low compression

I'm not going to proclaim that I have a full understanding of what dude is talking about, but I get the feeling it goes something like this:

See what you can do with the stock shortblock limitations. Allow re-ring and bearing replacement so people aren't scraping through junkpiles trying to find a 40+ year old motor that runs well enough as-is to be worth using.

The idea of allowing the rebuild would not be to build a hot-rod motor, but to simulate a stock shortblock; an ultra low budget build. Because its Mopar, it would be low compression at that point. Again, if I understand correctly.

I can see the idea being fun, depending on what the other rules were like. If you get too restrictive on the rest of the car, well, its too much work to run 13s with a 440.

I personally find the $$$/fun ratio goes way way way down once you get into the machine shop jail (Two weeks! It'll be done in two weeks!!).

You could never run any kind of real competition like that though. One competitive guy will ruin the whole thing. Acid ported heads, NASA valvetrain...you know...stock eliminator.

HERE'S MY COOL IDEA:

The best way to do it would be to get a side forum together and get a bunch of guys together with similar interests and an understanding that its supposed to be fun. Rules are posted. Users optionally detail their builds in that forum with photos, and periodically people report back from the dyno or the track. Other users are more likely to believe said claims if they've seen the photos of what is in the build.

Maybe you get the LUNKheads (Low or UNKnown compression) together at Bowling Green once a year just for the hell of it.

IF there had to be heads-up racing and $$$ prizes involved (who the hell would sponsor this?) you'd have to do a teardown to claim the prize. Not maybe, not "if certain ET limits were exceeded". If you want the trophy, the bragging rights, and the adulation of tens of middle-aged men, you pull it apart at the track, no ifs ands or buts.

The guys that were in the group would really enjoy it, everyone else would wonder what the hell was the matter with them. haha.