Did Mopar bribe NASCAR??????????

Question

Did Mopar bribe NASCAR nto changing the rules so ford couldnt run their new 427 (SOHC)? makes sense. Anybody have any info on this?

exactly why would mopar need to bribe nascar. perhaps mopar got word of the SOHC and knew it would be a hemi killer. so instead of building somthing to compete. they just bribed nascar perhaps?

616 hp at 7000 rpm and 515 lbs/ft of torque at 3800 rpm, the most power any production/race engine had ever made, then or now. This 765-pound engine was then slapped in a '64 Galaxie NASCAR stocker and ran the fastest laps any stock car had run at Daytona to date.

actually ford produced and sold enough to have the sohc homologated.

moepah- I did my homework. I Didnt know dragsters raced an engine based off the 1951 331 hemi I always thought it more related to the 2nd gen hemi (426). oh and the 426 hemi was banned becuase it wasnt a production engine. So chrysler made the detuned 426 street hemi in 66. And if the hemi was only beaten by another hemi how in the world did David Pearsons get 16 wins in 1968 in a Ford, or 11 in 1969 in a ford?

great link crunch

Answer 1

If Ford had made that engine a regular production engine, they could have used it. Mopar didn't have anything to do with the Ford execs not making it a production engine. BTW, Mopar had a DOHC 426 the same year, but it was denied for the same reason; not a production engine.


Chris-
He's talking about what went down in 1966, not today. :)

Answer 2

Hey Turkey..... Mopar doesn't have to bribe anyone. Back in the days the HEMI was used it was, and still is a pushrod engine. Ford was an overhead cam, and the rules stated pushrod, as they do now. Toyota had to build a pushrod engine to enter Nascar, as they didn't have one.
I don't care how much power the cammer had. The HEMI "WILL NOT" back down to anyone then and now. Check out the present top fuel and funny car engines of today. They are a close version of the original HEMI, and so far nothing will beat them,or take the punishment.
Back when the HEMI was in Nascar they were only beaten by another HEMI, and therefore banned. Do your homework........

Answer 3

It was the mafia that "persuaded" NASCAR. The 427 would have stomped the HEMI.

EDIT
I'm joking about the whole mafia thing. Who knows maybe they did. And to Moepah. Ever here of the 70 Buick 455 Stage 2 (The hemi killer) ,or the W-43 Oldsmobile Hemi experimental 455 prototype
550 hp @ 6500rpm and 10.2:1 compression? I don't know how to break this to you but top fuel cars do not run a 392 hemi.(The original hemi) And actually the 427 SOHC was used in top fuel events. And since the hemi will never back down. Do you mean to tell me that a 70 chevelle SS 454 could not take a Hemi 6 Valiant? You have got to be kidding me.

Answer 4

Why would Mopar do that? All they have to do is agree with the Ford engine if NA$CAR let's them run the HEMI . Oh but that would leave GM out in the cold. And NA$CAR doesn't want to lose the money from the GM fan. NA$CAR has had a definite GM bias since the late 70's and it's all about the $$$$ .

Answer 5

why would mopar need to bribe nascar?...mopar cars were dominating the sport in the early years. so much, in fact, that nascar made rules to slow them down/eliminate some of their products from competition. if anything, nascar needs to regulate against GM for having such a competetive advantage...that or make all engines the same for the COT

Answer 6

I'm pretty sure the c.i. limit is 358, so I don't think a 427 would be allowed. Mopar doesn't have enough money to bribe anyone, they are going bankrupt for the 2nd time in 30 years. Hopefully the government wont give them a $1.5 billion dollar bailout this time.

Answer 7

A little NASCAR history lesson:

http://www.allpar.com/racing/dodge-nascar.html


scroll down slightly for a 3 part story

Answer 8

Why bribe NASCAR,heyyell most of the teams already do that.
But if the engine does not fit the rules no amount of money will get it in.