Automatic Horsepower Factoring System

[Byron Worner]

How about lowering the indexes by 2 tenths, making the review trigger 1 second under and a automatic review at 1.15 under. An automatic review would have factors such as atmospheric condition of the run before the horsepower increase is levied.

[Dave Ribeiro]

Byron,

I agree 100%, where do we vote.......It is simple and can be effective..........Dave,

[thomas sheehan]

Byron

What you are asking for is ALMOST what we have now.
"Lower indexes by .2"..... and "review at -1.00"
They now review at -1.15 (with two hits now)... you're proposal is the same as reviewing at -1.20 (now).
How does this help?

Tom

[vic guilmino]

the only way you are going to get the super fast cars is to
start looking and comparing 1/8 mile times to the guys who
are running flat out.
Take the 2 tenths off of the index and anyone running 1 sec.
under the index gets hit. Even if it's only one run.

[bsa633]

Originally Posted by vic guilmino

the only way you are going to get the super fast cars is to
start looking and comparing 1/8 mile times to the guys who
are running flat out.
Take the 2 tenths off of the index and anyone running 1 sec.
under the index gets hit. Even if it's only one run.

We cant keep hitting combos all the time...we need a bigger window!! some times it would be better adjusting some combo's the other way instead of hitting the rest!!

[laura Parker]

What do you do when we get conditions like we had at Atco -500ft. Then you get a heads up run and you go 140 under. I could have driven my pick up there and run a second under with it. Barry

[RPinoski1]

Originally Posted by bsa633

We cant keep hitting combos all the time...we need a bigger window!! some times it would be better adjusting some combo's the other way instead of hitting the rest!!

Maybe the above statement is the answer....If a car is that much faster than the others in the class, and proven to be totally legal...why should it be given HP? Only given HP if it is factored bogus...

The AHFS in reverse would work better, or something like that...then the sand bagging would be eliminated......

[SS Engine Guy]

To Lynn: I'm saying that the santioning bodies didn't just say (as an example): "Gee, I think that for no reason at all we are going to let everyone work on their combustion chambers". When this has been a no-no in the rulebook forever.
*Some people or group of people caused this rule to be changed. Lobbied, threateded, insinuated or just politely asked it dosen't matter. The santioning bodies didn't "give" us anything in that area. I saw the worked over chambers 2 years before the rule was changed. I still see welding in the chamber even tho the new rule forbids it. Some of the smarter tech people see this also. This rule was a responce to an action not a solution to a problem.

*Aftermarket blocks:The sanctioning bodies didn't just "give" us that option. For several years I was asked to write letters, give opinions, talk to so and so about certain chev. blocks that would crack a thrust surface in one or more cylinders within a few passes even at .030. I did not write, I did not give an opinion, and did not talk to the sanctioning bodies. I told my customers that they had chosen a non workable combination in my opinion. Next thing I know the Bowtie block was allowed. It didn't crack cylinder walls, in fact, it held the hone and the roundness of the bore better than a standard block and it weighed more due to more material in critical areas. Now it is common to use 1" or bigger cams and that is the block of choice. The better thickness in critical areas more than offsets the extra weight because the good working cars already had weight hung on the nose. Again, the santioning bodies didn't just one day say "Hey, what the hell lets give some racers aftermarket blocks". It was a responce to an action.

*Aftermarket or replacement cylinder heads: I still have people come to me and say: "I can't find any unmodified or decent 441's, 461's, 462's etc.". What they really meant to say is : "I can't find any unmodified or decent 441's,461's, 462's etc. for 60 bucks a pair anymore". I direct them to Hemmings or Ebay. They say: "Damn, they want 500 - 700 bucks a pair in Hemmings". Racing is expensive. Best way I know of to turn money into smoke and noise. Again, the santioning bodies didn't just have this idea one day and say: "What the hell, lets allow some engines heads with better adaptablility to modification." Again a responce to an action. Not a solution to a problem. There never was any problem.

and so on ......

Lynn, I see you every chance bring up the point of aftermarket or superceeded parts not being available to all and I agree with you. As I said 100%. You are right. I think where I first posted that I didn't think that the santioning bodies had "given" us anything is where we got crossed. I do think that the sanctioning bodies have allowed so much BS at the expense of many to appease the few that it is irrepairable.

Now back to the way it is done: I give my customers that HP that they want. Not what they can afford. I found out a long time ago that a few good customers would pay good money to go fast legally. I can give a customer the most power that I can make and put it in a crap chassis and it won't perform. I can give a customer the best power that I can make and let them and others play with the tune and it won't perform. When I see a guy work on the same combo for years he is usually fast. But when you change the rules from week to week it is a hard thing to over come. Even to very good tuners. When I see 1.2 under passes from customers that can change 3 converters in a weekend, a cam or two, collectors and primaries back and forth and still have time at the end of the day for a cold beverage or two I don't wonder how they ever got to be fast. I know. At the opposite end of the spectrum when I see out of shape cars. Spark plug electrodes burnt completely off and valvetrains destroyed from valve train geometry problems but yet they are 1.2 under at the 1000 ft mark. I don't wonder how they are that fast. I know. Its a underfactored combo. ;-) Take an underfactored combo and give it to a worker instead of a tinkerer and you have a 1.7 under car but it is still underfactored.

Do with the indexes what you want. Trigger where ever you want. It won't change a thing. The small percentage of HP that is gained on Monday was already in the weight box on the pass that tripped the trigger. AHFS was a bad idea to begin with that is too little too late.

[Byron Worner]

Originally Posted by RPinoski1

Maybe the above statement is the answer....If a car is that much faster than the others in the class, and proven to be totally legal...why should it be given HP? Only given HP if it is factored bogus...

The AHFS in reverse would work better, or something like that...then the sand bagging would be eliminated......

I think you have this backwards. Why give horsepower to an illegal motor making a bogus run and punish the racer with the same combination who is legal. I agree that if a racer goes 1.40 under he should be torn down. Then if he is legal the horsepower is levied. I also think if a racer is responsible for horsepower, that has triggered a review, and is torn down and found to be illegal the horsepower should be reset.