Life Support?

[heinriech]

NMRA / pro media is gone that is why I came over here. We have a local class that is doing well and growing. Looking for a heads up solution. Looked at 9.90 class but when it says a 1000-1300hp car is needed to run 9.90 I am out. My car runs 9.70s with 500 hp. I would look to the sanctioning body to get things under control!

Cheers and happy new year!

[Stan Weiss]

Originally Posted by heinriech

NMRA / pro media is gone that is why I came over here. We have a local class that is doing well and growing. Looking for a heads up solution. Looked at 9.90 class but when it says a 1000-1300hp car is needed to run 9.90 I am out. My car runs 9.70s with 500 hp. I would look to the sanctioning body to get things under control!

Cheers and happy new year!

Yes a go number of years ago people with $$$ come along and decide higher MPH was the way to go, and now it is all about who can run the lowest et from 1000 ft to 1320 without going under. So years ago I had some one ask me to do some simulations for how much HP he needed to run 9.90 in the 153-155 range.



Stan

[1320racer]

Originally Posted by heinriech

Looking for a heads up solution. Looked at 9.90 class but when it says a 1000-1300hp car is needed to run 9.90 I am out. My car runs 9.70s with 500 hp. I would look to the sanctioning body to get things under control!

Cheers and happy new year!

This is no heads up class in the NHRA for your car. The 9.90 class is known as Super Gas and it’s a throttle stop class dominated by open cockpit roadsters. Look at the 10.90 class aka Super Street which is typically a backed halved ladder bar or 4 link car but it too is a throttle stop class with many competitors running at least 135mph and many running a bbc making 800-1100hp. In both of these classes, a transbrake and a delay box are the norm. That said, my honest opinion is your car as it’s currently powered won’t be competitive in super street as well.

[jmcarter]

Originally Posted by heinriech

NMRA / pro media is gone that is why I came over here. We have a local class that is doing well and growing. Looking for a heads up solution. Looked at 9.90 class but when it says a 1000-1300hp car is needed to run 9.90 I am out. My car runs 9.70s with 500 hp. I would look to the sanctioning body to get things under control!

Cheers and happy new year!

Ed is correct, sounds like Super Street would fit your car well and there is plenty of competition, some would say just as competitive there as in Super Gas. I thoroughly enjoyed the class before jumping into Class Racing.

[Stan Weiss]

Just some quick rough calculations. You weight around 2600 lbs car and driver and run around 9.77 @ 136.

If that is the case I get

1000 Foot ET = 9.2043
1/4 Mile ET = 10.9021
1/4 Mile MPH = 133.5387

Stan

[1320racer]

Super Street minimum weight is 2800 lbs.

[James Perrone]

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[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by heinriech

NMRA / pro media is gone that is why I came over here. We have a local class that is doing well and growing. Looking for a heads up solution. Looked at 9.90 class but when it says a 1000-1300hp car is needed to run 9.90 I am out. My car runs 9.70s with 500 hp. I would look to the sanctioning body to get things under control!

Cheers and happy new year!

It's a lot harder to run the X.90 heads up classes with a lower HP, lower MPH car, but some people are having some success. Those are the hardest working guys in the classes, though. You really need to be able to drive the stripe, and you need to have your car capable of being deadly consistent.

[Stan Weiss]

OK add some lead 2810 lbs on the stop for .25 less time



1000 Foot ET = 9.1797
1/4 Mile ET = 10.9024
1/4 Mile MPH = 131.6549


Stan

[pmrphil]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

It's a lot harder to run the X.90 heads up classes with a lower HP, lower MPH car, but some people are having some success. Those are the hardest working guys in the classes, though. You really need to be able to drive the stripe, and you need to have your car capable of being deadly consistent.

Bingo! That's about as accurate as it can be.