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Old 11-25-2010, 11:21 AM   #5
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Thumbs up Re: HP Rating....F Body vs FWD Conversion Cars

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Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton View Post
A little footnote to the discussion. As yall know, the GT classes were originally for the new and conversions. Somewhere a few years ago, NHRA asked me to write a letter to change that to allow the old cars to participate, no other changes. So I did, and they did. At the time I was aware that with identical engine combos, there is generally an .05 penalty to the new cars over the same engine in say SS/FA or something like that. I have a 68 Hemi Dart clone I run in GT and the same motor in a Dart in SS has a little edge. I knew that when I built the car. I think the idea behind this is there are lots of cars out there that are good cars, but for some reason (like my clone), they didn't just fit right. So now the older stuff can also run in GT. So that is how the older stuff got in. Like I said, a footnote.
How about one of your new 5.7's in your Duster or the 69 six pack? That would be a rocket ship and look cool also! Have a nice Turkey Bird Day.
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