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Hi folks! Scooter here. Been away awhile played in oilfield again now back home. Havent been messing with car stuff awhile flat out needed a break . Till i got a call this weekend to go play with a blown alcohol altered. Felt good to spin a wrench on a hemi again. Also got the sfi paperwork and prints for my car in the mail....oops did i say that out loud

Welcome back! We've missed seeing you and I really like the Rat Fink avitar - there's a story I could tell you about "RF Delivery" from my younger days.... but then again, maybe that one that's best left alone!

Cheers!
Glenn

Hi Scooter-spent the weekend at Rt 66 NHRA drags-smell of rubber and nitro in the air-------
hanging out with Cruz and his guys----


Planning on Bakersfield CHRR in October-any chance you could make that?

To watch just maybe havent not figured it out yet though. Got my prints and sfi paperwork today for my new toy.

Well I will ask, what is SFI and I presume the prints are for a race frame for some class of car ? Welcome back too.

Sfi is who tell you how thick tubes need to be. Where, angles etc. Also sfi certifys firesuits harmonic dampners 5 point harnesses just about every racecar part you can think of.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Well I will ask, what is SFI and I presume the prints are for a race frame for some class of car ? Welcome back too.

SFI is SEMA Foundation, Inc. SEMA stands for Specialty Equipment Marketing Association. It originally stood for Specialty Equipment Manufacturing Association, but then some of the members were importers/wholesalers, so they changed the M to Marketing. It originally was a group of old-timers who realized that if they didn't band together and help each other, that the Feds could outlaw every last piece of speed equipment in their quest to "clean up the air" and they'd all be lookin' for a job. They realized there was strength in numbers and that they could lobby the lawmakers more easily as a group than they could as individuals.

Anyway, SFI is the testing and certification leg of the speed parts industry. The Funny Car/Altered/Roadster section that I have linked for you here is probably the list that Scooter chose his chassis plans from....
Drag Racing Chassis | SFI Foundation

As Scooter stated, there are SFI specifications for nearly every part of a drag race car and the Rulebooks spell out what you must use to pass technical inspection before you are allowed to make a pass on the drag strip, based on how quick and how fast your car is expected to go.

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