Who's participating in the Factory Stock Showdown at E-town?

[DanGrippo]

Anybody know what day they are running the Showdown? Thanks.

[cambria]

Currently paula cambria plans to run her 2013 COPO in BB/SA

[Tony Janes]

Originally Posted by cambria

Currently paula cambria plans to run her 2013 COPO in BB/SA

There are no 2013 COPOs in the class guide as of today

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Tony Janes

There are no 2013 COPOs in the class guide as of today

She can call it a 2012 .............

[Roger Cook]

I can't wait, the 440hp DP get's to take out 220 lb. The 435hp COPO get's to take out 83 lb and the 416 hp CJ get's to add 60 lb wow ok. When did the 421 hp, 429 hp and 440 hp DP's get to weight 100 lb less then the 416 hp CJ !!!!!!!!!!!!! Did the Ramchargers make the rules up????????

[boster]

Roger you have a good point . AHFS should just reduce their HP and be done with it or they should be like everyone else .

Jeff or David please weight in on this

[billy leber]

They earned their H.P. , how can they reduce it just because of showdown races ?

[Jeff Teuton]

Cause it's a shootout. 3250, under 400, no ahfs, heads up all brands. if you don't like, don't particiapte. The over 400 cid is 3350 and the specs for the new 426, the copo 427, and the ford 428 or 427 depending on just what Jessee got today and I'm not sure of the specs right now, but I can find out. Or you run the regular class that you would be normally in.

[David Barton]

Originally Posted by Roger Cook

I can't wait, the 440hp DP get's to take out 220 lb. The 435hp COPO get's to take out 83 lb and the 416 hp CJ get's to add 60 lb wow ok. When did the 421 hp, 429 hp and 440 hp DP's get to weight 100 lb less then the 416 hp CJ !!!!!!!!!!!!! Did the Ramchargers make the rules up????????

It's simple, the Drag Pak Challenger's have been hit more times. If you ask me the 428 CJ's should be going a lot quicker than they have been.

Let's do a quick comparison. On paper the engine restrictions are basically the same except for one huge detail. 58 more cubes which equals about 100 more HP. Even if you cut my calculation in half and call it an extra 50 HP that should still blow away the 6.1 Hemi. I'd take the extra 58 cubes for 100 lbs any day.

Cubic Inches 370 vs. 428 = 58 more cubes
Compression 12.6 vs. 12.7 = .1 more compression
Intake Valve 2.100 vs. 2.085 = .015 smaller
Exhaust Valve 1.600 vs. 1.605 = .005 bigger
Intake Lift .602 vs. .589 = .013 smaller
Exhaust Lift .569 vs. .589 = .020 bigger
TB 1.75 vs. 1.75 = same

Either way the blower cars have the biggest advantage with the 10.20 index. The Atco race proved that. I ran 9.32 which was 1.18 under my 10.50 index. But Bo ran 8.78 with his 10.00 index making it 1.22 under. For Englishtown he gains 2 tenths on his index and I get to remove 50 pounds. Assuming that's all he had he will have me covered by .18-.20.

But hey, let's go racing. I'm looking forward to it. And if anyone needs help don't be afraid to ask.

[boster]

David , when anyone races you they bring all they have . I'm not the car to worry about it's the 5.0 with 2.9 blower thats the car to beat no matter who you are . Nice job on the numbers .

I agree with the other racers , let go race and enjoy the fact's , no AHFS , heads up off index and first to the finish line wins .

A big special thanks to NHRA , Ford , GM , Mopar and PC Richards for letting us run this type of racing at NHRA races