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Originally Posted by countrypuppy4865
I think they got this one right for the most part. I think the drastic changes for SS went a little too far (Drag pak, copo, and cobra jet falling in FS/GT even with old engine). However, this just separates the engines that weren't available at the dealership from engines that were. You can still have a new car in regular classes. You can take a regular challenger and put a 5.7 Hemi in it and run H-J/S(A) with a 300hp rating. This is no different from how it has been for years. The factory rates engines that came in these cars on the street at a lower hp than their capability. However, you will not stick a factory engine in the car and go to the top of the qualifying sheet. They will still take some work to make them run.
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Cooter gets it completely right. But I run one of them pesky 69 Camaros, so maybe I'm bias. And he runs one of them LS1's, so maybe he is too. Heck, maybe the majority of people and their old stockers get it too. All NHRA did was put their own spin on a Crate Motor class and said it had to be 2008 and newer Crate Motor stuff. It clearly is the best move for Stock Eliminator. A bunch of your fellow racers won't just go out and buy a new car to be competitive, they will just quit Stock or Super Stock racing. Lets be fair and call the Factory Racing Programs what they are, and they are NOT stock. They are Factory Stock.