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Old 09-19-2012, 01:59 AM   #8
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Default Re: New cars, old cars and horsepower ratings.

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Originally Posted by jeff lee View Post
want more participation at nhra events with the "older / traditional" stock eliminator cars?

Want to see a qualifying sheet that is not top heavy with late model factory drag cars that leave you with no desire to participate?

Don't want the expense of having a new "crate engine" class and making your old 350 / 255 chevy obsolete and having to buy a 383 vortec engine trying to keep up with the new factory super cars?

Do you want to give the new cars a run for their money?

Drum roll.......reduce the hp of all 1992 and older vehicles in the class guide by five percent! No index changes, just an across the board 5%
reduction in hp. For everybody. This is not complicated. Take 5% off.

Why 1992? Because the lt1 started in 1993. They had their gift already.

I don't care if your combo just had 20 hp taken off last month for whatever reason. Bam! Take another 5% off the weight. Index stays the same.
I don't care that you built your car with the heaviest parts you could find and you can't make the new minimum. You have 3 classes you can run in. Pick one.

Ahfs trigger? I don't know. I'm thinking it should remain the same. But i'd sure like the trigger to be based on the 1/8th mile et.

Thank you. Let the arrows fly.
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