Consensus By Professional Engine Builders

[Dgal]

Originally Posted by cad

That was my only thought....I know how hard you all work in class racing, so I am not critiquing, just trying to understand why one would think they will never beat a Cobra Jet....

If they run the same class as you then it is pretty hard to out run them. They generally don't go red in a head's up or class because they can watch you leave then run you down. Look at how many 100's lights they cut in class with the Cobra Jets/Drag Paks and they still win.

Except against each other. The talk of the FX class or equivalent would have me checking reasoning for running one of these cars. They would become EXTREMELY expensive bracket/class cars to campaign overnight. They would be pounding against each other and making those engines fast against another will put the costs in the stratosphere.

I see that Eric Merryfield is selling his car in the classifieds. He has his own reasons, but it seems odd that he just started running this car and now it is up for sale all of the sudden. I wouldn't blame him for selling if he thought this was about to get out of hand.

Within class matchups are not the only issue. It is two fold. First, these cars are Factory Experiments and they race against other cars within their class that don't have a chance. And secondly, there are new experimental combinations that are coming from Ford and Chrysler that make their way into nearly every class. They start at the bottom and cause havoc all the way up until this gets fixed.