More NHRA horsepower factors

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Daran Summerton

You seriously don't see a difference between a corvette and a caprice wagon???? HMMM interesting.

The extent of the discussion and issues involved in factoring is much more than I want to engage in this medium, but yes I do see a difference between a Corvette and a Caprice wagon. However, they do not run the same class. Plus, given the history of racers and what they are attracted to build, I doubt that either one of us will ever see a Caprice wagon as someone's serious competitive effort. The other extreme of the issue to me is represented by the '78-'79 305 4-bbl. Exactly the same engine, yet all the 1978 applications are rated at 235 while most of the 1979s are rated at 243. A 79 Malibu hardtop is 243, but a Malibu 4-dr sedan or station wagon is 235. All because a single person ran fast over 10 years ago in a Malibu hardtop. For years, the 1979 Malibu hardtop carried a 245 factor while all the other applications were 235. They factored the person not the engine.