More NHRA horsepower factors

[Dwight Southerland]

The Pontiac move is misrepresented. That engine is a Chevy 350 that in most applications, Chevy, Oldsmobile and Pontiac, is 287 in Stock eliminator with auto. In fact, the previous Class Guide for 1978 Pontiac has the power rating at 287 for the Firebird, not 269 as stated on NHRAracer. The 1978 Corvette, Camaro and Nova has the rating at 283 (even though the Corvette and Camaro engines were OEM rated at 175, it's the same engine), and it appears that the new Firebird rating is to put it line with those. Maybe because it is an F-body like the Camaro? Then why not adjust all the other 1978 X-body cars - Omega, Phoenix and Skylark - to be 283 like the 1978 Nova? And what about the G-body and B-body cars that use the same engines? Another baffling assignment.