[Jeff Teuton]

The 5.7 has been hit 43 hp since June 2010, obviously the system is functioning. The 6.1 has gotten 14 and the 5.9 has 9. And again, where was all this concern before these cars came on the scene. The bad factored cars just sucked hind *** and that was ok with stock and super stock primarily because most of them are GM cars and it's ok for others to get the bad factors. Now because GM has elected not to participate, it's a bad thing.
I didn't change. I had a bad factored car, not slow, just factored bad, and after that many years of getting my *** kicked, I bought another car. Now I'm on the other end. Like I said, I didn't change. Run another poll. Get the posters to show what class they ran in the last two years, and what brand they run. On a larger note, there are probably less than 30% of the racers who give a hoot about going fast. Other than Indy, they get in the show and in many cases beat the crap out of the fast cars. Maybe a seperate posting about Indy, and the rest of the races. One thing the new cars pointed out even more is the need for new parts in the old cars. I have only been asking for that for the last 15 years. New parts accross the board, not a select few combos. Hell last year I found 3 carbs for a 69 Imperial (the only year it was used) which I claim in a GT car I got. I love to hear a chevy guy complain about parts. Try that one on for size. The fixes aren't hard, and they will come. Just look at Stock Trucks and the changes that took place, The LT1 and LS1, and some others. There will never be pure parity in these classes and Stock and Super Stock will always be a dynamic pair of eliminators. This discussion reminds me of two old happenings. The best known is in NASCAR when they outlawed the Hemi. It just went too fast. In NHRA around 1962 there was the 409 Chevy and the 406 Ford and there may be 20 or 30 at any race. Then this ugly goat-looking l962 Mopar with a 413 with the carbs mounted sideways appears. Same arguments, just 40 or 50 years ago.