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Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton
OK Bailey, my quarterly, yearly, or weekly proposal: Speed Up the Old Cars; 10% off prior to the LT1 period, 5% off up 2008, just need a good Excel person. Then we would all have bogus cars. Problem solved. Someone might have to equalize some of the platforms. Since I don't have one, I don't equalize. (Chuck Rayburn Rule)
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Jeff, it's not just a simple matter of "Speeding Up" the older cars. The last I looked, this was still being called Stock Eliminator and some of what is being done to these cars is far from what can be considered (in rule or spirit) stock. NHRA has to come up with some way to "standardize" what is being done to these new, newer and IRS cars. I know for a fact that they are trying their best to do so having (very) recently spoken and corresponded with them as I am dealing with one of these (what I'll call) problem cars.
IMHO, what would (probably) be the easiest thing to do would be, using the C-5 Corvette as an example, approve a "kit" and make THAT the standard for that car. I'm using the Moser kit for this consideration. NHRA has always had "Go-To" chassis guys who, I'm sure, can come up with some kind of readily available "kit" that could be approved and become the "standard" for that car. And even if that "kit" weren't used in a particular build, the build would have to generally conform to the "kit".
FWIW, I'd like to advise anyone doing one of these cars to contact NHRA in Indy and talk to them first. I wouldn't just start building without doing so or you may just find yourself being awfully sorry down the road. They are gathering info on these cars and there are a bunch of "cans-and-can'ts" already in place.
Just my .02!