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12-06-2016, 04:11 PM | #1 |
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What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any ....
...combination currently eligible in the classification guide with 2 stipulations :
1. The combo must not have made one single pass under index at any national event, divisional event, or national open in the last 5 years ? (dormant combos) 2. The only racers that can submit that one request must have entered at least one NHRA race ( National, div. or Nat. open ) in the last 5 years What would be your pick ? I wonder how many new combos we would see ? My pick would be the 2003 Mustang GT manual trans @ 260 hp. That P.I. 2V modular looks like it has potential, plus those cars just look great. I looked thru some stats in the G/S thru J/S from years past and did not see where anyone has tried that combo.
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Re: What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any
How about 1969 Boss 429 in SS. At 20% off would be 344hp.
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12-06-2016, 05:28 PM | #3 |
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Re: What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any
61 bubbletop with a 348/250. 250 minus 20%? 200 HP, yeah that would fly and look coooool.
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Re: What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any
is anyone running a mid sixties slant six?
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Re: What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any
Heck of a reduction. Why would anything get a 20% reduction?
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Re: What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any
Ford 302 1975
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Re: What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any
LOL...Good try Mike, but I feel confident in saying there has been at least one pass under index with that combo in the last 5 years.
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Re: What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any
This is a (just for fun) thread Ed.
The tech department may not like a bunch of new combos to have to study up on. But then again, they might welcome the challenge ? We all know that it is unlikely NHRA would allow a 20% decrease, but it does raise the question of what combo would be the most fun to try. IMO, I feel that almost every combo that has not been tried in the last several years ( or never has been tried at all ) is because the combo is over factored to begin with and racers feel it would be a waste of time and money to try it.
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Nice.
And a more modern version that would be fun to try is a '03-'04 Terminator Cobra @ 390 h.p. and after reduction = 312 hp
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Re: What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any
'71 B body 440 4 barrel.
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