Attention Nova 350/255 stock combo.

Ed Carpenter · 09-11-2019, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy

I hate to beat a dead horse but as I have said since the very first day “ the Automatic Help For Slugs cannot and will not ever work “ it takes a person to be able to look at SPECS and performance and decide if a combo is properly rated. Any system that allows us to manipulate the numbers (as was the purpose of this thread) simply cannot work ...

And I’m not that smart 😏

If NHRA used 1/8th miles numbers WITHOUT telling anyone it would work.........

X-TECH MAN · 09-11-2019, 03:44 PM

Back on page 2 of this post when I said lower them by 5 tenths I meant lower the amount under the index by 5 tenths (to .70 under) instead of 1.20 under gets you automatic HP and a free trip to the tear down barn !

Jeff Stout · 09-11-2019, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Back on page 2 of this post when I said lower them by 5 tenths I meant lower the amount under the index by 5 tenths (to .70 under) instead of 1.20 under gets you automatic HP and a free trip to the tear down barn !

That would fix this problem very quickly.

Billy Nees · 09-11-2019, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Stout

That would fix this problem very quickly.

No, it wouldn't, unless the AHFS is/was in affect for ALL races. The #1 Qualifier at Indy in 2018 went 2.01 under and has NEVER been factored. The same car just (JUST) qualified #1 at Earlville.
Now, I'm not faulting the man that built it, IMHO, he's one of the smartest men in this sport. But I will fault the system.
NHRA needs to have people in place that understand engines and combos. Until they do, it's all just a joke and a "buddy's club".

Gary Parker · 09-11-2019, 04:29 PM

the AHFS has flaws. It does not consider the person who puts a combo together and runs it , how ever it runs. Then you have the person that puts the same combo together and works on it all the time because he does not want to get beat heads up. So for the person who works his butt off his reward is NHRA slowing him down. Yes there are under factored cars, What we need is someone with common sense to know when one is under factored or not.

Billy Nees · 09-11-2019, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Gary Parker

What we need is someone with common sense to know when one is under factored or not.

What we need is someone who knows when a combo has been "manipulated/ enhanced" and has the balls to toss it.

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Gary Parker Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Westfield Mass Posts: 529 Likes: 369 Liked 425 Times in 56 Posts	Re: Attention Nova 350/255 stock combo. the AHFS has flaws. It does not consider the person who puts a combo together and runs it , how ever it runs. Then you have the person that puts the same combo together and works on it all the time because he does not want to get beat heads up. So for the person who works his butt off his reward is NHRA slowing him down. Yes there are under factored cars, What we need is someone with common sense to know when one is under factored or not. __________________ Gary Parker 1617 STK