Re: New cars, old cars and horsepower ratings.
Want more participation at NHRA events with the "older / traditional" Stock Eliminator cars?
Want to see a qualifying sheet that is not top heavy with late model factory drag cars that leave you with no desire to participate?
Don't want the expense of having a new "crate Engine" class and making your old 350 / 255 Chevy obsolete and having to buy a 383 Vortec engine trying to keep up with the new factory Super Cars?
Do you want to give the new cars a run for their money?
Drum roll.......reduce the HP of ALL 1992 and OLDER vehicles in the class guide BY FIVE PERCENT! No index changes, just an across the board 5%
reduction in HP. For EVERYBODY. This is not complicated. Take 5% off.
Why 1992? Because the LT1 started in 1993. They had their gift already.
I don't care if your combo just had 20 HP taken off last month for whatever reason. Bam! Take another 5% off the weight. Index stays the same.
I don't care that you built your car with the heaviest parts you could find and you can't make the new minimum. You have 3 classes you can run in. Pick one.
AHFS trigger? I don't know. I'm thinking it should remain the same. But I'd sure like the trigger to be based on the 1/8th mile ET.
Thank you. Let the arrows fly.
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Jeff Lee 7494 D/S '70 AMX
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