NHRA: are you really that blind or just stupid?

[aspen7709]

Let me get this straight..... If I read this right.... My combo:1976 dodge aspen 360
factory rated @ 160 hp NHRA factored 284 hp. Keep in mind: dished 8.0 to 1 pistons ,.423 lift hydraulic flat tappet cam, iron boat anchor heads with 1.88 1.60 valves ,60lb cast iron intake with a plastic carburetor and having to weigh 3578lbs is supposed to be the same as a 5.9 drag pack: 11.4 comp,.490 roller cam, 2.02 valves ROLLER ROCKERS! magnum heads (which are killers right out of the box), aluminum high rise intake and port injection.

BOTH RATED @ 284 HP!!!!!!!If you look @ mopar performance catalog the engine in the drag pack combo is rated at 390 hp @ 5300 rpm.

how on earth is this fair or even competitivly close?

Kenny Newsome 7709 h/sa what to do now?

[Dgal]

Does anyone know if Vaseline has a racing products division and do they pay contingencies?

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Dgal

Does anyone know if Vaseline has a racing products division and do they pay contingencies?

dude, i just spit coke all over my laptop.......................that's hilarious

[Dgal]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

dude, i just spit coke all over my laptop.......................that's hilarious

I have had that happen to myself a couple of times. Many of the members around here are too funny not to take precautions when reading their stuff.

[Bruce Noland]

The nhra executives are dumb about some things. The OEM's probably bent them over on these deals and the money has been spent already. Now nhra looks like the laughing stock of the American Auto Sports Industry.

I'm sure the NASCAR guys are snickering at the # 2 Auto Sports Retailing Company.

The OEM guys see this nightmare from a completely different view point. This is strictly a marketing scam for them. They don't care what kind of problems they leave behind for the racers. They are here to plunder the classes and then they will leave as quickly as they appeared. This is no long term committment by the OEM's. nhra knows this as well and that makes this fraud even more egregious.

[Chuck Beach]

I am not saying it is right or fair, but I totaly disagree. Win, look good or go fast on Sunday and sell cars on Monday. I think it has been a great advertising move by Ford and Chrysler. I think both of these cars are selling and the racers building them are creating very neat race cars. Not all DP's were fast, Garlits, Pustelny and Lee did not make the cut. Anyone that reads this forum is getting a lot of advertisement for the new cars as much as you guys write about them. By this time next year it will be another car and another story ..

[Jack Matyas]

[QUOTE=Bruce Noland;209002 This is strictly a marketing scam for them. They don't care what kind of problems they leave behind for the racers. They are here to plunder the classes and then they will leave as quickly as they appeared. This is no long term committment by the OEM's. nhra knows this as well and that makes this fraud even more egregious.[/QUOTE]

Bruce - Marketing scam ? Not hardly as they are selling cars and at the end of the day that's the business they (both Ford and Chrysler ) are in .As for a long term commitment they (Ford) signed up to be the "Official Car " for several years ..............And I really don't think they're going to disappear in a year or two .

You and I must be getting our info from separate planets .............And yes , I'll agree the HP's are wrong .

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Dgal

Does anyone know if Vaseline has a racing products division and do they pay contingencies?

I think "KY" pays !

[JSLRacing]

I don't want what KY or Vaseline is paying..

[Dgal]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

I think "KY" pays !

Only if you send in the warranty card.