Automatic Horsepower Factoring System

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Originally Posted by Ron Ortiz

BSA, my car is a '67 Belvedere wagon with a 273 ci 2bbl. The index is 15.15. Do any of you out there think that a car like that from the showroom could run a 15.15. NO, probably a 19 to 20 second might be appropiate, so by blueprinting, adding a gear and headers, beefing up the trans, getting down to minimum weight, and adding a stock lift cam, you might get to the index. If you can get a rental car or a daily driver to hit the index right off the bat, you definitley have hit upon a great combo, or it really needs HP.

No i dont think that..just trying to be a little ironic...I didn't run the index for years when i started out(it was lower then ofcourse) but if someone only can get .3 under with todays standards and knowledge and been doing this for awhile it seems to me that they just wanna hang in there with as little effort as possible or have a totally wrong factored car....neither of those should be what dictate what the standards for a index should be...I agree that the stuff needs to be policed better to keep it fair for those who get hp when someone breaks the standards..BUT THIS IS to my best knowledge STILL a PERFORMANCE BASED eliminator..so the lower end should not be whats setting the standards for indexes and such! When the dial under bracket format was implemented it was to even out performance differences at the time,not to make it a bracket race!

[JIM BOUDREAU]

Well said Bsa!!!!!! Ididn't run the index when Istarted also. I watched Bobby Warrens bumber for years! Still am.