A major 2016 rules revision meant the end of carburetors in favor of. Sep 24, 2018 in nhra pro stock, the efi rules went into effect in 2016. This system will be mandatory on all cars participating in the 2016 nhra mello yello pro stock category. Somewhat lost in last weekends 2018 seasonending auto club finals was the nhra announcement that it will reduce the number of mello yello drag. Answered january 21, 2016 author has 151 answers and 150. Do they work like the transmissions used in nhra pro stock cars where they use the clutch to leave the line, then. See more ideas about modified cars, drag cars and drag racing.
With mpc as the primary sponsor, this agreement ensures that johnson, 2012 nhra prostock world champion, will remain on the drag strip for all of the 2016 season. Holley has been the undisputed leader in fuel systems for over 100 years. The national hot rod association, which is eminently the largest single motorsports sanctioning body on the planet has long been accused of treating the. The prostock cars typically use a planetary transmission setup that can be shifted. Cars or trucks with automatic transmissions have their own class, which is different from those with manual transmissions. It was crazy to see how fast everyone moves to disassemble these engines and transmissions before the next race. Nhra has asked the pro stock racers to put a wicker bill on their rear wings to aid traction. Bo butner racing is with bo butner at las vegas motor speedway. Super fast cars and big crowds, but the programs have to run from 10 am to midnight with all of their delays. Competition eliminator class is easily the most diverse eliminator in nhra.
Drag racing cars pro stock sometimes called factory hot rods, these vehicles must have engines and bodies from the same oem and all of the components must be available to the public, and for the nhra, engines are restricted to 500 ci. Jun 29, 2017 how does a clutchless manual transmissions work. Nothing gets you closer to the ear splitting, pure adrenaline of the national hot road association. Jul 28, 2016 38 videos play all nhra 101 nhra take a pro mod lap tutorial in the shadow 2. The nhra is 12 races into the 2016 season, and only five have attracted a full field of entries. Pro mod and pro stock manual gearboxes high power media. Mopar pro stock mopar february 19 nascar star kurt busch is qualified no. A new quick drive unit installed in clint satterfields nhra pro modified entry. Liberty has two new transmission offering for those that love to bang gears down the 20. Pro mod and pro stock drag racing classes still see manual transmissions used in competition, and they range from twospeed units on short, eighthofamile courses to five speeds on quartermiles. Nhra announced the 2016 pro stock electronic fuel injection efi requirements today nhra announced the 2016 pro stock electronic fuel injection efi requirements. How 3,000 hp capable pro mod powerglides are built at ati. Pro stock racing cars for sale racing junk classifieds.
Midwest nostalgia pro stock association hemmings daily. Results are in from last weekends testing at the phoenix nhra track. A detailed technical document containing the mandated part numbers, prices, and part specifications can be found on. The growth of the nhras exhibition series for mountain motor pro stock has already been rapid, with 16 cars turning out in charlotte. Be the envy of the track by purchasing your dirt oval pro stock racing cars here. Great deals on racing champions diecast and toy nhra pro stock. The class is often described as all motor, due to the cars not using any form of forced induction such as turbocharging or supercharging, or other enhancements, like nitrous oxide, along with regulations governing the modifications allo.
Some quarter mile drag racing action for the ozark mountain super shifters at. Gray motorsports gives a quick run down on the liberty 5speed found in their prostock cars, via team valvoline. Jan 27, 2016 one of the most important tuning tools to a nhra pro stock team is the transmission and its gear sets. Reserved for north american built cars with north american automobile engines with a wheelbase of 100 inches or more and for american subcompacts amx, colt, cricket, gremlin, pinto, vega, astra, etc. Jul 31, 2015 the changes will take place in two waves first at the nhra sonoma nationals, kicking off on friday july 31, and then for the 2016 nhra mello yello drag racing series 2016 season starts.
Supercharged, turbocharged, gasoline, alcohol, dragsters, door cars, altereds, street roadsters, fast front wheel drive cars, front engine dragsters, pro modifieds and more. Coughlin and enders will race magneti marelli moparpowered. Mopar pro stock news for 2016 page 4 allpar forums. With the competition often spread by mere thousandths of a second, setups have to be onthemoney for a given set of atmospheric and track conditions, and so being able to tune with the transmission is crucial. Holley carburetors powered every monster energy nascar cup team and nearly every nhra prostock champion for four decades. Class eligibility is based on requirements that include type of. This is exactly how the midwest nostalgia pro stock association began, with the recognition that the obsolete nhra and ihra pro stock racers of the 1970s and 80s still had a lot left to give. Fast manual cars list of the fastest manual transmission cars in.
