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Hey Alan,

11 weeks plus June 2, 2022 waiting in line for NHRA Accepted Replacement Pistons Forged units from Ross and wrapped w/ custom ringsets made by Total Seal in all 4 holes,...Check. Aftermarket Cam...Check. Holley EFI being installed now (it wasn't that long ago that NHRA added the Terminator X to the accepted parts list), 1 big change at a ttimeI can do on my budget AND still keep making events and race too, plus I plan many more upgrades over time.

I just happen to be the slowest guy in the category currently (especially at elevation), if it wasn't me...It would be someone else.

I want fast guys to go as fast as they can possibly go in the other lane, I just want to be in the lane next to them doing the same.

The AHFS is their enemy, not me. And on the subject of an HP hit (due to the AHFS and engine family rules therein my specific 99hp combo was hit in June 2003 with 6hp (6?25.00lbs=150 extra lbs.) An A/SA taking a 6 hp hit=24 lbs. Extra.

The AHFS was instituted in what year? Is that important? It may just be as there is an engine family rule...Once an engine family has been hit with HP, is is no longer eligible for a reduction.

The combining of the FWD classes have caused an outlier concerning engine family hits as I see it. And that affected my combo huge. It is what it is...but it is not for lack of attempting to go faster.

1 step at a time, with lots of hard work. And it isn't for lack of expending labor or dollars. I have only been back at this 14 months racing it this time around, and 18 months prepping the car before that.

Not all slow guys are sitting still and doing nothing. And not all are also wrenching on a comp entry at the same time racing a stock entry to stay busy at the track because there is so much free time, and they know they assembled theirs themselves and breakage is not much of an issue. Not a complaint...I love doing it. I don't race a second car, so I get the experience and help another (Scott McClay), compete also that needs crew help. Cannot race that comp entry without a crew.

HP hits in the category are nowhere near eqitable across the classes top to bottom period.