Under Factored Cars Complaints

[cambria]

Jeff great to hear from you ,you are a true southern gentleman and a hell of a racer.As you well know Bo and I are great friends but he has been trying to get me to jump in the pool sooner than wise so he can try to kick my ***.This attroney never lost his street smarts remember my daddy was a body and fender man so we grew up with a lot of real folk in us.No silver spoon country club phonies here.We will work on our car till we think its ready then let the games begin.I have had guys call from all over the country wanting to help on this COPO project because a lot of us are Chevy guys since boyhood.With me it started with a 1962 Impala 409.Almost barred me from being an attorney because I was arrested for drag racing and that was a misdemeanor --- we got that erased but I never stopped being a GM guy and never will.The Olympics are over but the drag racing games are just about to begin.Time for you to crank up one of those 10 fire holes.

[D.Johns]

Originally Posted by goinbroke2

The good thing is, if they do have too much power it will be "redistributed" to other racers.

(after all, regardless of the work involved, at some point there has to be a limit on how much power somebody can make) LOL!!!

Now that is funny right there, I don't care you are lol !!

[D.Johns]

The Sneetches, by Dr. Seuss
Now, the Star-Bell Sneetches had bellies with stars.
The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars.
Those stars weren’t so big. They were really so small.
You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all.

[boster]

Paul , the motor went to Holbrooks after Indy last year not Patterson ( big mistake) . When my 2012 CJ went to Etown for it's first race it had just been picked up at TASCA FORD the day before the race . The car went to JDM and had the ford race program installed, race plugs , oil change and break-in done .That no BS , Lee Zane drove the car for me and was number # 5 qualifier in SS .

Now I know we can hold GM to the same standard as Ford but I tried to get you to buy a CJ and if you had you would be racing this weekend . Bring it out

[Chuck Beach]

Originally Posted by goinbroke2

There wasn't going to be any copo's but obama wanted his company to look good so he decreed the copo stood for "Comrade Obama's Politnatz Orderinski". It was supposed to have a hammer and sickle on the side like the mustangs have a cobra but the graphic's weren't "green" enough and were cancelled.

The good thing is, if they do have too much power it will be "redistributed" to other racers.

(after all, regardless of the work involved, at some point there has to be a limit on how much power somebody can make) LOL!!!

Screw the HP redistribution, send me the $$$$ ....LOL

[cambria]

To Foghorn Leghorn Teuton "Can you Hemi now" ?

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

I'm afraid you are thinking of me, and I was listening to the wrong person at GM Powertrain.

No, I was also told the same thing.

[Dick Butler]

I will be interested to see how long it takes for some people to ruin the racing like the old IHRA Top class. Problems are parallel in my humble opinion. Different motors, different factors, different wts. Fun for the spectators ,for a while seeing brand name racing but until the factoring base lines it will be painful and probably upsetting for the owners of these High Buck Cars. I would love to be in the mix but ... the issues havent changed in NHRA racing. Factory class might be different. Good Luck to the COPO. It is a CHEVY.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Peter Ash

I believe you also adamantly said many, many, times there would be NO COPO! While you adamantly complained about the OTHER cars. BUTTERCUP (slight grin)

We were on the original program that was cancelled. We were told the program was dead. All the way up until October of last year. The people in charge of the original program that was killed off when GM filed bankruptcy were not heavily involved in the new program.

I don't like the under factored Camaro any better than the others. I just find it exceptionally amusing that people who thought it was cool that the old cars got screwed over now complain about the newest cars.

What goes around comes around.

[D.Johns]

I don't think anyone with a new car is complaining that the COPOs are underfactored. I think it's more of gentle ribbing between friends and some one pointing out how it was funny that some that were complaining about how unfair it was when Ford and Mopar was doing it but crickets when the Bowtie entered the game and it was way more honest lol. Most of the new car guys knew exactly what was coming. The 8.8s is not surprising to me in the least. I personally expected the 4.0 to run 8.5-6s off the trailer, the 2.9s 9.2s and the 427 9.9-10.0s. Once one gets built I see them all dropping ETs drastically.

Perhaps I'm off on some guys being upset about the new kids on the block but I don't get that impression by those who are racing the CJs and MOPARs. Atleast not seriously but jokingly.