A New question to DP and Mustang Owners only

[Jason]

Originally Posted by RULER

Jeff, is this the same 440/6 pack that Mr. Wann ran in his GTX, if so then may be you need to look at your car or engine builder because if i remember seeing some Q-sheets a few years ago he didn't lose many heads ups and was always a top qualifier.

He's right Jeff. If you had used the west coast rulebook you could have been fast all along. Now that you're using the west coast class guide everyone has their panties in a wad.

[bill]

Maybe this can answer the question why MR Teuton GTX or road runner was slow. BOISE, Idaho - Final order after 6 rounds of qualifying in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northwest Division, 34th annual Napa Auto Parts Ignitor at Firebird Raceway:

Psn--Num--Class-Driver, Home Town, Machine-----------------ET---Index---(+/-)

1 7980 B/SA Steve Wann, Modesto CA, '70 GTX 10.358 11.93 -1.572

I wonder what that car would have run like at Bella Rose?

[Jeff Lee]

The '70 GTX / Roadrunner has the small "air grabber" hood scoop (the one that pops up).
The '69 Roadrunner gets the fiberglass hood with a big ole honkin' scoop.

[Paul Wong]

The 69 440-6 has numerous differences from the 70 440-6. Flat top pistons with no valve relief but then again its not 411 hp either. The 69 is 395. This is still a combo that has potential to perform very well. probably a good 10.50 C car. Too bad it probably could not run with the 5.9 drag pak at 284hp

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

The '70 GTX / Roadrunner has the small "air grabber" hood scoop (the one that pops up).
The '69 Roadrunner gets the fiberglass hood with a big ole honkin' scoop.

The 70 has more compression.

[GTX JOHN]

NOT MUCH piston to valve clearance on 69 due to flat tops without valve relief. It would not accept a camshaft as aggressive when I ran the combo in mid 70's

[Andys dad]

I am a Chevy guy but -

I think Jeff Teuton knows what he is doing and I think his point is well taken

Finally he has a combo that is very fast

I doubt his "stuff" was ever slow do to lack of effort or money

[Casey Miles]

The point of the question is that the newer cars are all out of whack to the playing field of the older cars and what can be done to correct the situtation. NHRA should have put at least 100 hp to all the new combo's (DP's and CJ's) and let them loose HP as they fit into classes to be competitive. The way that they are introduced to the playing field is so out of line, that it is an embarrasment to NHRA to let it go on. I was at Indy watching the older cars that used to be competitive fall to the way side as the newer cars just ate up all the quailifing positions. Cars that where .6 and .7 under, which used to be almost 1. under, couldn't even see the top of the quailifing sheets. It was a total mockery of the HP system and a fair playing field.
Just an observer of what went on at Indy, for the racer it was a $320 entry fee to watch your combo got to the crapper!

Casey Miles
248H Stock?