2012 Horsepower Adjustments

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by The Hawk

A stack of $100 bills.

You know I've received several emails from respected racers I know saying the same thing. I hope to hell this isn't happening. If it is I hope you feel all warm and fuzzy inside if you have done this. What a joke.

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by deuces wild

You know I've received several emails from respected racers I know saying the same thing. I hope to hell this isn't happening. If it is I hope you feel all warm and fuzzy inside if you have done this. What a joke.

Ed, this is another reason why I'm looking forward to San Antonio and the IHRA, because at least there you'll be .3 quicker against your index, your wallet will have more in it, due to the lower entry fees for national/divisional events, and you'll get two races in one weekend (March-April Pro-Am)! Furthermore, you'll be able to race Memorial Day Weekend for $5,000 plus contingencies for an entry fee that's $105 dollars less! Reading another thread here about the aluminum cylinder heads being approved now for Stock/Super Stock, makes me wonder if that rule change will allow me to use the OEM ('87 & newer) aluminum cylinder heads that 173c.i. V6's came with on my Cavalier? For some reason, I doubt it!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ED, and see you next year???

[Jeff Teuton]

Travis, you notice the guys from down south ain't good on math. Glad you there to reel them in.

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

Ed, this is another reason why I'm looking forward to San Antonio and the IHRA, because at least there you'll be .3 quicker against your index, your wallet will have more in it, due to the lower entry fees for national/divisional events, and you'll get two races in one weekend (March-April Pro-Am)! Furthermore, you'll be able to race Memorial Day Weekend for $5,000 plus contingencies for an entry fee that's $105 dollars less! Reading another thread here about the aluminum cylinder heads being approved now for Stock/Super Stock, makes me wonder if that rule change will allow me to use the OEM ('87 & newer) aluminum cylinder heads that 173c.i. V6's came with on my Cavalier? For some reason, I doubt it!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ED, and see you next year???

Nope Gary the heads do not interchange. The aluminum head is very different and uses a different intake and injection system. I ran those 2.8's in FWD in the Caddy for 20 years. Jim


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[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

Nope Gary the heads do not interchange. The aluminum head is very different and uses a different intake and injection system. I ran those 2.8 in FWD in the Caddy for 20 years. Jim


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Bummer...

[Harry 6674]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

Ed, this is another reason why I'm looking forward to San Antonio and the IHRA, because at least there you'll be .3 quicker against your index, your wallet will have more in it, due to the lower entry fees for national/divisional events, and you'll get two races in one weekend (March-April Pro-Am)! Furthermore, you'll be able to race Memorial Day Weekend for $5,000 plus contingencies for an entry fee that's $105 dollars less! Reading another thread here about the aluminum cylinder heads being approved now for Stock/Super Stock, makes me wonder if that rule change will allow me to use the OEM ('87 & newer) aluminum cylinder heads that 173c.i. V6's came with on my Cavalier? For some reason, I doubt it!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ED, and see you next year???

Plus IHRA just give the OK to electric cars. I hope GE,Baldor and Dayton sent in the right specs.

[Travis Miller]

Originally Posted by Doug McCue

what kind of paper work does it take?

"The NHRA Technical Department released Horsepower changes December 16, 2011 after review and evaluation of written requests from Lucas Oil Sportsman Series competitors. All changes are effective January 1, 2012. Only those requests received by November 14, 2011 were considered during this scheduled evaluation. Any requests received after November 14, 2011 will be reviewed during the next scheduled evaluation of 2012.

Letter review is part of NHRA's commitment to evaluating input from the Sportsman racing community and is an important element of NHRA's Automatic Horsepower Factoring System. "No Change" combinations are listed so that competitors may see that requests were reviewed by the Technical Department, even though the request resulted in no change.

Requests for horsepower changes or reviews can be sent in writing to: National Hot Rod Association; Technical Department; attn: AHFS; P.O. Box 5555, Glendora, CA 91740; or e-mail, AHFS@nhra.com or bbachelder@nhra.com. Requests for reviews must be received no later than May 31, 2012 to be included in the next scheduled horsepower and index review."


Also be sure to include details such as...Make, Model, Year, Cubic inch, OEM horsepower, NHRA horsepower, Transmission, etc. As can be seen in the current NO CHANGE LIST, some were denied because there was incomplete data in the request.

Travis Miller

(Disclaimer; Opinions expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions.)

[WRENCH]

Travis thank you for the all the info and how to go about submitting our request for change.

[Larry Merk]

Travis,

So why not go one step further and post a form on the NHRARacer.com site with all of the information needed to evaluate a horsepower change request? This would benefit the NHRA because the data would be in a consistent format making the review process simpler and easier for the review committee. It would benefit racers by ensuring all the data required to evaluate their request was submitted - no more "incomplete request."

Just a thought...