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Originally Posted by Jared Jordan
What do they do about aerodynamic differences? The Challenger and Camaro are both much larger cars than the Mustang in terms of frontal area (or so it appears to my naked eye, anyway...) and presumably have a larger drag coefficient, which will be even more apparent at 215 mph than it is at 165-170 mph. I love the idea of going back to stock appearing bodies, but there's a reason NHRA went away from that in the first place.
Scale down the bigger car(s)?? I'm no engineer, obviously. The changes are exciting. If nothing else, there will be short-term renewed interest in the class.
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The further they get from factory bodies, the worse the class gets, and the less the spectators identify with the class and cars.
Part of the reason for the body rules was that everyone went to FWD, and conversions of bodies that don't fit the rules. Give them a wheelbase range to work in and leave the bodies stock.
If the factories want to race, they'll build a competitive body. They did it for years. They can do it now.
To address another post, I don't think 400 cubic inches and "Australian" blocks works. Leave the long block alone, it allows teams to use most of what they have and keeps performance close to where it is.