Re: ? for the seasoned veterans out there
Good morning, Bob,
Hope things in Liberty are comfortable this weekend. If memory serves, it might just be warm and a little muggy in God's country today?
As far as I have been able to tell, the shipping weight number submitted by the manufacturer is the one that gets put into the book There haven't been instances in my recollection in which shipping weights are changed. Manufacturer horsepower figures are obviously adjusted but shipping weight seems to have been a constant over the years. There are some questionable figures out there. For example, how many people actually took delivery of a 1997 LT1 Firebird that weighed 3011 pounds?
Most of the time, factory claimed horsepower figures were used at the outset. There was a time when LT1 Firebirds were running as far down the scale as I/SA! There are plenty of examples that illustrate the liberal use of imagination in the submission of engine specs and horsepower ratings to NHRA. Rumor has it that there may even have been some honest mistakes along the way.
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