Just a jealous "cheap shot"

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by goinbroke2

So, I'll just throw this out there...
Participation from 2bbl fords was non existent (might as well say) couple 351c 2bbl and a couple 302 2bbl's, but really, non existent.
Someone put the hp back to factory to encourage participation and damn, did it work. Now there are a "hand full" of 302's running (some new, some not) and the AHFS is slowly correcting them as it was supposed to.

Not correcting fast enough you say? Well, what happened when you got hit with any other vehicle? You add weight or swap years/body/etc. What is different other than it's a FFFFord as some call it? I've seen guys cut taillight panels out of dusters because the different lights for different years, was that not done because of a favourable rating??
The 86 chev truck was mentioned and while there was some complaining, it was no where near what the fords have caused. They got hit and weight added, don't tell me that if a different year with a low rating was available you wouldn't of seen grills or front end swaps going on.

So because fords are available for so many years and so many combo's, that justifies the outrage? Well that's like the argument that aluminum heads (and a lot else) is available for sbc but less for everyone else and chev guys continually say "not my fault they're more popular" How about the fact that ford heads in general have terrible flowing exh ports, and others say "not my fault they don't flow like chev's"

I can have sympathy the guy who has run a certain combo and cannot change classes (Ron and Jack) and is getting the ****ty end of the stick on this one. I agree, it sucks. But it doesn't suck any worse than having a one year car (83mustang GT) that has ****ty heads/low lift flat tappet cam and is rated at 200hp when an 85 with a different nose gets a roller cam with more lift and much better heads..at 205hp. Swap noses you say, sure, if you want to run an 85. Point is, nhra has many issues, at least these fords (like so many others) will eventually get hp. If nothing else, somebody will have to keep swapping bodies/heads/intake/etc as they get hit.

Personally I'd love to see the oddball combo's (307, 304, 318, 283,289,273,290,318poly,348,352,361) but if they were all lowered, you couldn't just yell about the 289's and 352's because they were fffords.

GB2, I came back to respond to your post and now I see Billy already has.
Once again, it's not A FORD issue..It's a fairness issue.
All 302, 307, 305 , 304, 318 , 350 2 bbls ..or none!
Why should other makes have to fight for 2-3-4 HP reductions, when the 302 , 2bbls got a blanket reduction to net factory HP, across all model lines and about 10 year's worth? Okay, got it now?