HP Adjustments on NHRA.com

Bryan Worner · 07-07-2014, 01:14 PM

Beard. I know you're an intelligent guy. So why is this AHFS change so hard for you to understand? In Super Stock (not GT), you have platforms! A Camaro, is different from a Corvette, which is different from a Chevelle, etc. If one gets hp, it does NOT go to the other! This is now how it works in GT! So use the combination that got hp as an example. If somebody wants to run that combo, or already runs that combo in a FWD conversion car, they now carry 294 hp, or, extra weight, compared to 287 hp in a RWD GT car, which did not trigger the review. So if both cars run GT/EA, just an example, the RWD car would weigh 3040 minimum (287 hp at 10 lb weight break + 170 lbs for driver). The FWD GT car would have to weigh 3110 (294 hp, etc.). Hence, the FWD GT car would carry more weight!

So in Chrysler terms, if a FWD GT car running the 360/275 combo get hp, it would not be given to the RWD Volare with that same combo.

For the last 10+ years, FWD GT cars have been bombing combinations with hp, while the RWD GT cars running those same combos have not, but suffered the effects by adding the same weight and hp to those combinations. Finally, NHRA has realized what all of us effected by this have known all along!

07-07-2014, 01:14 PM	#7
Bryan Worner Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Duncannon, PA Posts: 825 Likes: 136 Liked 535 Times in 86 Posts	Re: HP Adjustments on NHRA.com Beard. I know you're an intelligent guy. So why is this AHFS change so hard for you to understand? In Super Stock (not GT), you have platforms! A Camaro, is different from a Corvette, which is different from a Chevelle, etc. If one gets hp, it does NOT go to the other! This is now how it works in GT! So use the combination that got hp as an example. If somebody wants to run that combo, or already runs that combo in a FWD conversion car, they now carry 294 hp, or, extra weight, compared to 287 hp in a RWD GT car, which did not trigger the review. So if both cars run GT/EA, just an example, the RWD car would weigh 3040 minimum (287 hp at 10 lb weight break + 170 lbs for driver). The FWD GT car would have to weigh 3110 (294 hp, etc.). Hence, the FWD GT car would carry more weight! So in Chrysler terms, if a FWD GT car running the 360/275 combo get hp, it would not be given to the RWD Volare with that same combo. For the last 10+ years, FWD GT cars have been bombing combinations with hp, while the RWD GT cars running those same combos have not, but suffered the effects by adding the same weight and hp to those combinations. Finally, NHRA has realized what all of us effected by this have known all along!