School me on Stock Eliminator?
Dart4forte posted the URL for an excellent website dedicated to D Darts. On it is a lengthy explanation of how those cars came to be, and what happened to the program from a guy who worked on the project at Chrysler.
These are his words, not mine, "Though there are claims that 50 cars were produced in April of 66', the truth is about 25 or so were
built. To this day, I have only seen (2) D-Darts race. I have never seen a true D-Dart at any Mopar meets."
That comes from a guy who was there every day, trying to get these cars onto the drag strip.
I didn't have a chance to call NHRA back, today (wife got sick), but I'll call in the morning to see if the low production is the reason they're not in the Class Guide. They are in there as a Super Stocker, only, and the NHRA tech I talked to said that the production number rules were the same for eligibilty to run Stock OR Super Stock... so, the mystery deepens. I should know something from NHRA in the early afternoon. Everybody (from NHRA Tech) is in Las Vegas for the national event except one person, and she doesn't come in 'til 10 a.m. Pacific Daylight time. That's noon, for me.
RMCHRGR's Valiant is a natural J/SA car, which means he could remove weight from the minimum shipping weight for the class, (105 pounds) and run I/SA, or add weight (105 pounds) and run K/SA.
I/SA 12 pounds per hp 12 X 210 = 2520# + 170# driver = 2690#
J/SA 12.5 pounds per hp 12.5 X 210 = 2625# + 170# driver = 2795#
K/SA 13 pounds per hp 13 X 210 = 2730# + 170# driver = 2900#
The K/SA record and index, both, are two-tenths slower than the J index and record. If you can add just 105 pounds and gain two-tenths on the index, it seems to me that that would surely be the beneficial thing to do.
In lightening a Stocker, there are certain things you can't do; I don't believe they will allow you to run a lighweight radiator, or remove the back seat.
Everything else that was suggested sounded legal to me.
I think that that 235hp/273 combo with its new 210hp factor could be a very competitive combination to run in K/SA.
Wish I had one.... :)
Bill