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WOW 14 hp on 1978 firebird pontiac 350, someone will not be happy. Tom
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Looking thru NJ's stats I don't even see a 78 Firebird with a 350.Not in Stock anyway.
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The Pontiac move is misrepresented. That engine is a Chevy 350 that in most applications, Chevy, Oldsmobile and Pontiac, is 287 in Stock eliminator with auto. In fact, the previous Class Guide for 1978 Pontiac has the power rating at 287 for the Firebird, not 269 as stated on NHRAracer. The 1978 Corvette, Camaro and Nova has the rating at 283 (even though the Corvette and Camaro engines were OEM rated at 175, it's the same engine), and it appears that the new Firebird rating is to put it line with those. Maybe because it is an F-body like the Camaro? Then why not adjust all the other 1978 X-body cars - Omega, Phoenix and Skylark - to be 283 like the 1978 Nova? And what about the G-body and B-body cars that use the same engines? Another baffling assignment.
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I know someone with a 78 Firebird that was building a 350 Chevy motor based on the 269 rating!
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Yea, my 70 Duster went down, maybe I'm am building at the right time.
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1978 & 1978 Malibu Wagon with 350 got Hp. 2 times, once with Camaro & Corvette & the second time with the Camaro & the Corvette did not get Hp. I look up 350 Malibu Wagon in Nitro`s stats, in the last 10 years, The fast run I could find was 6 tens under the old index.
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Just curious but who might be running the 327 2bbl in GT that got adjusted
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