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I think I had one of the few smiley faces in this entire thread a few posts up. Here is a bigger one. :D

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I'm glad that most are afraid of the new little Gen III Hemi's. Ford had to add a power booster to compete with the new Hemi.

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.....and both had to come up with bogus horsepower factors to compete with the stuff already out there.

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If you took a look outside of NHRA and IHRA racing you would see that most of the cars being racd by the younger crowd have power boosters. The younger crowd can't understand why you wouldn't want one. Ford is marketing to those guys.

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Your probably correct. Me, being a grampa of 12, the older grand kids get more of a kick from my 10 second boosted 2005 Ram 4x4 pickup than the 10 second 64 Race Hemi. I'm so old school that I don't even own a cell phone, however my grandkids know they could tune a boosted Honda Civic with a Play Station. Go figure. ???

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Bogus HP factors or not, I still haven't seen where the new Challenger's or Mustang's have dominated anywhere. Have you?

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Maybe its because the money guys who are buying these new cars cant drive a nail with a hammer much less drive a race car? Unless its a heads up run they are dead meat. LOL

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Gone are the days (1968/1969) when the NHRA only re-factored the;
Mopar 340; from 275HP to 310HP
Ford 428 Cobra-Jet; from 335HP to 360HP
S/S AMX 390; from 340HP to 405HP.
My daughter was going to buy a bicycle to ride, but we heard the NHRA was going to re-factor it, before she ever rode it.;)
OHHH,, THE NHRA,,Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio?
PC

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Greg and others, where was all this grandstanding when GM told NHRA that they built '98 Firebirds and Camaros with LT1 engines? And of course, NHRA allowed it. In fact, every racer who has ever lost a round to one of these cars has lost to a paper car that was never built from the factory. I believe NHRA was driving GMC trucks during this time.

Greg, and others, does this not bother you?

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My 98 Firebird shows the LT-1 option in the owner's manual. Besides, the difference between a 97 F body and a 98 F body is body panels (the 98 is just a better looking car). :eek: At least it wasn't a car that was nearly 100HP under factored, or a car with an engine that was NEVER offered by the manufacturer in ANY car for street use, or a car that can never be registered for street use or even driven off the lot when purchased.

And I guess the 98 LT-1 F body deal in the past makes it "anything goes" in the future. :rolleyes: