AA/S AAA/S and Class consolidation

[Jeff Teuton]

I sent an email to Nitro Joe today. Maybe he can give us the averages for the LS1 in A (8lbs), B (9lbs), and C (10 lbs) vs A/S (A) @ 8 lbs, C @ 9 lbs and E/SA @ 10 lbs. Does anything other than an LS1 run in A & B?

[Chad Rhodes]

Jeff I believe the LT-1 cars can run B/FIA and B/FI with the weight out.

[mbrace5]

LT-1 fits B/FIA with weight right at 3200lbs in 98 camaro.

[Bernie Cunningham]

Please be fair here, you really need to seperate the argument. All new combinations are fuel injected and some have been here for a while. While I say that, some are not factered correctly, the LT1 and LS1 have been pounded with NHRA hp. ( it needs time to evolve all new combo's hp ) and a legal one is about right, across the board ( I'm biased towards LT1 been OK ). Unsure of the Ford combo's, but I bet somebody with a good legal piece wouldn't mind commenting on that. The LS1's are still been figured out and will continue to show some performance gains, they're a bad piece if you can keep 'em together!
What's wrong?????????????
I believe that the Tech dept. has passed many bogus set's of heads, it's not about light rotating assemblies ( records, teardowns etc. ) in the past few years and it's because they don't need any drama and they'll pass 'em!!! The 'Old school' tech. guys see it all the time and know it, but, they're not allowed to do the job their paid for, albiet, a small amount ! It could be the new (2007) attitude for NHRA tech. department!!!!!!!! I'm really concerned about this because it seems you can get away with no grinding marks and if it makes CC's it's OK. Now we need 'em to pour 'em and give us a number !!! Some engine builders are using this knowlege to their advantange and making it work, heck, if I built engines I'd want the sell the fastest piece that passes.
There have been major gains in transmission technology lately and it shows, but, some guy's are way out there and ya just gota ask how did he do that ?????????
Ya' can't stop anybody from playing within the rules as they're inforced. There in lies the problem, Petey!!!!!
Bottom line, wait till you you see the new breed of FI cars coming your way, the new weight break may be the reason? It'll be in your theatre soon !!!!!
That's my rant, B

P. S. Once consolidated, how does everbody feel about the one pound weight break, we've had it all the time and it means, for an LT1, you need to shift 672 pounds between A/fia thru C/fia. The higher the HP, the more weight it takes to go down one class and it's crazy. If it stays the same, we won't be able to run B/sa or D/sa. Take away the one pound break and most of us would run, the way it was, C/sa thru E/sa, I think I'm right, but I've been wrong before!
B