Need help ..wish i new more about how this all works ......Here r the SW Wis OpenStock Ruels ..........................
1. Must be factory production vehicle. Must have factory functional front suspension. Engine limit - 480 C.I. limit (5 C.I. leeway).
2. Must be sheet metal bodies. Fiberglass hoods are allowed. Arlen & Cindy Latham’s truck is grandfathered in.
3. Flatbeds allowed. Fender cut outs allowed. ( No inner fenders needed).
4. Maximum wheel base 133”. Multiple shocks, block or solid suspension, and traction bars are allowed.
5. Must have windshield and rear window, glass or Plexiglas. Vehicle may not be stripped beyond safe operating condition - hoods, fenders, and doors.
6. Must have brakes. Must be able to skid 2 tires.
7. Exhaust must exit under chassis. Headers allowed.
8. Engine must be in stock location, or no less than 14” from center of front axle to the front of the bell housing.
9. No aluminum heads or aluminum blocks allowed. After market cast iron heads allowed, any cast iron head accepting stock valve train components within 3 degrees of stock valve angle.
10. Any camshaft, single-carb - except Holley Dominator, or dominator based carb. Must be of stock configurations - tunnel rams, pro rams, etc. are not permitted. Any cast aluminum intake directly accepting single 4150 carb. No weld on flanges or adapters. Can not be capable of accepting a dominator carb. No sheet metal intakes. No blower or hemi heads allowed. Engines must be naturally aspirated.
11. Any ignition except magneto allowed.
12. After market radiators allowed.
13. Electric fuel pumps allowed.
14. Scatter shield required. No safety blankets, no 1/4” plate steel shield allowed.
15. All safety equipment required - loops, scatter shield, rear axle covers, and kill switch. All kill switches must shut off ignition and fuel pump.
16. Weight added to front of vehicle may not exceed 60” from center of front axle.
17. Adjustable hitch allowed. Height 26” maximum measured at point of hook. No chain hooks. Hitch height checked with weights on.
18. Hitches must be rigid in all directions. Draw bar to be minimum of 27% of truck wheel base from center of rear axle to point of hook and have a clear hook.
19. Maximum tire size 35x12.50/15 or 16.5” tires. Maximum 10” rims inside bead to bead. No duals. Must be DOT approved tire. No alterations to tread allowed. No cyped tires. If wheel tread is offset, center line of front tire must run within tread of back tire.
20. No nitrous oxide.
21. All trucks must use stock transmission case and stock transfer case housing. Any internal modification is allowed.
22. Kill switch must be located in the rear center of the vehicle (maximum of 6” left or right of center, maximum of 24” above the point of hook). Must have 2” steel ring.
23. Drive train of 1 ton or less.
24. Any big rear end allowed. No planetary. No aluminum center sections.
25. Must also follow general rules and guidelines.
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Ok ......14. Scatter shield required. No safety blankets, no 1/4” plate steel shield allowed.)..What do they mean by that ????