More NHRA horsepower factors

[Dwight Southerland]

Another few power factors are posted on NHRAracer.com


http://www.nhraracer.com/content/gen...219&zoneid=132


The database is updated on www.classracerinfo.com with the new factors. Cheers!

[Tom Meyer]

WOW 14 hp on 1978 firebird pontiac 350, someone will not be happy. Tom

[Lyn Smith]

Looking thru NJ's stats I don't even see a 78 Firebird with a 350.Not in Stock anyway.

[Dwight Southerland]

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.

[Greg Hill]

I know someone with a 78 Firebird that was building a 350 Chevy motor based on the 269 rating!

[Coleydog]

Yea, my 70 Duster went down, maybe I'm am building at the right time.
30 pounds lighter I guess

[Daran Summerton]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

I know someone with a 78 Firebird that was building a 350 Chevy motor based on the 269 rating!

77 Camaro and Nova is 269. Awhile back NHRA just put a blanket 287 rating on those combos when it actually was just 1 or 2 cars crushing the index. A Malibu wagon would be great at 270 but will need a few reductions.