Its been a while since anybody had campaigned an AOD in Trophy Stock and been really competitive. There are no weight breaks in T/S regardless of year, EFI or AOD (there used to be). Consequently, it doesn't make an AOD very competitive. However, there are companies out there making AODs that will stand up to the punishment nowadays. There was some discussion this year of allowing transbrakes in the AOD for the 2000 season, but the rule change never materialized. As the rule reads now, there are no internal modifications allowed. I'd assume that goes for transbrakes as well as shift kits (hard to spot though). You could check with George Klass and lobby for a rule change. Others have talked about using a beefed-up AOD, but a transbrake would be a necessity to get the car out of the hole along with us stick-shifted cars.
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Jeff Chambers
T/S #4
12.40 Seconds/109.5 MPH
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