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Re: GM Releases 2013 bogus HP ratings at PRI show
This is an easy problem to solve if we all just let NHRA no that as racers we all agree to let the older cars upgrade their motors to run with the new cars . Better heads , bigger cams , lighter after market cranks , new carbs , spec blowers
or Weight reductions are all ready given in comp and top sportsman for trans type, n20 vs none n20 , big block vs sm block . Any car 5 -10 years old 100lbs , 11-20 years old 200lbs , 30 plus years old 300lbs . These are easy solutions as mentioned by others We could fix this and all the cars could run faster if they wanted . You can't hold the new cars back but you can bring the old cars forward with some simple changes Someone start a petition on the weight break rule , or the part rule I will sign up and I own 2 new cars Take 300lbs out of John Armstrong's vette and he runs 8.30 just like the CJ and I'm all for it The parts rule might even bring in more money to class racing from parts companys
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Re: GM Releases 2013 bogus HP ratings at PRI show
What's pretty interesting to me is do the racers building/buying these new cars think the NHRA won't in the future accept cars that make their current 100-200K investment obsolete?
What's not to say in another 5-10 years Honda or Toyota becomes the official car of the NHRA and submits ringers with way underfactored combos that puts the current new cars at a disadvantage like the older cars face now? Maybe people don't think this far ahead, I dunno. Or maybe some are okay with building new cars every few years to take advantage of the favorable hp factors. Quote:
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Re: GM Releases 2013 bogus HP ratings at PRI show
Just seems like nobody in Glendora cares ever since Wally died.
It's all about greed. Sad
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12-02-2012, 12:16 PM | #44 |
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Charley with all do respect the win on Sunday sell on Monday went by the way side in the early '70's. I love the new CJ's but I don't believe Ford has seen a measurable increase of sales that they could truly credit the CJ's for... Now, sure the aftermarket parts will always be there for all the hot rodders but again I don't believe Ford has seen a measurable increase in sales of aftermarket parts that they could solely credit the CJ's for... Other than the CJ only items that guys are buying to build their BIW cars with. So lets say there are 100 BIW builds taking place. In the grand scheme of things that's not a drop in the bucket to justify a corporate move one way or the other... other than the marketing side of it. Don't get me wrong I don't blame the manufactures or the car owners as I actually had a '13 CJ Competition Kit on order but cancelled it at the last minute. Again I think the cars are cool and I like seeing the factory involvement in our class but I'm waiting to see how NHRA handles these GM motors in question to see if they hold GM to the same standard they held Ford on the 5.0 motors.
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All of that, even losing hundreds of pounds for many, costs a lot of money.
Simple solution is to put the 'new' cars in their own class, maybe make cars 15 years old or older in a 'nostalgia' class. The NHRA could really work some of this to their advantage. There seems to be more fan interest in SS/AH than any other class and NHRA announcers do talk up a lot of the older cars because of fan interest, among other things. The really neat thing, from a fans perspective, is that Stock and Super Stock are racing categories that are also a car show. Where else do '55 Chevys and '69 Mustangs and New Muscle compete against each other? Very suprised the NHRA hasn't figured out a way to capitalize on this. Quote:
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Re: GM Releases 2013 bogus HP ratings at PRI show
Why not just give the new cars realistic HP ratings, with all barrels wide open?
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Lets look on the bright side. With this constant development of new products there must be a demand to warrant the investment and offers a decent ROI.
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It's so simple, it couldn't possibly work!
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Because sales of the new CJs, and COPOs would come to a halt.
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