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![]() Not sure what the NHRA shipping weight is for your car...but, if it is 3400 lbs: then: Your natural class @ 10.2 lbs would be GT/E You could go to D @ 3325 + 170. So 3495 lbs raceweight would be the lightest ? From the 2013 NHRA rulebook: DESIGNATIONS GT/A, GT/B, GT/C, GT/D, GT/E, GT/F, GT/G, GT/H, GT/I, GT/J, prohibited (i.e., firewall, shock towers, frame, excessive cutting ofGT/K, GT/L, and GT/M, preceded by car number (manual transmission). GT/AA, GT/BA, GT/CA, GT/DA, GT/EA, GT/FA, GT/GA, GT/HA, GT/IA, GT/JA, GT/KA, GT/LA, and GT/MA, preceded by car number (automatic transmission). Reserved for foreign and domestic factory-production two-door coupes, two-door sedans, sports cars, convertibles, or station wagons with any production V-8 engine of the same make. Year of engine optional. Only those engines and/or bodies listed in the Official NHRA Stock Car Classification Guide are eligible for competition. Also see WEIGHT. Cars will be classified using the shipping weight of the body divided by the horsepower or performance rating of the engine used. Factory production rear-wheel-drive cars must have originally been equipped with a V-6 or V-8. Front-wheel-drive conversions permitted. Minimum weight with driver: 2,670 pounds. Only engines and/or bodies listed in the Official NHRA Stock Car Classification Guide are eligible for competition. CLASS WEIGHT BREAKS (based on pounds per NHRA-factored horsepower) A: 8.00 to 8.49 F: 10.50 to 10.99 K: 13.00 to 13.49 B: 8.50 to 8.99 G: 11.00 to 11.49 L: 13.50 to 13.99 C: 9.00 to 9.49 H: 11.50 to 11.99 M: 14.00 or more D: 9.50 to 9.99 I: 12.00 to 12.49 E: 10.00 to 10.49 J: 12.50 to 12.99 REQUIREMENTS & SPECIFICATIONS ENGINE: 1 ENGINE V-8 only; must be same make as body. Year optional. Engine must be listed in both the NHRA Stock Car Classification Guide and NHRA Blueprint Bulletins. Corporate engines permitted. Truck engines prohibited. Underhood modifications for engine installation
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Alan Mackin Stock 3777/ SS 3377 P/SA & SS/PA Fox Thunderbird I/PS '95 Mustang GT Last edited by ALMACK; 12-09-2013 at 08:32 AM. |
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