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Originally Posted by Larry Hill
The decision to adjust horsepower or to reduce the index will be at the discretion of the NHRA Tech Department.
Could This Happen?
Racer X is sick of getting outrun in Class. His car always looses to the
396/375 Camaro in B/SA, so a plan is devised by someone with plenty of money.
1. Buy a good B/SA 69 Camaro that is a good stock class car.
2. Build a big Big Block, 502?, with all the correct parts showing, heads, carb, manifold.
3. Put car together and secretly go test to get performance high enough to ruin combination for a lifetime.
4. Get some local racer to enter the car at a local points race where AHFS will be in play.
5. Have car pass inspection before first run, weight, fuel, safety belts, and helmet
6. First run blast the index load up and go home
7. Monday AHFS gives 396/375 6.25% additional Horse Power
My question is could NHRA keep this from Happing? With how the rules are written now I do not think so. Our category needs some protection from NHRA Tech Department. Maybe a check list to follow when runs of 1.3 seconds or quicker are made during events when the AHFS is in place.
The answer will take some thinking and some work
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I would hope/wish/expect that NHRA would tear down those entries with fast runs.
The CJ 350 Auto combination received a HP increase when an engine builder claimed the 2014 combination (As Cast Heads) verses the 2013 Combination that allowed the Boss CNC Ported Heads. As in, he was running ported heads claiming it as a 2014 combination.
NHRA has never corrected that issue.
I am sure there a few cars out there that aren't 100% legal. Smart people would stay mid to bottom on the sheet and then race smart.
If we are going to have rules they be followed and NHRA needs to do random teardowns. Not just the fast cars, maybe the winner and runner up and anyone that races a pickup truck.
Robin