was stupid how much better they were.

[Sportmod Rookie]

IMCA needs to change something. I like the crate option but right now you have a major advantage by running one.

[stock car driver]

26 of 28 cars that qualified were crate motors. Bobby hogge out of California was the other qualifier. Probably one of the best mod drivers in the West didn't make it into the show until saturday in his lcq. If you didn't have a crate, you basically had to be absolutely perfect to even have a chance at making the main. 15 of 16 cars that qualified on Thursday and friday were crate cars. It was stupid how much better they were.

Yeah cus it would be really lame if racing A mods came down to driver skill and set up skills vs cubic inches....and $$$.

[C10]

Yeah cus it would be really lame if racing A mods came down to driver skill and set up skills vs cubic inches....and $$$.

I couldnt agree with you more Jeff. IMCA a mod racing up until 5 or 10 years ago used to be build an engine that was low buck, and set up and drive the car. Now its turned into how much money can you spend at Stoa's. I love the crate, it will save the weekly low buck racer that would otherwise hang up their shoes.

[imca43]

IMO The crate takes some of the driver skill out of the equation. I was in the pits all weekend with one of the top 3 finishers of the A main at the duel. They barely have enough power to spin the tires in the slick they were using full throttle, so throttle control is out the window now any throttle stomper that doesn't know there is something other than wide open or off the throttle will be faster. Put the 3 inch spoiler on Hogg's car and he would have made everyone look stupid. I'm not against a crate but I'm against one car having a spoiler and not the other especially on a slick half mile track like Las Vegas. Anyone that thinks the 3 inch spoiler isn't an advantage needs to put there hand out the window at 75 and imagine that 66 inches wide. As for the crate keeping the cost down in racing is bull. My open motors are 8-10 thousand in them and I can get 40 shows on them. Say you spend 8000 on an open motor run it all year with no problems you can re ring and bearing it cheaper than the guy that has to send his out and spend 2000 on freshening it. It doesn't matter if you have a cheap one or a high dallor motor they can all blow up same. The crates already have a weight advantage the body rules should be the same for every one.