k-man i totally agree with your crate comment!
Thanks, now all we have to do is wait for the tracks to realize what's going on and the effect it is having. I know they are aware of the problem but they choose to do nothing about it.
k-man i totally agree with your crate comment!
Thanks, now all we have to do is wait for the tracks to realize what's going on and the effect it is having. I know they are aware of the problem but they choose to do nothing about it.
This is the point of this thread. The whole idea of running a crate is to keep costs down it should not give immunity to people that choose to cheat like it is doing right now. The tech guys are looking the other way unless it is a built engine, that should not be happening.
k-man i totally agree with your crate comment!
Thanks, now all we have to do is wait for the tracks to realize what's going on and the effect it is having. I know they are aware of the problem but they choose to do nothing about it.
This is the point of this thread. The whole idea of running a crate is to keep costs down it should not give immunity to people that choose to cheat like it is doing right now. The tech guys are looking the other way unless it is a built engine, that should not be happening.
I'm sure we all know what the point of this thread is and I commend you for having the guts to post it but until the tracks decide to get serious about the tampering problems, our only options are either; learn to live with it, join in with the few guys that are tampering with crates, or park the car. As far as I'm concerned, the options available are pretty pathetic.
k-man i totally agree with your crate comment!
Thanks, now all we have to do is wait for the tracks to realize what's going on and the effect it is having. I know they are aware of the problem but they choose to do nothing about it.
This is the point of this thread. The whole idea of running a crate is to keep costs down it should not give immunity to people that choose to cheat like it is doing right now. The tech guys are looking the other way unless it is a built engine, that should not be happening.
I'm sure we all know what the point of this thread is and I commend you for having the guts to post it but until the tracks decide to get serious about the tampering problems, our only options are either; learn to live with it, join in with the few guys that are tampering with crates, or park the car. As far as I'm concerned, the options available are pretty pathetic.
how true that is! 🙁
Every year at some point this post reappears in some form...
There is no answer to the debate. Crates are here to stay, and they will be tampered with whether the racer or an engine builder does it.
Crates are good for two things, traction and budget. Some racers use the crate to get through tech, as it is a "free pass". Those are the guys you have to go after.
Through pulling the rocker cover and checking the OPEN pressure on the springs, not the seat pressure you could eliminate the easist cheat, raising the RPM band. Also if GM says 6000 max RPM, do as the US does, make them run revlimiter chips that are pulled when you pull your number. Seems pretty easy to do.
In reality, even the most cheated up crate out there might make 30 HP over a stock one.
Its also very interesting that that guys that go through the center like a missle and carry that additional speed down the straightaway, are ALWAYS the ones labled cheaters when they run crates.
I hate crates, but really when you combine a car that goes through the center, with next to no wheelspin from the crate, you wouldn't be able to beat them with 50 more horsepower........