True Horsepower Classes in NHRA

Dick Butler · 12-28-2015, 09:16 PM

No I didn't. The funny thing about it is??????

Jim Bailey · 12-29-2015, 10:25 AM

Dick, what's funny are the (real) hp numbers of the new cars. My guess is the "reported" Dyno numbers on the new car combos are soft. When you have a NA 350 COPO running mid Nines in junk air ....You don't need a Dyno to see it's making a bunch of power !

Dick Butler · 12-30-2015, 03:18 PM

And guys keep purchasing the "hot" combo that lasts a few years while the factory creates a newer "Hotter" combo available next year. ( Kind of like the 60s again)
As long as buyers continue to be stepping up and NHRA sees entry at the gate the problems with the "guess-timated" HP figures continue in Stock and SS whatever the class is called they run.

12-28-2015, 09:16 PM	#1
Dick Butler VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Richmond Indiana Posts: 1,196 Likes: 5 Liked 32 Times in 19 Posts	Re: True Horsepower Classes in NHRA No I didn't. The funny thing about it is??????

12-29-2015, 10:25 AM	#2
Jim Bailey Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 674 Likes: 15 Liked 584 Times in 94 Posts	Re: True Horsepower Classes in NHRA Dick, what's funny are the (real) hp numbers of the new cars. My guess is the "reported" Dyno numbers on the new car combos are soft. When you have a NA 350 COPO running mid Nines in junk air ....You don't need a Dyno to see it's making a bunch of power !

12-30-2015, 03:18 PM	#3
Dick Butler VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Richmond Indiana Posts: 1,196 Likes: 5 Liked 32 Times in 19 Posts	Re: True Horsepower Classes in NHRA And guys keep purchasing the "hot" combo that lasts a few years while the factory creates a newer "Hotter" combo available next year. ( Kind of like the 60s again) As long as buyers continue to be stepping up and NHRA sees entry at the gate the problems with the "guess-timated" HP figures continue in Stock and SS whatever the class is called they run.