I get it. If we all run crates in our late models & one car is 2 to 3 tenths faster it must be his motor!!! That thinking is so "Inside the box". Wasn't someone talking about outside the box thinking?? Maybe that team does their homework on their chassis & has done everything to maximize their on track effort. Lets not give them credit for that, lets pull the motor!!! Crate motors are not the only component needed to equalize competition if that is what is desired by the race track or promoter. Tech the whole race car, make sure the whole series or class is playing by the same rules. Take a 15 car class that exists today the cream will still rise to the top with crate engines under the hood. I am glad to see that the crate engine has saved short track racing!!!
The bolts have been around as long as the crates. Keep it simple, caught screwing with a crate, see you in a calender year and we'll take your engine ty.
The bolts have been around as long as the crates. Keep it simple, caught screwing with a crate, see you in a calender year and we'll take your engine ty.
People keep saying they have been around for a long time and the link I posted would seem to bear that out but when did you actually see them yourself ? I have been told that there is at lest one car at Barrie and one at Sunset that has obtained these bolts and I cant think of any reason you would acquire the bolts unless you are up to something .
When Stefko rebuilds the crate at Barrie they change the GM snap bolts to bolts with a wire seal through them. If they changed the crates to have this seal from new would it stop the tampering? Or is it just as easy to get those bolts as well?
jmb, the couple of tenths thing is for a car that already has been part of the crate program,if i all of sudden show up and i am that much faster than the field and have cheated i would welcome the tech so that everyone would know the truth. sometimes when you think your are out of the box it is just a bigger box,think past your nose and have some faith in your tech officials we are not idiots.