Horsepower on Tuesday

[Rusty Davenport]

Originally Posted by larry hill

steel car will get 10 hp. Plastic car will get 9 hp.

The ahfs works best in the heads-up runs.

Has anyone noticed the spike in the price of lead today?

that was very cruel and heartless Larry geeeeees

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Adub464Q

I was in the '69 Camaro, owned by Butch Marlow, who also owns the duster I normally race. In warming up for the second race, the duster lost oil pressure so I hopped in his camaro, which had yet to be teched in for the second race.

The combo is '69 Camaro, 350, 300 hp. Looks like it will be going from 286 to 295.

And for the keyboard jockeys out there, I was ahead at the 1/8 mile and we were dead even at the 1000 ft so there was no letting off in my lane. It was just too close.

Austin I applaud you and Jimmy for racing. That's what it's about. We're suppose to race to the finish line!!!!! Flame away!

[Rusty Davenport]

Originally Posted by PJ305

It looks like the 69 models are the only combo affected! The 67-68&70 models all can use different intake manifolds! According to Pat the 83 305 Camaro didn't get hp when the 85 & 86 went 1.20 under at Englishtown last year because it didn't have the same manifold selection available in the guide!

So it only effects the 184 intake equipped engines with that combo ??????

[J.R. Haddad]

Larry, I think you're seeing a secondary spike in the price. It trended
upward quite heavily from Wednesday right thru Sunday in Ennis.
Went as high as 20 lbs. for 140.00 that I saw. Must be Trumps Tariffs.
J.R.

[PJ305]

Originally Posted by Rusty Davenport

So it only effects the 184 intake equipped engines with that combo ??????

The guide shows the 184 intake only available for 69 models so unless Pat changed his way of doing things from last year it should only affect 69 models!

[Rusty Davenport]

Originally Posted by PJ305

The guide shows the 184 intake only available for 69 models so unless Pat changed his way of doing things from last year it should only affect 69 models!

What about the 2 alternate manifolds in the note section ????

[PJ305]

Originally Posted by Rusty Davenport

What about the 2 alternate manifolds in the note section ????

If your combo can't use the 184 intake you can't get HP! The 83 Camaro could use the alternate manifolds but the 85-86 Camaro couldn't use the 83 manifold therefore according to Pat they didn't get HP!

[Charley Downing]

Was there any kind of teardown after these cars were eliminated? or was anything checked after the -1.20 and -1.22 pass. Carb, throttle body head numbers anything at all?
This deal of not checking cars after -1.20 runs is BS. This is just laziness on NHRA part.

[Adub464Q]

Originally Posted by Charley Downing

Was there any kind of teardown after these cars were eliminated? or was anything checked after the -1.20 and -1.22 pass. Carb, throttle body head numbers anything at all?
This deal of not checking cars after -1.20 runs is BS. This is just laziness on NHRA part.

I can not speak for Hidalgo, but none of that sort was checked on the camaro. I did go across the scales behind him as I was curious just how close I got it to the minimum and it was dead on the money.

[James Perrone]

So what is being said is 1969 Nova and. Camaro. Are different platforms?
News too me. Pat please clarify