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If NHRA put it in the guides and mandated the factory pulley sizes(like they do on the Cobra Jets and COPOs) the platform would not be very competitive. A lot of what the aftermarket does to the CTS-V would not be allowed per the rulebook.
No pulley changes, No blower swaps, No Throttle Body changes, No mass air housing changes, No high lift cams, these are all things that people that are running fast with the CTS-V are doing. A car that I would think would have been competitive never really did much. I heard of one person building one but sold it. The 03 Cobra(its in the guide) 3400# at 390HP. These cars were under rated from the factory. The IRS could be swapped for a 4 link the rule book says nothing about pulley size in the blueprint section, the 4.6s architecture lends itself well to amazing RPM and the Heads are really good. The car is a natural F/S which is an 11.80 index IIRC. This car could run the number needed under the rules. If NHRA said nope stock pulleys required then it just became a whole lot more expensive to build. I heavily considered pulling off my aftermarket supercharger on my 03 Cobra that's my daily driver to go run at one time. But decided the CJ was the route and I wanted to go faster then my daily driver with a purpose built racecar. I'm not trying to be discouraging. If you want to build one submit everything to NHRA its a long uphill battle to get new items in the guide. If you want to do it chase after it. Don't give up just because its hard or people discouraging it. People who say it can't be done should not interupt those that are doing it.
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2014 Cobra Jet FS/XX #3345 STK/SS Like us on http://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniel...25886327426822 Last edited by D.Johns; 06-22-2013 at 06:40 AM. |
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