New rules for 2010?

[Dave Layer]

Ed Wright

I'm sure that I'm older than you so I'll answer try to your question on the removal of 100 lbs. I play with weight quite a bit and I can actually remove a lot more than 100 lbs legally.

!00 lbs. ballast
50 lbs. remove 2nd 16 volt battery and brackets
10 lbs.1.5 gallon fuel out of 3 gal. cell
10 lbs remove large bias tires and replace with small radials

170 lb total

In my car that is close to .2 et. Not to bad of an increase and with a little help it can be done in 15-20 minutes.

By the way the NHRA Tech guys do some times police the "100 lb rule". I have been pulled over at least twice in the past several years and ask how I lost X amount of lbs. from one run to the next.

Take care
Dave Layer

[SS Engine Guy]

As stated before: factor the combos correctly. Adding a small percentage of weight to a car that triggers and is already 200 to who knows what heavy does nothing except give the guys with an underfactored combination a big laugh. It dosne't surprise me at all that alot of stockers can get under the SS indexes by as much as .8 as soft as some of the combos are rated. Same way in SS. Also a small cam swap can make those factory "lookalike" cylinder heads work better. Like mentioned before rpm potential with higher spring pressures are one cause. Also to set that up correctly it is alot more than $800.00.
I've seen too many under factored combos built that will run 1.3 under still carrying some weight and they are fast right from the start. Day one. Built and maintained by people that haven't been faster than .8 under in the last 20 years in anything. When someone who knows how to work smart builds one then you get the 1.5 under and higher figures.