2015 Mustang Ecoboost K/SA?

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by 6130

I'm not a class racer- is 1.2 the threshold for AHFS?

I just don't want to spend $20K or so on a retirement hobby, just to get torpedoed by something that I never saw coming.

Again, I have no interest in setting a record or racing at Indy- I just would like to be able to comfortably run under index.

@ 1.20 under index then that automatically gets what is referred to as "Tuesday Horsepower" or "instant h.p." ... i.e. On Tuesday following the conclusion of that event, a percentage of hp increase ( based on how far under the 1.20 threshold the racer ran) gets added to the current factored h.p.

http://www.nhraracer.com/content/gen...633&zoneid=132

There have been times where a racer ran 1.19 under once and for the rest of the review period ( every 6 months) never ran more than .999 under index again, and the combo did not get a hp increase at the end of the review period.

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by 6130

I'm not a class racer- is 1.2 the threshold for AHFS?

I just don't want to spend $20K or so on a retirement hobby, just to get torpedoed by something that I never saw coming.

Again, I have no interest in setting a record or racing at Indy- I just would like to be able to comfortably run under index.

The best way someone can get into class racing is to buy a lower class turn key vehicle that is a proven combo. Say like P/SA or slower. That's how I bought my first NHRA Stocker.
I ran 1.4x under on my first pass in NHRA Stock with the car in my avatar and set the Q/SA record the same day.. There was no way I could have gotten a legal Stocker to run that far under index if I had built it myself for that amount of money.

If you want to go bracket racing with a class car, then the Stock Eliminator field is less populated in the (lower letter) classes so the odds of a heads up pairing ( with another vehicle the same class as yours) during eliminations is greatly reduced.


For $ 20K you could probably buy a turn key car, open trailer and a decent pickup tow rig

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

The best way someone can get into class racing is to buy a lower class turn key vehicle that is a proven combo. Say like P/SA or slower. That's how I bought my first NHRA Stocker.
I ran 1.4x under on my first pass in NHRA Stock with the car in my avatar and set the Q/SA record the same day.. There was no way I could have gotten a legal Stocker to run that far under index if I had built it myself for that amount of money.

If you want to go bracket racing with a class car, then the Stock Eliminator field is less populated in the (lower letter) classes so the odds of a heads up pairing ( with another vehicle the same class as yours) during eliminations is greatly reduced.


For $ 20K you could probably buy a turn key car, open trailer and a decent pickup tow rig

Now that's some really good advice right there!

[6130]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

The best way someone can get into class racing is to buy a lower class turn key vehicle that is a proven combo. Say like P/SA or slower. That's how I bought my first NHRA Stocker.
I ran 1.4x under on my first pass in NHRA Stock with the car in my avatar and set the Q/SA record the same day.. There was no way I could have gotten a legal Stocker to run that far under index if I had built it myself for that amount of money.

For $ 20K you could probably buy a turn key car, open trailer and a decent pickup tow rig

Yes, you're right. But I was still curious about something else.

If you want to go bracket racing with a class car, then the Stock Eliminator field is less populated in the (lower letter) classes so the odds of a heads up pairing ( with another vehicle the same class as yours) during eliminations is greatly reduced.

This part I know.