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Originally Posted by John W. 1711
I stood next to the ramp truck, and the trailer, hauling the 70 Torino, and the 71 Mustang, in 1971. The Mustang was in SS/E, and the Torino was in SS/F, at least that was on the windows. Not sure what Bud was in at the 1970 race. The 429's were few, and far between. Great stuff for sure.
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John,
Thanks, glad you were there. I wasnt sure why the car would have F/S written on the windshield at a SuperStock meet, I didnt know they ran stock class at those.
This raises another question though:
SS/E=8.00-8.49 lb/hp
SS/F=8.50-8.99 lb/hp
So the 429SCJ had to be seriously factored to make it up into these classes. For the 71 Mustang:
3485/435=8.01
3485/411=8.48
So to run in SS/E=8.00. the factored HP had to be between 411-435.
For the 70 Cobra:
3834/450=8.52
3834/427=8.98
So to run in SS/F=8.50, the factored HP had to be between 427-450.
To fit both cars, NHRA must have factored the 429SCJ/375 HP to 427-435, or probably 430 HP. If true, it's no wonder nobody ran these engines much, that is some pretty unfair factoring.
Are you SURE about the SS/E and SS/F markings?
I thought maybe you had the wrong year, but the SS/E and SS/F class breaks didnt change from 1970-1973 or later so that couldnt be it. Maybe they really did factor these things to 430hp. Dont know why.
Thanks again for helping solve this mystery.