index lowering - Page 10

Mark Lewis · Yesterday, 06:12 PM

Years Ago,(Monty Bogan) I had a 74 Nova. 350/265 hp, While in Jim Marshall,s study hall one day we were looking at the classification guide and the engine blue print specs for an up coming test. I discovered a California camshaft option for my car, All other specs were the same and cam was slightly bigger, duration and lift were checked then.
Jim looked it over and said that looked pretty good to him as it was only 260hp. So I claimed the lower HP and was #1 qualifiers at Atlanta
Got to go thru a thorough inspection and I was only 48 under then to be #1. I thought I was a big dog then. But 2 weeks later I saw where the HP committee made both combos 275 hp.
Suddenly went from LSA to KSA,
Point being they had a HP committee that looked all the time and not once a year, Get ratings in line and let everybody run as fast as they want.
Thats the story of the day For Bogan and Mark Alvey lol

RileyRacingEntrprises · Yesterday, 07:39 PM

Don't touch indexes

AHFS - make the average 1 second or faster for adjustments and only runs 1.20 or quicker trigger an immediate review.

Now you have helped the slower guys make index and the faster guys can go fast if they want to

StockerStang912 · Yesterday, 07:45 PM

Avery - great work and really awesome to see actual data get brought to the discussion.

There's certainly been a drop-off to 2015 levels after the initial post-IHRA growth.

SS STK
2015 945 1,442
2018 1,130 1,476
2019 1,139 1,472
2022 968 1,304
2023 979 1,320

Sean Cour · Yesterday, 10:33 PM

As I read through all these posts, not one has said Stock and Super Stock is a performance category with a lot of advancements made in the last ten to twenty years to raise the performance levels! We that are reasonable quick make adjustments to ?slow down? our hot rods to keep from hitting the combos. I used to love the races where we could ?learn? what our hot rods wanted. Not anymore, as it?s all about protecting the combo, while some ?millionaire? goes out and behaves like a teenager in a whorehouse with a wallet full of cash!
If we can?t seem to keep these combos in line, move weight breaks to one pound breaks and keep the indexes the same! Separate the men from the boys, so to speak. Heads-ups will give hits and adjust accordingly!

Yesterday, 06:12 PM	#91
Mark Lewis Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 339 Likes: 57 Liked 203 Times in 42 Posts	Re: index lowering Years Ago,(Monty Bogan) I had a 74 Nova. 350/265 hp, While in Jim Marshall,s study hall one day we were looking at the classification guide and the engine blue print specs for an up coming test. I discovered a California camshaft option for my car, All other specs were the same and cam was slightly bigger, duration and lift were checked then. Jim looked it over and said that looked pretty good to him as it was only 260hp. So I claimed the lower HP and was #1 qualifiers at Atlanta Got to go thru a thorough inspection and I was only 48 under then to be #1. I thought I was a big dog then. But 2 weeks later I saw where the HP committee made both combos 275 hp. Suddenly went from LSA to KSA, Point being they had a HP committee that looked all the time and not once a year, Get ratings in line and let everybody run as fast as they want. Thats the story of the day For Bogan and Mark Alvey lol

Yesterday, 07:39 PM	#92
RileyRacingEntrprises Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2023 Posts: 4 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: index lowering Don't touch indexes AHFS - make the average 1 second or faster for adjustments and only runs 1.20 or quicker trigger an immediate review. Now you have helped the slower guys make index and the faster guys can go fast if they want to

Yesterday, 07:45 PM	#93
StockerStang912 Junior Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 15 Likes: 1 Liked 17 Times in 6 Posts	Re: index lowering Avery - great work and really awesome to see actual data get brought to the discussion. There's certainly been a drop-off to 2015 levels after the initial post-IHRA growth. SS STK 2015 945 1,442 2018 1,130 1,476 2019 1,139 1,472 2022 968 1,304 2023 979 1,320 __________________ Greg Viscome 193 GT/QA

Yesterday, 10:33 PM	#94
Sean Cour Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 447 Likes: 116 Liked 88 Times in 32 Posts	Re: index lowering As I read through all these posts, not one has said Stock and Super Stock is a performance category with a lot of advancements made in the last ten to twenty years to raise the performance levels! We that are reasonable quick make adjustments to ?slow down? our hot rods to keep from hitting the combos. I used to love the races where we could ?learn? what our hot rods wanted. Not anymore, as it?s all about protecting the combo, while some ?millionaire? goes out and behaves like a teenager in a whorehouse with a wallet full of cash! If we can?t seem to keep these combos in line, move weight breaks to one pound breaks and keep the indexes the same! Separate the men from the boys, so to speak. Heads-ups will give hits and adjust accordingly! __________________ Sean Cour T6066 ladle