Maximum rated horsepower allowed in factory stock cars

bsimms89 · 12-27-2018, 10:31 AM

I was just looking through the year end HP adjustments and saw they upped the 590hp COPO combination to 630hp, this effectively makes it unable to run in stock due to the weight it would have to run at it would need to be 3,635lbs which is over the limits of the cage specs. I was curious and decided to check, basically if any new car(COPO, cobra jet, drag pak) gets rated over 623 they will be no longer able to run that combination in stock with the current weight breaks (3,600-170=3,430lbs, 3,430/5.5=623.6hp).

The 580hp COPO combinations is getting close too, it was upped from 580 to 617 in November. I also see the 2016 Cobra jet 575hp combo is at 600hp, so if someone hits them hard the way the 580 COPO got hit they'll be up against the limit too.

The FS/AA class which is what these cars are meant to run (other than FS/XX) doesn't have weight breaks that will keep these cars legal if they keep adding horsepower.

12-27-2018, 10:31 AM	#1
bsimms89 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 70 Likes: 29 Liked 70 Times in 19 Posts	Maximum rated horsepower allowed in factory stock cars I was just looking through the year end HP adjustments and saw they upped the 590hp COPO combination to 630hp, this effectively makes it unable to run in stock due to the weight it would have to run at it would need to be 3,635lbs which is over the limits of the cage specs. I was curious and decided to check, basically if any new car(COPO, cobra jet, drag pak) gets rated over 623 they will be no longer able to run that combination in stock with the current weight breaks (3,600-170=3,430lbs, 3,430/5.5=623.6hp). The 580hp COPO combinations is getting close too, it was upped from 580 to 617 in November. I also see the 2016 Cobra jet 575hp combo is at 600hp, so if someone hits them hard the way the 580 COPO got hit they'll be up against the limit too. The FS/AA class which is what these cars are meant to run (other than FS/XX) doesn't have weight breaks that will keep these cars legal if they keep adding horsepower.