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Rich Biebel · 03-28-2010, 06:14 PM

HP numbers are totally arbitrary.........A car is looking like it's real fast compared to others in it's class if it is factored way wrong.

LT-1's in 1996-1997 were doing the same thing. They were at something like 275 or 285 when new.....Now they are at 346.......

I had a G-H/SA '69 Nova for a short stint back then.....not very fast but I was working on it slowly.....Saw one of those early LT-1's run in the 11.20's and 11.1's at one race at Maple Grove. It was in either G or H/SA at the time......Felt like the old cars were done...sold the Nova.....It took a while but the LT-1's continued to get HP and now they are about even or maybe a little down to some cars they run against today....and they run much higher on the class ladder....

The DP's and Mustangs appear to be at least as improperly HP rated as the LT-1's were........

If NHRA had a Tech Dept with any integrity....they'd step in and make some corrections to make it a more level playing field.....

Their biggest problem is they have no classes to stick these cars in.....unless they are forced into Super stock and that is realy where they belong....

A Stocker that can run 145 mph is not a Stocker.....

A new model Stocker that can run more than 1 second under on the brakes on the newly lowered indexes......has a bogus HP factor.....

03-28-2010, 06:14 PM	#25
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,314 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: Yet another bogu horsepower factor HP numbers are totally arbitrary.........A car is looking like it's real fast compared to others in it's class if it is factored way wrong. LT-1's in 1996-1997 were doing the same thing. They were at something like 275 or 285 when new.....Now they are at 346....... I had a G-H/SA '69 Nova for a short stint back then.....not very fast but I was working on it slowly.....Saw one of those early LT-1's run in the 11.20's and 11.1's at one race at Maple Grove. It was in either G or H/SA at the time......Felt like the old cars were done...sold the Nova.....It took a while but the LT-1's continued to get HP and now they are about even or maybe a little down to some cars they run against today....and they run much higher on the class ladder.... The DP's and Mustangs appear to be at least as improperly HP rated as the LT-1's were........ If NHRA had a Tech Dept with any integrity....they'd step in and make some corrections to make it a more level playing field..... Their biggest problem is they have no classes to stick these cars in.....unless they are forced into Super stock and that is realy where they belong.... A Stocker that can run 145 mph is not a Stocker..... A new model Stocker that can run more than 1 second under on the brakes on the newly lowered indexes......has a bogus HP factor..... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R Last edited by Rich Biebel; 03-28-2010 at 06:18 PM.