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Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone
Ron, The 302 has 1.08 venturi @133 original net HP.
The 307 has a 1.09 venturi @168 HP (original , 130)
Cam , compression, are similar. That was Billy's point here.
It is what it is.
My point would be, if the 307's were reduced to 130 tomorrow, there might be 2 or 3 built across the whole country within a couple of years.
Many more would just sit back and complain about the soft rating, rather than building one themselves.
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Mark, good point but it wasn't my point. You, Dwight and myself jointly sent a letter to the powers-that-be in the NHRA Tech Dept. years ago requesting that "obsolete" combos be given back HP or reduced to their factory rating. We got crickets from NHRA.
NHRA has always, in my humble opinion, been a "buddy club". We all pay the same dues but we don't all have to follow or play by the same rules. Certain members get certain considerations that the rest of us just aren't privy to. I guess that is just human nature but it's not fair. But then again, life ain't fair.
Do you really think that if NHRA dropped the factor on the 307 or the 304 or 318 (or 283,289,273,290,318poly,348,352,361,etc,etc,etc) only 2 or 3 would be built? I personally believe, looking at how many FFFords that have been or are being built, if you gave the un-washed masses a Chevy equivalent to the 302, there would be dozens of them out there. With the popularity of NHRA Stock, Nostalgia and Jr. Stock right now, I don't see how they wouldn't be built.
Oh well, you can have the soap box back, I'll go back to complaining about LD340s. It would be nice to see the 307 at 130 HP though, it would probably make me do a 350. And I don't fault those who take advantage of any of the NHRA "f**k-ups.