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Old 09-17-2023, 10:11 AM   #1
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That 200 "6" has about the worst induction of any engine I know of..
I don't know which is worse, It or the integral intake Chevy "6" head.
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Old 09-17-2023, 10:19 AM   #2
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That 200 "6" has about the worst induction of any engine I know of..
I don't know which is worse, It or the integral intake Chevy "6" head.
Harry Dolittle had a good running one! It might have had one of those "dove" heads on it though.
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It does take a while to get enough power off to make a combination competitive. It wasn’t too bad when the reviews were two times a year.
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Old 09-17-2023, 01:57 PM   #4
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It does take a while to get enough power off to make a combination competitive. It wasn’t too bad when the reviews were two times a year.
I seem to recall the 302 Fords were hardly the only combo to get a big HP reduction all at once. How about the 1970 LT1 Camaro, from 360 down to 325? The last Nitro Joe book I have is the 2019 end of year edition, and not only was that combo the fastest in E/SA, by quite a bit, it was also faster than every D/SA car, other than Jason Lines Buick.. What about the 1970 Barracuda/Challenger 440, down to 332 from 375HP? 64 Dodge 426 Street Wedge, down from 365HP, to 291? Or is it only the oddball Ford combos that are villified? Does anybody remember when Glen Tinsley brought out his new SS/GT Mustang years ago, with a low compression 460 smogger engine, factory rated at 198HP, at the Winternationals, I believe. IN TECH, somebody at NHRA added over 100 HP to the combination , which to that point, had never been run in Super Stock. Yet when the new late 80s LT1s with EFI came out, those cars were allowed to run in G & H Stock, only after many years, were they moved up to A & B . Lots of cases of some combinations being shown "special treatment", while others may get 2 or 3 HP off at a time. If at all.
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Old 09-18-2023, 07:37 AM   #5
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I can speak with confidence on the 70 E body one year only option 440/375. All the power removed was within the framework of the reduction part of the
AHFS. It takes a few years because of the 1.25% or the 2.25% reduction limit done yearly, and all the rules have to satisfied.
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I seem to recall the 302 Fords were hardly the only combo to get a big HP reduction all at once.
Rory, I don't think it was the 302 deal in itself that causes the big stir. I think it was the scope of the deal. Think of all of the years and body styles that got to take advantage of that one "swipe-of-a-pen". The LT-1 deal affected a few Camaros and (now) Novas. The 440/375 deal affected more years and body styles but not like the 302s.
Imagine the NHRA suddenly putting all of the mid '70s 2V 350 Chevys at 165 HP.
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