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Originally Posted by NBD MGT
It's pretty safe to say all Stocker combinations make a LOT more HP than they are rated at and its my understanding that NHRA adds HP if a combination runs too far under the index.
So, is it a bogus HP rating issue or is the irritation because CJ/DP/COPO can be bought over the counter & doesn't require a racer to tear down a donor car & build it up from scratch?
In either case the cars will probably have a ton of modifications and/or trick parts & money spent on them so I'm not entirely sure how it's different from one vs. the other once they're ready to race.
How many of the newer cars hold class records compared to older cars? I think this mostly pertains to A/Stock and lower since AAA, AA, BB, and CC seem to be made for the newer cars with higher HP but maybe I'm mistaken.
I guess I'm just not sure what the actual problem is since most of the new cars run in AAA to CC and the remaining classes seem to be filled with cars from the muscle car era that hold records in almost all of those classes.
In the past, were there certain combinations that dominated classes & left other racers to feel like everything was good until that combination came along & ruined it for everyone?
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Every stocker makes more HP than they are rated, but that's understood. A good one will make 1.5 times the rated HP or so, depending on the dyno. The rated HP is not what they actually make, yes, but it's the same for all combos so there's no reason to change it just to change weight breaks or letters on the window.
Yes, there have been combinations that dominated in the past, but never this much. When the LT1s and LS1s came out and had such low ratings, NHRA made fuel injected classes until their ratings became inline with their carbureted counterparts. All that people are asking is for the same type of thing.
There are lots of combos that fit the lower classes, and because not many people run them, they aren't getting hit with HP much, if at all.