This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but i do love fig newtons. Libertys new 3 and 5speed drag racing transmissions. For top level racers, a 3speed is available that can hold an insane amount of power, and for those making around 1,000 hp, you can have the same 5speed found in the 2010 cjs. Typical manual style transmissions are rare in drag racing, and tend to be. The miata was all new for 2016, and a few years later the mazda not only retains the easyshifting and precise sixspeed manual transmission.
Unfollow nhra diecast cars to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Since 2016, pro stock teams have used holley efi as mandated by nhra rules. Nhra results the nhra, the largest auto racing organization in the world. Heres a comparison of a 1970 versus 2020 nhra pro stock car. Now, holley efi products power these cars and are dominating the performance world. May 21, 2015 gray motorsports gives a quick run down on the liberty 5speed found in their prostock cars, via team valvoline. Great deals on nhra nhra pro stock diecast racing cars. Nascar still far outpaces nhra with non stock bodies, 5. Some likeminded individuals started collecting these retired cars and began racing them against one another. Inside the transmission of an nhra prostock youtube. At nhra mello yello drag racing series events, fans may see more than 200 classes of vehicles in 15 categories, or eliminators. Jan 11, 2016 nhra pro stock driver shane gray shows off what fans will see after rule changes to the look of pro stock cars for the 2016 season.
Nhra pro stockers deliver flames and more in las vegas. Formula 1 cars dont look anything like something produced by the respective companies, but they have no problem finding a worldwide audience. In manual transmissions, this coupling is accomplished via a clutch, while a. One of the most important tuning tools to a nhra pro stock team is the transmission and its gear sets.
While torque converterequipped drag racing vehicles typically are. Should the race team elect to use an o2 sensor for closedloop operation, there is a specific sensor from holley on the legal list, but we suspect few teams actually use it. Chase the most coveted racing title in the world the nhra championship. Pick a car, pick a team and say your prayers as you hurtle down the track at 200 mph. Pro stock is a class of drag racing featuring factory hot rods. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. Its been maybe 10 years since ive been to an nhra event, but i remember the pro stock pits you could basically walk right up to the cars while they were working on them. The stock transmission case is manufactured from a diecast aluminum process that is relatively brittle and when subjected to the high internal. Nhra brings pro stock induction tech into the 21st century. Mopar pro stock news for 2016 page 2 allpar forums. Nhra pro stock driver shane gray shows off what fans will see after rule changes to the look of pro stock cars for the 2016 season.
Drag racing clutch set up 101 with spinozzi racing one of the most crucial parts of getting a high horsepower car or bike down a drag strip is clutch set up, so drag news went to michael marriott, crew chief for the spinozzi racing pro stock team, to find the friction point. See more ideas about nhra pro stock, drag racing and drag cars. His wins against sox at the winternationals and gatornationals were highlights. May 16, 2017 photos of the great nhra pro stock cars. Nhra announces major changes to pro stock division get.
Automatics have also become more efficient than manual transmission cars. The nhra will require all pro stock teams to equip their cars with electronically controlled throttle body fuel injection systems, making. Dec 14, 2016 jason line was the most dominant driver not only in pro stock but all four nhra professional classes. The class is often described as all motor, due to the cars not using any form. You can run pretty much anything, except nitromethane. Nov 20, 2019 pro stock is a class of drag racing featuring factory hot rods. Nhra makes changes to pro stock category racingjunk news. For the sonoma event, pro stock teams will now be required to back their race cars into their pits, leaving their engines uncovered. Nhra drivers listing the nhra, the largest auto racing organization in the world. Racing champions diecast and toy nhra pro stock for sale ebay. The nhra has finally released the technical details for the new efi system to be used in pro stock starting in 2016, and it uses many of holleys venerable aftermarket fuelinjection components. Looks like anderson is the quickest in spite of all his complaining when the new rules were first announced but the mopars arent too far off. Check out what 2016 pro stock cars look like video. Pro stock roller race ready minus motor and transmission, camaro front clip, performance body, fivestar nose, 3link rear rear suspension with j.
Pro stock world champion, bob glidden, pro stock ford pinto. Check out these 1990svintage toy cars view gallery 15 photos. Oct 07, 2016 stock and super stock coverage from the 2016 u. The holley hp ecu, throttle body, fuel injectors, crank and cam sensors, and smart coils are mandatory. Nhra pro stocks utilize a liberty or gforce fivespeed clutchless manual transmission. Unlike a street or highperformance car that uses a manual or automatic transmission, a topfuel dragster uses a centrifugal clutch and only. His engineering innovations, such as drag racings first drysump oiling system and slickshift manual transmissions, made him the man to beat in 1970 when the pro stock class was introduced.