Year End Horsepower Adjustments...

[Dave Tincher]

Originally Posted by Bryan Worner

Don't go breaking your arm patting yourself on the back there David! Because the only thing I notice is stupidity when some no driving **** triggers a review just to thump his chest!

Thats pretty harsh. Never considerd myself the best driver but a no driving**** kind of mean dont you think?

[Rusty Davenport]

Originally Posted by Dave Tincher

Thats pretty harsh. Never considerd myself the best driver but a no driving**** kind of mean dont you think?

what are you and Worner talking about ??? You guys are not even at the STOCK hp rating for the LT1 .........isn't that kind of cheezy ????

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Rusty Davenport

what are you and Worner talking about ??? You guys are not even at the STOCK hp rating for the LT1 .........isn't that kind of cheezy ????

An actual stock LT1 makes nowhere the NHRA Stock Eliminator HP rating. There is a LOT of work in those heads that is passing tech. Plus, it is a very efficient car. Light, aero-slick with a lot of natural engine set back. If it was rated at what a factory stock LT1 actually makes they would be even more dangerous.

[Lew Silverman]

Can anyone shed some light on why the exact same motor, 1966 275HP 327 Chevy, should be rated differently in the three body styles (Nova, Chevelle and Full-size) it was originally available in? I can understand that there might have been a difference from the factory, but are people building these motors differently depending on which vehicle they are putting them in?

Thanks!

[Mike Semeniuk]

Maybe the 327's without 4GC's are the red headed step children . Once again the 68 327-250/265 GT combo gets no reduction. . Maybe the idea is to have older cars run SS and only slipery cars run GT.! However, the 68 327/275 stock version is now 265>
anyone got a 68 Chevelle?

[Tony Janes]

Originally Posted by Mike Semeniuk

Maybe the 327's without 4GC's are the red headed step children . Once again the 68 327-250/265 GT combo gets no reduction. . Maybe the idea is to have older cars run SS and only slipery cars run GT.! However, the 68 327/275 stock version is now 265>
anyone got a 68 Chevelle?

The 250/265 Did not meet the requirements for horesepower reduction. Your old 68 chevelle may be somewhere in Washington state.

[Rusty Davenport]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

An actual stock LT1 makes nowhere the NHRA Stock Eliminator HP rating. There is a LOT of work in those heads that is passing tech. Plus, it is a very efficient car. Light, aero-slick with a lot of natural engine set back. If it was rated at what a factory stock LT1 actually makes they would be even more dangerous.

that was my point Ed........the NHRA Super Stock LT1 horsepower rating is nowhere close to the NHRA STOCK hp rating........what is the problem ??? Super Stock horsepower should be raised to at least match NHRA STOCK rating----does that not make sense ????

[sterling simmons jr]

Rusty Super Stock guys are a lot smarter then Stockers who have the Lt1. If you run more than 1.00 under NHRA will beat you up with the ink pen. Thats why we are at 346 now.

[KRatcliff]

Originally Posted by sterling simmons jr

Rusty Super Stock guys are a lot smarter then Stockers who have the Lt1. If you run more than 1.00 under NHRA will beat you up with the ink pen. Thats why we are at 346 now.

Sorta. Running more than a 1.00 under isn't that bad a thing especially for the LT1 in stock. Running 1.20 under is a different story.

The advantage that we have for the LT1 in stock is that there are so many people that run it across many classes. Plus a lot of them go rounds in eliminations. This is huge because all those rounds are counted vs. just one for qualifying. You will see that the elimination rounds are most often the slower runs.

It is all about the averages as long as it is kept slower than the 1.20 under. Keep the average for the class and engine family below the .85 threshold then it becomes no harm no foul for the 1.00 triggers.

Sheer dumb luck and dilution is a wonderful thing.

[Rusty Davenport]

Originally Posted by sterling simmons jr

Rusty Super Stock guys are a lot smarter then Stockers who have the Lt1. If you run more than 1.00 under NHRA will beat you up with the ink pen. Thats why we are at 346 now.

Sterling......I was trying to say that without saying the stupid part......you hit it just right !!!!