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Originally Posted by goinbroke2
Do you mean they never contacted you? I asked for the 300 ford to be dropped from 190 (ridiculously high) to the factory 155hp and while I never received any directly from them, the next updates showed the 300 ford in the "no change" column.
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I think it strictly depends on who you are. My friend, Charlie Malyuke (R.I.P.) built a 1966 Chevy II V-8 (L-79) car in about 1994 and I wrote NHRA to ask for some horsepower off that motor (it was rated at 350.) and never recieved any verification that they even got the letter, much less, any horsepower off the motor.
Charlie contracted terminal lymphoma in about 1995 and passed away shortly thereafter, having never gotten the car within several tenths of being competitive, despite some excellent motors and chassis-tuning. In the ensuing years since his death, the factored horsepower has dropped like a rock for that motor, ending up some 63 horsepower under the horsepower it carried when he ran the car.
SIXTY-THREE HORSEPOWER....And,they wouldn't even answer my letters with a reason of any kind, as to why the factored rating still stood at 350.
That kind of idiocy is what I no longer even have an NHRA membership...