1.40 under index HP adjustments

Stevie Ficacci · 05-29-2008, 06:28 PM

he got 12

hadtobethere · 05-29-2008, 06:58 PM

sorry, I stand corrected.....thought the old Stick HP was same as the Auto...just goes to show how screwed up the horsepower factors are.

Lower the 30 year old index...say .30 - .50 and lets get back to class racing, the way it should be...........

Tony Janes · 05-30-2008, 12:17 PM

Hadtobethere, your reason for lowering the indexes is what? Now give a good reason not an agenda

hadtobethere · 05-30-2008, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Tony Janes

Hadtobethere, your reason for lowering the indexes is what? Now give a good reason not an agenda

Tony, I thought it was very clear....the indexes are 30 years old, it is time to get real and put racing back into Stock/SS. If you can't run at least .20 to .30 under, you need to either re-think about changing your sport or get to work. No one is forced to run any combo that could never run .20 to .30 under....and no one said that drag racing was a cheap sport to get into.....so, if class racing is a bit hard or expensive, start with bracket racing at the local track and decide where, how, and why....many class racers started that way. Class racing (Stock/SS) was always performance rewarded and it needs to return to exactly that.

Mike Carr · 05-30-2008, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by hadtobethere

Tony, I thought it was very clear....the indexes are 30 years old, it is time to get real and put racing back into Stock/SS. If you can't run at least .20 to .30 under, you need to either re-think about changing your sport or get to work. No one is forced to run any combo that could never run .20 to .30 under....and no one said that drag racing was a cheap sport to get into.....so, if class racing is a bit hard or expensive, start with bracket racing at the local track and decide where, how, and why....many class racers started that way. Class racing (Stock/SS) was always performance rewarded and it needs to return to exactly that.

Amen. Best post I have read in quite a while.

Dusty Lowell · 05-30-2008, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by hadtobethere

Tony, I thought it was very clear....the indexes are 30 years old, it is time to get real and put racing back into Stock/SS. If you can't run at least .20 to .30 under, you need to either re-think about changing your sport or get to work. No one is forced to run any combo that could never run .20 to .30 under....and no one said that drag racing was a cheap sport to get into.....so, if class racing is a bit hard or expensive, start with bracket racing at the local track and decide where, how, and why....many class racers started that way. Class racing (Stock/SS) was always performance rewarded and it needs to return to exactly that.

Very well put, I bracket raced at my local track for 12 years before building a stocker. Definitely big $$$ and work to get started and to be fast but thats just what it takes. Later

Superfan1 · 05-30-2008, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Stevie Ficacci

he got 12

Unless I am missing something, he got 20. For a 428 '67 Shelby the stock hp was 355 and it was lowered to 350 on 2/16/06; it was raised to 370 on 5/26/08 as a result of Adkins' run. By my math; 350 to 370 is 20.
Bill Seabrooks - superfan1

5919 SSKA · 05-30-2008, 02:41 PM

The fast will still be fast.

AUTOMATIC HP is given at -1.40, a "review" is triggered at -1.15...so to me, lowering the index---if indeed it is the case is a good thing. My combo got hit both times last year---a total of 10Hp. Until I see something in print, it's just a typical internet rumor.

It's still a shoe polish race (minus a heads-up run).

05-29-2008, 06:28 PM	#1
Stevie Ficacci Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 49 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 1.40 under index HP adjustments he got 12 __________________ Steve Ficacci 1142 G/SA

05-29-2008, 06:58 PM	#2
hadtobethere Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 243 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: 1.40 under index HP adjustments sorry, I stand corrected.....thought the old Stick HP was same as the Auto...just goes to show how screwed up the horsepower factors are. Lower the 30 year old index...say .30 - .50 and lets get back to class racing, the way it should be...........

05-30-2008, 12:17 PM	#3
Tony Janes Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Whittier, Ca Posts: 830 Likes: 94 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: 1.40 under index HP adjustments Hadtobethere, your reason for lowering the indexes is what? Now give a good reason not an agenda __________________ Tony Janes 7941 STK, SS

05-30-2008, 02:41 PM	#8
5919 SSKA Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sauk Rapids, MN Posts: 284 Likes: 20 Liked 19 Times in 5 Posts	Re: 1.40 under index HP adjustments The fast will still be fast. AUTOMATIC HP is given at -1.40, a "review" is triggered at -1.15...so to me, lowering the index---if indeed it is the case is a good thing. My combo got hit both times last year---a total of 10Hp. Until I see something in print, it's just a typical internet rumor. It's still a shoe polish race (minus a heads-up run). __________________ Racing web page