Bruce Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Hey if any track officials or rule-makers of some kind read this, is there any chance of ever allowing rear wheel drive 4-bangers into the Eco Stock class? Down at South Texas Speedway the Front Runner (same class, 4/6 cyl front-wheel drive ) class started letting in rear wheel drives, and we saw an influx of little Nissan and Toyota trucks coming to race, which has been awesome to watch, and almost doubled the car counts. I've got a little 4-cylinder Ranger I'd love to turn into a dirt track racer some day, I'm sure there's others who have similar hopes. I know right now it's front-wheel-drive only, just wondering about plans for this class in the future. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I hope they dont allow any rwd's in the class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetar Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 How competitive is RWD 4-cyl compared to FWD 4-cyl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbys Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Wonder why no one wants a RWD in this class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWelding Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 See any FWD truck pulls lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetar Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 See any FWD truck pulls lately? I don't see how you can compare truck/tractor pulls to oval track racing. Seems irrelevant to me, but to answer you, nope. Sure haven't. I can't say I know of any FWD trucks on the market either.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer52 Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Well...anytime you change a rule....you make someone mad. Guaranteed. Ill be honest....Corpus is a different market....I don't see many (if any) People in the Austin area wanting to build anything. Now they might buy something that is built... and if there going to spend money...it makes sense to buy a car that can run more than one track. I personally think if someone wanted to run a RWD car....then you cant ask for a better (and cheaper) class than the IMCA hobby stocks......don't let these people scare you that are selling cars at outrageous prices....they get beat all the time from cars with 1/4 the amount of money in them. I know I could build a competitive car for under 3500$ and race it every week with very little upkeep. So..my suggestion...sell the ranger...find a metric car...or an old nova and build something you can run anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetar Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Well...anytime you change a rule....you make someone mad. Guaranteed. Ill be honest....Corpus is a different market....I don't see many (if any) People in the Austin area wanting to build anything. Now they might buy something that is built... and if there going to spend money...it makes sense to buy a car that can run more than one track. I personally think if someone wanted to run a RWD car....then you cant ask for a better (and cheaper) class than the IMCA hobby stocks......don't let these people scare you that are selling cars at outrageous prices....they get beat all the time from cars with 1/4 the amount of money in them. I know I could build a competitive car for under 3500$ and race it every week with very little upkeep. So..my suggestion...sell the ranger...find a metric car...or an old nova and build something you can run anywhere. Sound advice. I'll keep that in mind when (if) I want to move up a class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWelding Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 geetar, Pushing is better than pulling anytime. You would have an advantage with RWD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetar Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 (edited) geetar, Pushing is better than pulling anytime. You would have an advantage with RWD. Ah, okay. In that case I'd say leave it FWD for sure. Edited July 1, 2014 by geetar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 just go back into cts winners ..see whats winning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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