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DeuceCoupe · 11-01-2021, 01:48 AM

"All he had to do was plug up the open scoops & run without the RA system.

The lower pic is a close-up of the scoop of the 1st Bird. Looks closed & painted black, to me"

Great find on that picture. Not definitive but scoop sure LOOKS blocked.
And that's consistent with the 67 Bird RA1 in A/SA=8.70 class in 1967, and later 68 race year cars that only fit when factored to 360hp.

So I'm concluding:
* The RA1 was factored to the GTO's 360hp from 1967-71 at least.
* Knieper's car, though bought new as a RA1 car, just had the hood blocked when converted to SS/FA and ran at the base 325hp rating (or even the 335hp GTO Base rating, same class either way)

11-01-2021, 01:48 AM	#6
DeuceCoupe Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 274 Likes: 98 Liked 48 Times in 44 Posts	Re: Project - NHRA Stock and S/S results 61-68 "All he had to do was plug up the open scoops & run without the RA system. The lower pic is a close-up of the scoop of the 1st Bird. Looks closed & painted black, to me" Great find on that picture. Not definitive but scoop sure LOOKS blocked. And that's consistent with the 67 Bird RA1 in A/SA=8.70 class in 1967, and later 68 race year cars that only fit when factored to 360hp. So I'm concluding: * The RA1 was factored to the GTO's 360hp from 1967-71 at least. * Knieper's car, though bought new as a RA1 car, just had the hood blocked when converted to SS/FA and ran at the base 325hp rating (or even the 335hp GTO Base rating, same class either way)