SS/GT classification question

Chuck Norton · 10-20-2011, 02:46 AM

"Shipping weight will be determined by using the power to weight factor
of the vehicle with the heaviest gasoline engine and appropriate
transmission..." Quoted from 2011 NHRA Rulebook, Section 11B, page 12.

It would seem that, for example, a 1968 Camaro running in GT with an automatic transmission, regardless of engine choice, would be classified on the basis of the shipping weight of the car when equipped with the heaviest gasoline engine that was coupled with an automatic in a 1968 Camaro. That would be, I think, a 396 engine with TH400 transmission. That would be the case even if the car were run with a small block in a GT class and would certainly be different than the shipping weight of the same car equipped with a 350" engine w/PG trans.

10-20-2011, 02:46 AM	#1
Chuck Norton Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Covina, CA Posts: 474 Likes: 109 Liked 89 Times in 19 Posts	Re: SS/GT classification question "Shipping weight will be determined by using the power to weight factor of the vehicle with the heaviest gasoline engine and appropriate transmission..." Quoted from 2011 NHRA Rulebook, Section 11B, page 12. It would seem that, for example, a 1968 Camaro running in GT with an automatic transmission, regardless of engine choice, would be classified on the basis of the shipping weight of the car when equipped with the heaviest gasoline engine that was coupled with an automatic in a 1968 Camaro. That would be, I think, a 396 engine with TH400 transmission. That would be the case even if the car were run with a small block in a GT class and would certainly be different than the shipping weight of the same car equipped with a 350" engine w/PG trans. __________________ Chuck Norton

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