Re: Re 1972 Ford carb/it's the rules man

[Ken Ames <amesk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 I realize that.
 As the carbs are praticaly identical, if they're looking for a correct tag, you
can use one. As the carbs are so nearly the same it won't make any difference to
the performance if you have a 73 carb and a 72 tag. 
 How would one tell a 73 carb from a 72 without the tag? Fer instance. :)

Ken Ames

Quoting Guynn <amx69@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> Ken,
> 
> Have you ever taken a car to a Divisional or National event for NHRA?? 
> To run a peticular calss?? If not then you don't understand. Just 
> because you know, and I know that most all the Ford 2 bbl carbs are the 
> exact same thing except for jets and air bleeds, that is not what AMC 
> turned into NHRA for what is a Legal Stock part. Every year that NHRA 
> has classes available in NHRA the AMC Factory supplied them with part 
> numbers. Your car isd only legal with THOSE part numbers on them.
> 
> Yes, it may be silly, but it applies to Everyone. So, some automakers 
> may well use different sized CFM wise carbs. To be Legal ion NHRA, the 
> H.P. engine claimed MUST have the Correct part number carb on it, even 
> if the very next year carb was EXACTLY the same, but carried a different 
> part number. This is done so guys cannot cherat by rigging something 
> else than what parts really do apply to That Year, That engine size, 
> With that transmission, ratted at That horsepower for the class the 
> vehicle fits.
> 
> Basically you need that carb because the rules say so. You want to play 
> their game, you must pl;ay by the rules. You don't want to be the only 
> person playing by the rules, so, you welcome the rules it keeps everyone 
> honest.
> 
> You can rejet the carb and resize airholes all you want, you just have 
> to have an unmolested stock piece to run the calss.
> 
> Hope this explains things.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Randy Guynn
> 
> 
> 


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