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Originally Posted by Jesse Kershaw
I'm glad to see this combo getting some attention. I submitted it before leaving Ford and after some back and forth with Pat Cvengros (who read over the TI like a hawk!) it was accepted pending a sample turbo. I had the turbo in a box ready to ship and asked for it to be sent on my last day. Not sure if it took them 18 months to ship it or if NHRA hadn't gotten around to putting it in the guide but it's nice to see it there now.
I'm guessing you guys figured it out but 264 is 85% of 310. That was the agreement NHRA made for these new cars.
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Thank you.
And yeah, I know about the 85% thing.
I'm thinking that the 2105 cars are now almost four years old, and could probably be picked up pretty reasonably.
The "Performance Package" car comes with bigger heavier brakes, stiffer springs, and a couple of other odds and ends that add weight, so I was thinking of a non Performance Package" car.
Like I said, I'm just kind of spit-balling here, but I think a 3" mandrel-bent cat-less downpipe dumping open under the car and an appropriate "tune" would be the only horsepower-increasing modifications needed.
The required safety equipment we've already discussed, and since it needs a roll bar and 16.1 harness, maybe a pair of lightweight racing seats. Other weight-loss areas might include jettisoning the spare tire, jack, lug wrench, rear seat, exhaust system, front sway bar, radio speakers, carpet padding, sound insulation, and a few other odds and ends. It seems apparent that they will run under index overweight, with power brakes, power steering, and air-conditioning systems intact.
I've looked at smaller/lighter brakes, but now I don't think the car even needs them to be able to run under. So maybe a set of 17" Race Star wheels to clear the stock brakes, DOT-legal front runners, 9" wide DOT-legal drag slick type tire in the back, and I'd even be able to leave the jack at home.
