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If I might hitch-hike on some of Dave's suggestions such as manipulating shocks, tire pressures, sticky tires, etc., here are a few insidious (sneaky but legal) little tricks we employed back in the middle of the last century when I was trying to race in the pure stock classes.

When you read this, please bear in mind that I wasn't a very successful stocker racer.

Tire pressures: 50 psi or more in the front (supposedly this gave us less rolling resistance), and 30 or so, with sticky tires, in back.

Shocks (front): We'd go the wrecking yard and get a pair of the most worn out, squishiest old shocks we could find, the idea being that they would allow the front of the car to raise up under acceleration, thus transferring weight to the rear.

We would also back off on the brake shoes to avoid whatever drag, if any, might be there. And we would loosen the belts with the idea that they would slip at high rpm and keep accesssories from eating up horsepower, something we didn't have a hell of a lot of to begin with.

Granted, this stuff should probably be filed under "useless info" and probably wouldn't keep you from getting snuffed again, but I thought I'd throw it out anyway.

Jim