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ChadS
09-24-2004 09:13:23
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Re: NATPA and a Power Block in reply to Past NATPA Puller, 09-23-2004 13:42:44
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That letter said changing the outside appearance of the tractor, to enhance performance was not allowed. I read that, and re read that, and then read it again!! My personal opinion, is that that is what they came up with div 1 for!!!! To keep all the stock parts on the stock pulling tractor Now that statement is a contorversey in itself, "A stock pulling tractor." I dont care what is said,, there is no such thing. It sounds like the rule makers were getting whipped by these "Factory enhanced" engines. So they segragated them. And why??? Is this div 1?? No. it was not, now it is,,,,, and that will continue till the ones getting beat, start winning. Economy class???? Well, not too sure on that, still costs $25 bucks just to hook to the sled,, so where is the economy in that? And if ya win,, you get what,, 15 bucks? LOL!! It just sounds like they wanna nit pick. Soon, they gonna recommend all div 2 tractors to have PTO, so they can dyno the winners. Tell ya what, the winners in the NATPA in the div 1 and 2 class, and I never seen em pull lately, but,, you can bet, that if their tractors were dyno tuned, they are not stock. at least over 10 percent over the factory HP rating! Dont care if they are stock cubes or not. If they rejettd the carb, it should be throwed out, dont care if it has the OEM part number on the carb, head, or what have ya!!! it is not stock, like they claim they want the class to be. Now, they say to provoke a class to allow M&W kits, etc, etc. And yet, they throw out a M&W power block for a JD!!!!! At least that is what one has stated. Keep div 1 rules in div 1, keep div 2 rules in div 2, keep div 3 in div 3, and so on and so on. All the tech commities in the world, cant always find a modified engine, only one way, to do this. Limit on compression. good chart in my opinion, is that in div 1, no cyl pressure over 125 psi. div 2, not over 175. div 3, no more than 225psi, div 4 and 5,, Well, those are more open classes, so over 225 and up would be ok. You want to find enhanced tractors??? stop picking on the factory bolt on parts, and look for big cubed, high compression engines, that dont belong in the division, a real tech committe would know right off the bat if they ran a compression test, if it was stock or not. There needs to be a limit on what can be done to them,,, but any factoy part that bolts on to the engine, should be allowed. in div 2. that is why they call it an economy class! all the factory parts cant be used to enhance performance, outside appearence, well then where do you spend the money, and what do you enhance?? The inside of the engine. Strokers, big bores, and how can we spot a stroker? or a non stock cubic inch engine? ChadS
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