Who's Getting Hit With H.P.?

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Doug McCue

I question I have is, how does a combination get their horsepower factor reduced?

Write a HP reduction letter to NHRA national tech requesting a reduction.Send time slips showing your car can't go any quicker than about .50 under and maybe (depending on like engine combos times) and
MAYBE they will knock 5-10 off.Obscure combos have a good chance of getting HP back.
When I got 5 and 5 off about 10 years ago Jim Skelly was there.He had a good feel who was legit and was easy to work with.I don't know about now though.

Ed F.

[Bob Bender]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Write a HP reduction letter to NHRA national tech requesting a reduction.Send time slips showing your car can't go any quicker than about .50 under and maybe (depending on like engine combos times) and
MAYBE they will knock 5-10 off.Obscure combos have a good chance of getting HP back.
When I got 5 and 5 off about 10 years ago Jim Skelly was there.He had a good feel who was legit and was easy to work with.I don't know about now though.

Ed F.

Ed, I have asked many times last year and this year about a reduction on my combo , but I have not heard a word.

[Tony Curcio]

Originally Posted by Bob Bender

Ed, I have asked many times last year and this year about a reduction on my combo , but I have not heard a word.

It's been my experience that no answer means "no".

If the answer is yes, the change will be listed on the NHRA website and Nat'l Dragster after the mid-year review. Sometimes there's a "no change" list as well that responds to the written requests.

The previous owner of your car, the late Andy Stintson, got some HP off the 2-barrel combo a while back. I also see that the 255 HP 350 in the Kingswood is rated at 275, while the same engine in a Camaro or Nova is 280. Don't know if Andy had anything to do with that.

[bill dedman]

They knocked 50 hp off the 1966 327/350 hp motor....
I guess it wasn't enough, but that's over 14-percent.
I seem to remember a 1962 327 Corvette motor (may have been
a fuelie) that got even more off, IIRC, a couple of years ago.

What do you have to do to get THAT kind of HP off a combination?

[Bob Bender]

Originally Posted by Tony Curcio

It's been my experience that no answer means "no".

If the answer is yes, the change will be listed on the NHRA website and Nat'l Dragster after the mid-year review. Sometimes there's a "no change" list as well that responds to the written requests.

The previous owner of your car, the late Andy Stintson, got some HP off the 2-barrel combo a while back. I also see that the 255 HP 350 in the Kingswood is rated at 275, while the same engine in a Camaro or Nova is 280. Don't know if Andy had anything to do with that.

Hi Tony I talked to them when I got the car and at that time it was 280 HP and it was changed then........thanks