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All 92-98 Chevrolet LT1 350 engines are now at 291 horsepower for GT classes effective immediately. Check the Classguide on...

www.NHRARacer.com

Travis Miller

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Did the LT1 come in the 92 Corvette? Because the 92 Camaro was tuned port.

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Yes it did come in the 1992 Corvette. The LS1 came in the 1997 Corvette, while the 1997 Camaro still had the LT1.

Travis, that is just the Aluminium head LT1, right?

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1992 was first year the 350 LT1 was put in the Corvette.
1993-1996 350 LT1 shown in Corvette, Camaro, Firebird
1997-1998 350 LT1 shown in Camaro, Firebird

The 1995 Camaro 350 LT1 for GT was rated at 287 while all others had been refactored up to 291. Now all are at 291 for GT effective immediately. Therefore loophole closed.

Travis Miller

(Disclaimer: Opinions expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions.)

PS. Yes Ed, I am addressing the aluminum head LT1 only.

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Before closing this loophole, what were the HP ratings previously for the 92 - 98 LT1 350?

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Thanks Travis.

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This all came from me claiming the 1995 LT1 that was rated 287 and had been that since July 2009 instead of the others that are 291 it was there so I claimed it... and someone called NHRA on it and they found it. Anyway I will have to be 20lbs heavier than I was at Indy because my old bodied cavalier coundnt make minimum. So here it is im not a bragger but who ever thought this was going to slow me down much and if you think you can out run my old out dated bodied cavalier with your new car or what ever car you choose to run bring it to Columbus this week end . Quit your whinning and man up.......

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No thinking person would have claimed any other year model.

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Dave, just buy my Firebird and go to Superstock at at 279HP. See ya at Columbus

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You tell'em Dave! Jim

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Was there other GT cars running LT-1 Aluminum heads with automatic at Indy? Wondering if anyone had claimed the 291 anyway?
Ernie

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Travis, How about closing the LT-! in a '98 F-body loop hole?

Sorry guys; I had to.

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Hey Travis, since you closed that loophole, why not keep going with the rest of the "bogus" combinations??? And by that I mean the ones that are different combinations because of a gasket or other misicule thing, but otherwise carry the same specs?? How about the loopholes with the "platform" part of the AHFS??? And how about the "loophole" that makes the Firebirds different classes than the same year Camaros??? Why is a 93-98 Firebird with an LT1 a natural I car when a Camaro is a natural J car? Doesn't make sense to me!!!

Dave, I have been claiming a 1996 all along, and discovered in June of last year that only the 94 and 97 horsepowers were changed to 291! I took advantage of that for over a year! Then last weekend, I noticed the 96 was corrected, but the 95 wasn't, so I claimed a 95! It's NHRA's screw up, not ours! But now some a hole had to squeal and ruin it for us! Oh well, there's one in every crowd!!!

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I think its great that they closed "a" loophole, how bout closing a few more......like making all lt-1's run at 291, or all 350/300's run at the same number, or all the 327/295's run at the same number, blah blah blah......the list goes on. why does a 69 with a cowl run lighter than a 69 with a flat hood, common sense says DUH!, or a 67 camaro w/a 327/295 run at 295 and a duece at 307, once again...DUH, all any of this needs is someone like Travis that has common sense and a good understanding of whats going on to straighten it out. Frankly its a joke, and I won't be back till it is fixed. Been gone two years and I will stay gone many more if need be, but hell they won't miss my mouth.

Joe B

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[QUOTE=Joey Bohannon;283995]I think its great that they closed "a" loophole, how bout closing a few more......like making all lt-1's run at 291,

Joe, the only reason the LT1 is at 291 in GT is because a GT car kept getting the horsepower, while the Super Stockers with the LT1 did not! If you ask me the horsepower, especially for all rear wheel drive SS's, should go back to 279! And in case you forget, the only reason it is still not 275 is because of a single run, made in ungodly mindshaft conditions, with a 20 mph tail wind at Englishtown some years ago!

If a Super Stocker triggers the horsepower, it goes on the GT combo also, but not vice versa!

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As long as people who are uneducated when it comes to engine combinations HP potential, body style aerodynamics and obvious physics are setting the bar for all of us we are F#@KED! Other than one or two of the top guys, no one in Cali has ever even raced in STK or SS, little own ever raced at all! U wanna really see all the GT/Modified cars be on a level playing field set back the HP rating on real SS cars to factory settings + 4 or 8, not the 32hp on a 327, 20hp on a 350 or 25+hp on a 396! If the horsepower on those GT cars ever got close to that they would all stay home of embarrassment that there car can only go .70 under balls out! Oh and BTW Brian the reason it doesn't work the other way is because if a 40+yr shoebox can go fast enough to trigger HP it's obvious that a GT car, with the same combo,that is 8 to 15 hundredths faster on body alone can.

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and if a few of the trigger cars were torn down and proven legal before hp was added, in alot of cases there wouldn't be additional hp to worry about.

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I can answer this part of the question. A trans am is a few lbs heavier than a z28 ( which was no heavier than a v6 car aside from the drive train). the ram air option also changes the factor as well. The formula is lighter than the T/A not sure how it falls in relation to the Z28, the SS is a little heavier but not much and gets the ram air penalty