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Originally Posted by Harry 6674
This is the way I would handle it if I were king. I would not give the new cars their own class. Thats weak. I would factor the cars correctly first. That would set the factors for AA-C then I would move the other cars down. The cj's and dp's are the fastest cars out there so they would make up the higher classes. Sorry but the 69 427/396 camaros would no longer be in the highest class. As far as the new cars not being street legal that argument is bogus. The cars are available from the factory with the engines offered so the crate motor argument is also bogus. IHRA has the real crate motor classes. So thats it just factor correctly. If it takes 5 lb to make AA so be it. I don't know what kind of power ths new cj's put out but it has to be 750 plus so that would be a good place to start.
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Quote Harry:The cars are available from the factory with the engines offered so the crate motor argument is also bogus.
Not so.The early DPs were delivered to you with a (I believe) caravan axle in place of the rear,a trans that was a core sent back to Chrysler with no innards,no driveshaft.
Now my little gremlin was driven home from the dealership and toiled on the streets of NYC for 125,000 miles.Not that's showroom available to the public.
NHRA doesn't need crate motors,they can (well used to before our present conditions,both economic and internal,as in NHRA buffoonery).IHRA added them for survival of the org.