Ford cj, and nhra at it again!!!!

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Originally Posted by b.d.d.

As they say down south - the sun never shines on the same dog's ***** all the time. 15 years from now the guys whoopin' on everyone now will be upset because someone else is using new technology to scream down the track faster than they can.

Rofl.....I cant wait to see everyones face when the Camaro 3.5's get changed over and are running 500hp+ on a 6 then VVT and DI will be lamented. New technology that will give you a heart attack.

I would LOVE to build one next (a camaro 3.5) LOVE to......

I told the old man when the DP is running fast in a month or two we need to stop at Sams club and buy an economy sized thing of Kleenex single packets to hand out to all the people crying.

Two comments were made on that, 1 half the people whining and crying dont and wont even be racing in competiton with these DP and CJ's and the second, the same people complaining would run one in a heartbeat and not give a rats *** about their own objections if Ford or Mopar gave them one to run...

Glad its not the DP's and me being derided for a change....lol

[treessavoy]

The cars are what they are and bitching won't change that.

Just like every new combination, in a while the HP will hit them and sooner or later the HP will be more realistic.

This is the way it's been since '64 when I started. All the manufacturer's always fudged on HP ratings and sooner or later it came out all right.

Personally I think both the Dodges and CJ's should be in SS due to the limited no.'s made and the fact that they were never produced in that exact version for the street.

These cars should follow the same path as the '68 Hemi A bodies, the '65 A990 cars, the '64 aluminum Hemi cars, '64 Z11 Chevys, etc, all went straight to SS.

Will these cars hurt or help Stock.....naw, only we can effect the eliminator not the cars.

JimR

[bill dedman]

I think the Z11's were '63 cars...

[greg fulk]

Hey Charley what was the "Wagon" rated @ when it started? Have fun in Florida

[Charley Downing]

In 1983 it was rated at 210HP

[BlueOval Ralph]

You are correct but there was a under table Z-11 package for the 1962 car only the light weight body parts I was at Detroit Dragway Aug 1962. Detroit always had a big meet before the Nationals. Strickler, Dyno, Frank Sanders (S&S Headers) Hayden Profit should up with the light weight parts but the track would not let them run the parts so afew of them went out and got rental cars for the weekend, changed the parts, raced then returned the parts to the rental cars. If you ever come across pictures from Detroit Dragway meet you see some odd looking cars. Sidenote: A chevy dealer (Zintmasters) in Kokomo, IN had a white 62 Impala with the Z11 package on it it was in a number of Chevy Mags over the years.

Originally Posted by bill dedman

I think the Z11's were '63 cars...

[Evan Smith]

Bo,

The manufacture must submit the information about each vehicle to NHRA. NHRA does not seek out combinations for people to run.

Evan

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Evan Smith

Bo,

The manufacture must submit the information about each vehicle to NHRA. NHRA does not seek out combinations for people to run.

Evan

Evan, GM has already posted an advertised horsepower rating. NHRA is not real likely to accept a reduced rating at this point, and the given rating from GM factors the car completely out of Stock, and probably Super Stock.

[BlueOval Ralph]

Is the 2009 2010 posted some where I did not see on the NHRA website?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Evan, GM has already posted an advertised horsepower rating. NHRA is not real likely to accept a reduced rating at this point, and the given rating from GM factors the car completely out of Stock, and probably Super Stock.

[Bobby DiDomenico]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

Personally I think both the Dodges and CJ's should be in SS due to the limited no.'s made and the fact that they were never produced in that exact version for the street.

These cars should follow the same path as the '68 Hemi A bodies, the '65 A990 cars, the '64 aluminum Hemi cars, '64 Z11 Chevys, etc, all went straight to SS.

JimR

A very interesting observation Jim.