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The Caddy can go 12.80's

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Originally Posted by DYER (Post 394574)

just because its 40 years ago that makes it right ? then look at this go to class guide for 1955 chev 265 cu 2 barrel 162 hp factory hp it has never been changed !!! then why is fords been changed ????? just because its 40 years ago we don't make it right ??? yes your right you could throw all kinds of money at it build a car and hope . heres where we are my friend has the 79 fairmount he build it to run brackets then went to some s/ss races with me and had a good time and got hooked and said I wanrt to do it . right away I said you can not do it with this car because of the hp . long story short I built him a motor that is about 75% of what my motor is that is what fit his budget with the hp at 210 it would run ss/ma we have been running it for couple of months and have beat on it a little and it has run 12.27 on a index of 11.85 in ss/ma last week end we run it at cedar falls nat open in ss/pa which we thought was new hp at 143 it ran 12.27 on a 12.65 index so I ask how much more do throw at it ??? it will never run in ss/ma I don't care how much money you throw at it . so do you go to points races over and over not able to even run the index ???? I know you and I would like to have that guy 1st rd. I know I will just tell him to forget it and go bracket racing

Sounds like a bunch of crap to me! Your friends car would be a perfectly good Stocker @ 162 HP or better yet, a SS/GT car with YOUR combo in it @ 205. that's about a no-brainer.

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Originally Posted by Tony Janes (Post 394579)

The Caddy can go 12.80's

Give me a rating of 150 and ill find two tenths lol. The ahfs is supposed to help combos that need it, not help a car 7 tenths under go a second under..

Who went 07 under other than Gary Summers. The two div six cars with the new hp would be around 9 under.

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Originally Posted by Tony Janes (Post 394586)

The two div six cars with the new hp would be around 9 under.

Tony, how well prepared are those two D6 cars?

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Originally Posted by Tony Janes (Post 394586)

Who went 07 under other than Gary Summers. The two div six cars with the new hp would be around 9 under.

Tony, what would one of those cars go in the right hands? Are you telling me that a 1973 302 is that much worse than a 60's 273 and to clarify I am not taking away anything from the guys running them on a budget.

How well they are prepared is not important. Over the last few years I have seen some significant reduction in horsepower that had nothing to do with potential.

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Originally Posted by Tony Janes (Post 394595)

How well they are prepared is not important. Over the last few years I have seen some significant reduction in horsepower that had nothing to do with potential.

Tony, you've paid your dues and done your time and for that, I will show you the respect that you deserve BUT that there is a not smart statement. You are correct about a couple of HP reductions but they were pretty much single car (or truck) hits not 11 model years and every bodystyle.

What difference does it make if it's over an 11 year span; assuming the engine didn't change over those years? I'm assuming (but admittedly could be wrong) pretty much every 302 2bbl from 1970 on has the same engine specifications in the blueprint guide.

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lee (Post 394599)

I'm assuming (but admittedly could be wrong) pretty much every 302 2bbl from 1970 on has the same engine specifications in the blueprint guide.

Almost every year is different enough to be considered a different combo and some years have a few different combos.