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New numbers up Who went fast enough in a 77-78 Corvette to get hp ? Also 67 Chevy 2

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Hi Rick, I think the 67-68 Nova was Bob Gullet. On the Corvette, I don't
know.

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77-78 Corvette & Camaro or did I read it wrong? Don't know who it was.

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https://nhraracer.com/content/genera...696&zoneid=132

click on the above link for the changes

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I went to `1 race last year. I did go 1.02 under

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It was. Funny thing is I'm the only one who runs a 67-68 Nova 327 with a stick. Always thought there would be more. My average was .869 with 3 triggers. I was under until my last run of the year! lol

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BOB ,seems like you get hit more than anyone else, the price you pay for having a damn fast car i guess. Gary I feel your pain ,Like Tom Reese at St Louis going 121 under now you can go 129.9 no problem . Oh well . Rick .

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Kind of goes back to my other post on the way the AHFS averages with lots of cars to lower it. I know of lots of cars who ran a lot more second under runs than me. Did they get power? No. Very flawed system. But it is what it is.

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I see your point , much easier to keep the average down with a combo that alot of people run . Not as bad as yours but with only 2 cars like mine I sure have to watch it myself. Must be a better way but I sure dont know how. Rick

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Also don’t think class eliminations shouldn’t count towards the average. Takes the fun out of going fast.

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Who got the 340 6 pack auto combo hit?

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Rod I believe Sante Grossi at Bakersfield got a couple three dings. He tried to lower it which would have been fairly easy at Pomona but it went mineshaft. Go figure!

Paul Haszlauer
7019 C/SA

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Wow one of those runs .960 under was against a red lighting opponent. Glad I am putting a Stick combo together.

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Would love to be the only car with my combo. Very easy to keep track of our average and make sure you don’t go 1.00 second under two times.

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Hi Rick,,yea you can go 1.299 under,,but try to get that run to .849 under,,or less,,with only .200 to work with. They upped the .350 under doesn't count for overall average to anything .6499 or under doesn't count to lower the average.

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Notice that 1.31 under yields a 5.25% immediate hit or about 15 to 20 hp.

Al Corda

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67, 68 Chevy II's . Two different platforms, yes?

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You would think so but a Nova's platform is an X body. The 67-68 are completely different but still both X bodies and that's what NHRA bases its averages on. Only reason the 66 is not included in my combo is different cam lift and one cylinder head number thats not included in the 67-68 327.

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To be nice ,I'd call that weird.
Completely different car with a different wheelbase.

I know about the 66 cam, but aren't there a few 67 stick cars out there?

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Correct me if I am wrong. Doesn't Jim Parsons in Div. 5 run a 67 F/S Nova? Don't know of any others, could be more.

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It's only one data point, but it seems that the D5 Chevy II clan (Merolla, Parsons, Hladky/McConnell) all run as 1966s:

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2022#indextop

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Yes, we all escaped Bob's hit due to the different cam lift.
Also, Hladky has switched to the L-79 350hp combo.
I agree that the 68 & up platform should be a completely different platform...it's basically a Camaro with different sheet metal.