[Sirrotica]

Eric, just for comparison can you tell us the difference in weight between the Grocery Getter (Partial GM steel body and tube frame) resembled a street car same as did The Crow. Compared to the Boss Bird (Purpose built race car with a glass body and most likely not any GM parts on it)?

When Eric and Mike decided to move their program forward to a blown nitro vintage funny car, I don't remember anyone having a problem with their moving up because they wanted to go faster and the Grocery Getter platform was pretty much maxed out.

I would say a good comparison between the Crow Mod and The Crow GTO

Both teams wanted to go faster while remaining loyal to the Stratostreak engine platform. Taking weight off and more power is how this happens.

Same thing happens in oval racing, as the speeds go up and the driver safety is more focused on, the only choice is a purpose built race cars. Detroit built iron is no longer an option to be used as a platform for a safe, fast, aero, race car. Technology marches on, if your anchored to the past, you get left in the dust.

Pro stock cars in the later 60s early 70s, looked like a stock car. Milling the blocks to save weight. Full titanium suspension parts, all titanium bolts that were drilled in the centers, acid dipped bodies. As many titanium engine parts as could be used, sectioned welded cylinder heads that were not even close to a stock head. Outward appearance looked like a Detroit car, not many of the parts could be bought at your local dealership though.

Many years this has been going on in all forms of motorsports, the casual observer was still thinking the race cars were Detroit based iron, they weren't.