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Casey Miles · 07-07-2014, 10:37 PM

I see the new cars in a different way, everyone of the new cars introduced to NHRA competition should have 100 HP added to the stock HP rating and let them race the HP off. This way the racers will have to make the cars run what they can run and not get a gift of qualifying at the top of the fields. Every time I go to a race, I see the new cars with hardly having to take the valve covers off to run 1 second under. These cars in the most part don't belong in Stock anyway, they don't have Vin numbers to be legal on the street and they don't have motors that are in regular production with the vehicles. Nothing will change, just the car counts going down because the older cars can't compete with the new technology. In 1970, the Z/28 350 which has been re rated now, was rated at 400 hp in 1970, solid lifter, carburetor and distributor. How does a 1998 and newer 350 which has roller cam, fuel injection and crank trigger end up with less HP the the 1970 engine?
Just my point of view.

Casey Miles
248H "F" NHRA Stock

07-07-2014, 10:37 PM	#20
Casey Miles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 706 Likes: 128 Liked 508 Times in 92 Posts	Re: HP Adjustments on NHRA.com I see the new cars in a different way, everyone of the new cars introduced to NHRA competition should have 100 HP added to the stock HP rating and let them race the HP off. This way the racers will have to make the cars run what they can run and not get a gift of qualifying at the top of the fields. Every time I go to a race, I see the new cars with hardly having to take the valve covers off to run 1 second under. These cars in the most part don't belong in Stock anyway, they don't have Vin numbers to be legal on the street and they don't have motors that are in regular production with the vehicles. Nothing will change, just the car counts going down because the older cars can't compete with the new technology. In 1970, the Z/28 350 which has been re rated now, was rated at 400 hp in 1970, solid lifter, carburetor and distributor. How does a 1998 and newer 350 which has roller cam, fuel injection and crank trigger end up with less HP the the 1970 engine? Just my point of view. Casey Miles 248H "F" NHRA Stock