64 Plymouth GT/EA in Ennis

bill dedman · 10-11-2009, 06:40 PM

Several things I don't understand, here (maybe I'm not supposed to)...

1. The wheelbase should stay with the chassis, right? I.E., if the car body was from a '64 Plymouth Hemi car that originally had a 1-inch shorter wheelbase (than the rest of the '64 b-body Pilgrims), why would NHRA tech disallow that wheelbase just because another engine will be run in the car (say, a 340?) as a GT car?????? Or, would they?

2. In a GT class car, If you run a non-fresh air engine in a car body that came from the factory with a fresh air scoop (say, a '68 Hemi Barracuda, for instance), wouldn't it be mandatory to close off that fresh air if your engine didn't have a fresh air variant, in which case, you'd just use the only factor listed? Could you just remove the scoop and make a "flat hood" out of it, or, does the scoop have to stay, even though it's closed off at the bottom, and is non-functioning???

3. What is the downside of the "new" rules that allow "old bodies" with newer engines to run GT? People are talking about possibly reverting back to the "old rules", and I don't understand the reason why.

Anybody? Don't we need all the cars we can attract?

Thanks for any information...

10-11-2009, 06:40 PM	#11
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: 64 Plymouth GT/EA in Ennis Several things I don't understand, here (maybe I'm not supposed to)... 1. The wheelbase should stay with the chassis, right? I.E., if the car body was from a '64 Plymouth Hemi car that originally had a 1-inch shorter wheelbase (than the rest of the '64 b-body Pilgrims), why would NHRA tech disallow that wheelbase just because another engine will be run in the car (say, a 340?) as a GT car?????? Or, would they? 2. In a GT class car, If you run a non-fresh air engine in a car body that came from the factory with a fresh air scoop (say, a '68 Hemi Barracuda, for instance), wouldn't it be mandatory to close off that fresh air if your engine didn't have a fresh air variant, in which case, you'd just use the only factor listed? Could you just remove the scoop and make a "flat hood" out of it, or, does the scoop have to stay, even though it's closed off at the bottom, and is non-functioning??? 3. What is the downside of the "new" rules that allow "old bodies" with newer engines to run GT? People are talking about possibly reverting back to the "old rules", and I don't understand the reason why. Anybody? Don't we need all the cars we can attract? Thanks for any information... __________________ Bill Last edited by bill dedman; 10-11-2009 at 06:44 PM. Reason: mistakes... lots of 'em....