[Bruce Noland]

I suppose that nhra and Ford sat down several times over a period of months and hashed out a deal. They appear to have covered all the minimum requirements to sell this deal to the public and the racers. Sure it's a Ford Racing Parts car that did not flow from an assembly line to the track. But Ford covered the 50 unit requirement by selling them through their dealerships. No big deal. nhra and Ford covered all the bases; except one.

nhra did not make a good faith effort to determine the actual Horsepower figures on these motors. I recieved an overnight letter from nhra, signed by Glen Gray and Danny Gracia. The letter simply stated that they accept the manufacturers figures and reserve the right to make adjustments. I guess they were referring to the ahfs.

nhra needs to do it's job! I would like to see one of the new CJ cars that will be coming out of MPR (or any other high value shop) on an independent chassis dyno. I don't think it is too much to ask nhra to find an independent shop with a knowledgeable tuner to test one of these race ready CJs and issue a public report. Then, if they want, we can locate some really fast 396, 427, 426 and 428 cars to go on the same dyno with the same tuner. The new CJ owners and tuners should have no problem with this suggestion.