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Old 12-05-2017, 06:18 PM   #593
Michael Beard
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Default Re: Crate Motor Class

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Originally Posted by Jesse Kershaw View Post
Sealed crate engines have been proposed to NHRA several times recently for inclusion in Super Stock. There was some interest but it came down to how to accurately rate them. It needs to be low enough the cars can qualify at national events but it would be unfair to rate them so low that they can run to the top of the qualifying sheet. This is where it got hung up.
NHRA did not appear to have any such hangups with the factory cars. My 5.9L DragPak had more cam, more compression, aluminum heads, and a 1000cfm throttle body, yet was rated 50HP less than my 360 Magnum crate motor.
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