New '09 Chrysler' specs AA/S thru G/S

[cutta]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Id say not very many are sandbagging if they ever ran Top Stock or class at INDY. The L88's, and I assume you mean the Ford T-Bolts (Thunderbirds?) are already in stock.

If they are allowed in, I've never seen one in my years of watching and following stock. If it like you say and no one is sandbagging at Indy, then gloves will come off and we will see how fast some of these cars really are.

[Alan Roehrich]

The gloves will not come off at Indy, people will "take a knee" at Indy just like anywhere else, especially if they do not own the car. Besides, the air at Indy is rarely good enough to yield killer ET's. So they'll only need to win by a fender in what will be decent air at best.

[Superfan1]

Originally Posted by cutta

If they are allowed in, I've never seen one in my years of watching and following stock. If it like you say and no one is sandbagging at Indy, then gloves will come off and we will see how fast some of these cars really are.

I have never seen either one in Stock either, although I have seen a few T-bolts in SS, but they are both in the Classification guide for Stock. The 1969 L88 Vette was made legal for Stock on 1/10/05. The Stock HP factor is 440, and the weight break is 7.29 which means you would have to add weight to make the AA/S and AA/SA 7.50 class minimum. The T-bolt has a Stock HP factor of 420, and the weight break is 7.63. You can check it out at the NHRA website.
Bill Seabrooks - superfan1
Bridgeport, Ct.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Superfan1

I have never seen either one in Stock either, although I have seen a few T-bolts in SS, but they are both in the Classification guide for Stock. The 1969 L88 Vette was made legal for Stock on 1/10/05. The Stock HP factor is 440, and the weight break is 7.29 which means you would have to add weight to make the AA/S and AA/SA 7.50 class minimum. The T-bolt has a Stock HP factor of 420, and the weight break is 7.63. You can check it out at the NHRA website.
Bill Seabrooks - superfan1
Bridgeport, Ct.

The Vette was legal in IHRA back in the 70's. Leon Maranion (spl?) ran AA/SA with a 435 HP Tri-Power (same car he is racing today as a SS/EA) version back in the "stone age" mid to late 70's. The L88 was avaliable for anyone who wanted to build one.

[Steve Calabro]

Terry, It's Miranian! LOL Why was the L88 Vette rated @ 440 not 430 factory rating when it was approved, but never run? Do you think "politics" were involved? LOL!!!!!!

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Steve Calabro

Terry, It's Miranian! LOL Why was the L88 Vette rated @ 440 not 430 factory rating when it was approved, but never run? Do you think "politics" were involved? LOL!!!!!!

Probably politics were involved. By the way I found that Corvette for Leon back in 1974. It was an original 427/390 HP Silver car in great shape. I think he paid about $3000 for it at the time.