The Flying Dutchman 2014 New Thread!

[EZ Nova]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So the B/MP National Record is on hold till next time! </div></div>

Where does one find the rules and record for this B/MP that you speak?

Benny, my ZL-1 is taking too long, so looking to do an interim motor, my ZLX project motor, while I wait. Will be alot like your car, so might be able to go for this record too!!!!

John [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[Salvatore]

B/MP is an NHRA class that car may have run with the set-up he had in the early 70's.
The ET record back then was around the 10.50 range.
The Professor's nova used to have dual quads on it when he first brought it out.

[earntaz]

Back in the day in Div 4, Carroll Caudle out of Amarillo kind of ruled the roost. He ran a 55' Chev at that time in various _/MP clases. Notice I did not include A, B, C, etc. because he tended to run in most of them depending on the size of SBC. He was awesome to watch ... TAZ

[Salvatore]

Carroll Caudle was a killer in those lower MP ranks. I believe he won the 1970 Winternationals. Had many a fine race car. Even think he dabb;led in Pro Stock in the early days.

Lee Shepherd
David Nickens
Pete Smith
Shioleno and Coleman
Raymond Martin and a bunch of other DIV-4 cars were real tough to beat back then.

[sYc]

IMO, the main reason the same combos run better times today then back in the day is A. track prep and B. tires.

[Salvatore]

That is true Tom tires are way better and the cheating is a little better too. Things overlooked, not caught, everybody does syndrome helps too.

[EZ Nova]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sYc</div><div class="ubbcode-body">IMO, the main reason the same combos run better times today then back in the day is A. track prep and B. tires. </div></div>

Tom, there is alot more then just that? Camshaft tech, fuels and lubricants as well as what the factories are doing all help with making the &quot;average&quot; car faster then it would have been back in even the '80's. Fuels even. Look at the Oxygenated fuels and how they alone can effect ET. I've personally seen a 8 second N/A SB pick up 2 tenths from going from C16 to Q16 when he jetted up accordingly.

There is so many other things that we do that I can't get into either, Pro-flite trans, Ti wheel studs, carbon brake, ceramic bearing etc. that help the whole package, yet some people wouldn't even look into these areas or notice till you point it out, yet those there can be 1/2 a second in ET.

[Salvatore]

I think??? Tom was talking about how fast the Stock Elimintor cars were 40 years ago compared to how fast the &quot;stock eliminator&quot; cars of today are and how much the word &quot;stock&quot; is stretched.

[sYc]

I am not for sure if the cheating is any better, as the Grump and and others were pretty good at &quot;stretching&quot; the rules.

When it comes to class racing, such as stock, superstock, pro-stock, etc, and comparing times, the rules are so much liberal now then they were back in the day. I for one would love to see those classes go back to original definitions.

[Salvatore]

HAAA! Just check out the SS/AH cars. Close to the 1968 versions huh.