IHRA HP Factor for 305
 

I am planning on racing at the IHRA divisional at Bradenton this month and would like to know the hp factor for my combo. The car is an 85 Z28 Camaro with a carbed 305 ci/175 hp and stick. For Stock, NHRA rates the combo at 261 hp for stick and 263 for auto.

Thanks in advance!

Mark Berg
I/S 2665

Re: IHRA HP Factor for 305
 

The last time that combo was increased it went up a to 258hp from 253 but the website doesn't say if it is stickbor auto just that motor

Re: IHRA HP Factor for 305
 

If you have no Morals, Claim whatever you want. There is not a single person In IHRA's staff Competent enough to catch it. Its a bracket race run under the guides of "Stock" class so they can charge you more and pay you less. They have zero interest in the performance aspect, but they do put on a good bracket race

Re: IHRA HP Factor for 305
 

Gary you sound pretty bitter. I think most realize NHRA could be worse. They enforce rules as they wish, factor by the wind direction method, create monsters by ignoring facts and then hold bigger bracket races, people love to attend.

Re: IHRA HP Factor for 305
 

Butler, your right. I am bitter about some racers lack of integrity displayed at IHRA's events. I'm even more bitter at IHRA's inability to understand that engine factors play a big role in our eliminators. They just don't get it, from the Head of Tech (who thinks 99,00,02 LS1 F-body's don't get HP when a 01 got it) to the dude running the scales (who thinks we qualify on RT....<--- WTF are we weighing for then?) to the starter and Division Director (who lets a guy dial half a second over his index and still go to the next round). This is just a sample of things that happened at one event. Have you ever seen the way they keep track of the HP ratings? It’s ALL a F’in JOKE.

So, to the original poster. Claim what you want. Qualify #1..... If you lack Morals.

Re: IHRA HP Factor for 305
 

Tell us how you really feel

Re: IHRA HP Factor for 305
 

You keep harping on the '01 F-Body and your dead wrong and making yourself look foolish. IHRA made a mistake for a week (due to an '01 hitting the hp) and fixed it immediately after. All LS1 F-body's are rated the same. Not only that, but IHRA had the sense to make LS1's rated the same regardless of hood, what a novel concept.

Re: IHRA HP Factor for 305
 

you can always get a CRATE MOTOR WooooooWWWW !!!!!!

Re: IHRA HP Factor for 305
 

Your saying I'm dead wrong when I'm the one on the phone weeks after the event with the Head of Tech, attempting to get him to see that a 99-02 Camaro and Firebird are the same car? It wasn't a week later. I clearly remember looking at the site weekly after our conversation. No update was posted for at least 6 weeks when I quit caring.
Your probably one of the racers out there "bending" the rules that IHRA blindly created, just to take advantage of other racers. Your NO Name seems to fit that sense of irresponsibility.

Re: IHRA HP Factor for 305
 

Thank you for your response Brandon. Does anybody know if that hp rating is the same for stick and auto?

Thanks,

Mark Berg
I/S 2665