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BadBanana · 09-19-2012, 11:28 PM

NO MATTER WHAT IDEA YOU COME UP WITH IT WILL HELP SOME AND HURT SOME - UNAVOIDABLE.

If I were "King" I would have NHRA:
1.) Become much more proactive in the HP factoring game, especially the newer hi -tech engines;
2.) I would have LESS classes to promote more class racing by using 1 lb. weight breaks; and allowing everyone to add or remove MORE weight to make the newer weight breaks; and
3.) Once the hp factors are in-line, lower the indexes by about .75 sec., so that it takes a decent car to run on or below the index.
But I'm not sure that idea would be very popular with the masses.

..................at least that would make me interested in racing again......................and "yes", I agree about having 7.0 and maybe 7.5 SS/GT weight breaks.

One thing that I never agreed with was how NHRA took the factory hot rod engines (the older ones), that we all aspired to buy and race, and made them totally uncompetitive, Why did most of the tri-power 348's, 409s, 413 and 426 wedges, 406 Fords, etc.go by the wayside (except for nostalgia racing) and become less favorable than a 255hp/350 Chevy to race??? An engine that wasn't what we went to the dealership back in the 60s to purchase because it was such a powerhouse. By comparison some of those factory hot rod combos should have been de-factored because their factory hp rating was due to camshafts, etc. which , at least in S/S can be changed anyway....and in Stock the available cam profiles can really turn on these engines which came with poor camming.
but that's just me, an old racer, speaking !!

09-19-2012, 11:28 PM	#9
BadBanana Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 76 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: New cars, old cars and horsepower ratings. NO MATTER WHAT IDEA YOU COME UP WITH IT WILL HELP SOME AND HURT SOME - UNAVOIDABLE. If I were "King" I would have NHRA: 1.) Become much more proactive in the HP factoring game, especially the newer hi -tech engines; 2.) I would have LESS classes to promote more class racing by using 1 lb. weight breaks; and allowing everyone to add or remove MORE weight to make the newer weight breaks; and 3.) Once the hp factors are in-line, lower the indexes by about .75 sec., so that it takes a decent car to run on or below the index. But I'm not sure that idea would be very popular with the masses. ..................at least that would make me interested in racing again......................and "yes", I agree about having 7.0 and maybe 7.5 SS/GT weight breaks. One thing that I never agreed with was how NHRA took the factory hot rod engines (the older ones), that we all aspired to buy and race, and made them totally uncompetitive, Why did most of the tri-power 348's, 409s, 413 and 426 wedges, 406 Fords, etc.go by the wayside (except for nostalgia racing) and become less favorable than a 255hp/350 Chevy to race??? An engine that wasn't what we went to the dealership back in the 60s to purchase because it was such a powerhouse. By comparison some of those factory hot rod combos should have been de-factored because their factory hp rating was due to camshafts, etc. which , at least in S/S can be changed anyway....and in Stock the available cam profiles can really turn on these engines which came with poor camming. but that's just me, an old racer, speaking !!