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Originally Posted by 383bigblock
Thank you everybody for the replies and insight. As this would be my first experience with NHRA stock along with a couple of friends and we have a 1975 Coronet with a 400 it seems that if we went this route it would be a learning experience and wouldn't be competitive on a national level and/or in a heads up situation, not that we're expecting that. Might it be at least a consistent combination with either the 400 or 360?
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Consistency depends on how you build it, tune it and know what to expect from it under different conditions. "
Predictability" is the key. Weather stations/predictors can help.
As for competitiveness, if you get the previously mentioned factors figured out
AND you can at least run under the index in the worst conditions and have decent reaction times, you are, for the most part, competitive! Class eliminations or the occasional heads-up in regular eliminations are another story. That's where finding the most advantageous combo and a lot of work and resources ($$$) to be among the fastest comes into play. A specific class with the least amount of cars competing in it can be helpful in avoiding heads-up runs while you make progress on yours. You can move up or down one class from your "natural" class with weight.