I dont think anybody is arguing that they arn't badass. Or that it isnt a cool class. We are just saying stock is stock, and stock eliminator is not stock.
We run a stock eliminator class... And I can tell you this that we do not do any of the things your mentioning about the block or intake and stuff. .. There is a lot stock about theses hence "stock eliminator" .. we run LOW 11s in a 3,700lb 1972 cuda with a 340 ..