Check out the new episode this week-end. I was a little disappointed how they ended up doing this thing, but OK none the less. A couple of guys take a COPO Camaro down the track and tune it up! Don't miss the first few minutes, or you've missed a lot of it! Just a little more Pure Stock talk! Peter
Saw it last night, very cool! I caught the show last night. That Peter from the show(his name is Peter,not calling him one)is a pretty darn good all around driver, it must have been kind of humbling to be taught how to "drive" a car on Polyglas/Wide Ovals :laugh: It cracked me up when they made the remark on how suprized they were about how much air pressure you guy's "added" to the tire's to make them hook. To bad they didn't let Jimmy and Pete line up and make a pass in their two car's to show them how a 427 with EXHAUST MANIFOLDS will run with more tuning and the cam degreed a little different than where the factory put it. Good show though, and Pete made everything painfully clear at the beginning of the show :TU:
from the 2004 Results thread so if Pete and JJ had been called in to tune these Supercars before the taping of the shootout, then the numbers should have been: Chevelle 13.253 seconds AMX 14.148 seconds Hurst Olds 13.228 seconds Boss Mustang 13.043 seconds Buick Stage 1 13.260 seconds Hemi Challenger 13.713 seconds GTO Judge 13.390 seconds
The shoot-out was a total joke as far as I'm concerned!!! First of all they used a Convertible GS weighing in at over 4100lbs(give or take). A Hemi-Challenger with a toasted clutch. A chevelle with mild gears. Half the cars were 4-speeds. I'm more interested in straight line comparisons. Not braking or slalom. Nobody showed up 35 years ago at the local burger joint bragging about their cars braking ability. I like what F.A.S.T. is doing with the "Certified Stock" class. The way the cars should have come out of the factory! Those to me are good benchmark times. Just my coin! :grin:
F.A.S.T. is not involved with the certified stock program. Certified Stock is something that the organizers of the Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag race came up with, and it is not a "class."
The Rest Of The Story Peter Klut contacted JJ and I after getting a "ton of hate mail" about some of his other shoot outs. The deal was he would bring his own COPO car that was race ready in his eyes. He wanted his car so he knew it was'nt some "ringer car". He would do all the driving after we made all the changes. JJ would get the last two passes of the day, since it was a 4 hitter car. After we took off 7 tenths, he was quite impressed. What he failed to mention was that after another group of changes we did, he bent a valve, and that ended our day. There was a 12.5 in the car for fun! :spank: He has since fixed the valve and sold the car. It was a fun day for all. He has expressed an interest in getting us back for a shootout of around 6 cars and having us come and try and have them race ready. We're hoping to get him to come to a Sept Pure Stock race and give us some coverage. Nothing has been even close to being finalized, but we shall see. Peter :beer
Glad you like certification however, No, not Factory Stock Drags. Pure......Stock......Muscle....Car.......Drag ........Race..... Been around over ten years..... And Bozo wonders why some of us get wound up when they screw with names. ou:
That's worth pursuing -- good luck, Pete. He's just across town for me. If you think it might help, I'll pay him a visit at LMC later this Spring to help coax him. :3gears:
:TU: Phenomenal job Pete from what I hear..... Most of your cheating revealed. Oh wait.....we are allowed to tune. :laugh: Are there copies of this show I can get a hold of?
Brian, if you paid any attention to Donny... and if you paid your cable bill on time... you could watch it tonight. p Keep it up wiseguy... and maybe for my first act as leader I'll take you quail hunting with me in Texas! :Brow:
Marauder Man I have three numerals for you: 409 :Brow: I think Charlie wants a big body grudge match.
Having 2 big body Chevies go at it might just be like watching your sisters be in a pillow fight :boring: ........ come to think of it BRING IT ON!!!! :error:
