SS engines need identified clearly (on weight sticker)

thomas sheehan · 01-29-2017, 03:09 PM

Did you ever walk up to a SS car and wonder what engine a racer is using in his SS/GT car?
Look his weight sticker.... Can you tell what engine combo they are running? (especially in a GT car?).... most of the time, the answer is NO.
Right now, all you know is the Cubic Inches, The Factory HP, and the NHRA hp.
These stickers should reflect a combo and should have an 8 or 10 digit number assigned to every combo in the classification guide.
For example.... mine should read 78p318155t....
78 = 1978
p = plymouth
318 = factory cubic inches
155 = factory hp
t= thermoquad

Am I missing something... I think this would make it very easy to identify different combos being used, and also very easy to the people tracking them too!

Jody Lang · 01-29-2017, 03:28 PM

Along this same line with the new tech system at Nationals. Will we even have a weight sticker??

jmcarter · 01-29-2017, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Jody Lang

Along this same line with the new tech system at Nationals. Will we even have a weight sticker??

Just to assist the guy at the scales, especially if he doesn't yet have the info from your tech card when you make your first pass...but seems to me that Tom's suggestion has merit.

Ed Wright · 01-29-2017, 05:28 PM

I usually just ask the guy with the car which engine he has.

thomas sheehan · 01-29-2017, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed Wright

I usually just ask the guy with the car which engine he has.

You shouldn't have to Ed.... It should be clearly coded on the window sticker.

blkjack · 01-29-2017, 10:14 PM

155 HP ? Your 1/4 Mile ET is 16.02

Your 1/4 Mile MPH is 91.99

Bernie Cunningham · 01-31-2017, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Jody Lang

Along this same line with the new tech system at Nationals. Will we even have a weight sticker??

Let's not complicate things more here, I'm wondering even if NHRA know's the answer to this great question from Jody !!

Where do we get one anymore? Who's ever gonna check the accuracy?

"What do you mean I can't write down my weight as 200lbs. lighter" There's nobody there that know's anymore so why not.
What a joke !!!

Jason · 02-01-2017, 02:22 AM

With all the new horsepowers from the latest AHFS, who is going to figure the correct weight for those cars in Stock and S/S with no tech? Maybe you will get a weight sticker to fill out with your tech card and the ladies in the registration trailer can verify that your weight sticker is correct.

Bobby DiDomenico · 02-01-2017, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason

With all the new horsepowers from the latest AHFS, who is going to figure the correct weight for those cars in Stock and S/S with no tech? Maybe you will get a weight sticker to fill out with your tech card and the ladies in the registration trailer can verify that your weight sticker is correct.

So the credential line will be even longer??? ;-)

Not So Fast · 01-31-2017, 12:08 AM

How about starting with racers clearly indicating which class they are running rather than displaying half the alphabet on their windows.

01-29-2017, 03:09 PM	#1
thomas sheehan Photographer Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,717 Likes: 24 Liked 75 Times in 29 Posts	SS engines need identified clearly (on weight sticker) Did you ever walk up to a SS car and wonder what engine a racer is using in his SS/GT car? Look his weight sticker.... Can you tell what engine combo they are running? (especially in a GT car?).... most of the time, the answer is NO. Right now, all you know is the Cubic Inches, The Factory HP, and the NHRA hp. These stickers should reflect a combo and should have an 8 or 10 digit number assigned to every combo in the classification guide. For example.... mine should read 78p318155t.... 78 = 1978 p = plymouth 318 = factory cubic inches 155 = factory hp t= thermoquad Am I missing something... I think this would make it very easy to identify different combos being used, and also very easy to the people tracking them too! __________________ Tom Sheehan SS GT/NA 1046

01-29-2017, 03:28 PM	#2
Jody Lang Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 306 Likes: 28 Liked 89 Times in 28 Posts	Re: SS engines need identified clearly (on weight sticker) Along this same line with the new tech system at Nationals. Will we even have a weight sticker??

01-29-2017, 05:28 PM	#4
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: SS engines need identified clearly (on weight sticker) I usually just ask the guy with the car which engine he has. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

01-29-2017, 10:14 PM	#6
blkjack Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Belle Vernon, PA Posts: 288 Likes: 26 Liked 55 Times in 19 Posts	Re: SS engines need identified clearly (on weight sticker) 155 HP ? Your 1/4 Mile ET is 16.02 Your 1/4 Mile MPH is 91.99

02-01-2017, 02:22 AM	#8
Jason Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 235 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: SS engines need identified clearly (on weight sticker) With all the new horsepowers from the latest AHFS, who is going to figure the correct weight for those cars in Stock and S/S with no tech? Maybe you will get a weight sticker to fill out with your tech card and the ladies in the registration trailer can verify that your weight sticker is correct.

01-31-2017, 12:08 AM	#10
Not So Fast Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 18 Likes: 0 Liked 11 Times in 4 Posts	Re: SS engines need identified clearly (on weight sticker) How about starting with racers clearly indicating which class they are running rather than displaying half the alphabet on their windows.