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Old 07-07-2014, 12:42 PM   #5
Byron Worner
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Default Re: HP Adjustments on NHRA.com

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Originally Posted by Michael Beard View Post
If FWD GT cars have an advantage over other GT cars, it doesn't make sense to me that only certain FWD conversion cars (ones that happen to hit the AHFS) incur any changes. If there's an inherent advantage, wouldn't it make more sense to have an across-the-board weight adjustment on all FWD GT combinations? While one car may run more *efficiently* than another, an engine doesn't magically produce more actual horsepower when its sitting in one engine bay vs another. (with the exception of fresh-air systems)

It just seems like everything thing they do makes the system more cumbersome, not less so.

One unintended consequence is that they just made it even less likely that my underfactored combination will get HP.
This was done because there are differences in the FWD and RWD platforms for GT cars. It has been in the rules for a long time just not enforced by the AHFS. Plus there are NO FWD GT engine combinations. They run a combo that was in a RWD car hence needing the separate HP evaluation.
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