Mustang MPH?

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by Evan Smith

This goes for the drive pulley, or the driven pulley as the blower is driven by a serpentine belt with a sprung tensioner.

There is no way that that should be a legal modifiaction on any supercharged entry. With more and more of these serpentine belt driven superchargers being used by the OEM's the NHRA needs to clearly state it's position. I feel that a boost enhancement of this kind is way outside of the spirit of the class.

[goinbroke2]

Originally Posted by GUMP

There is no way that that should be a legal modifiaction on any supercharged entry. With more and more of these serpentine belt driven superchargers being used by the OEM's the NHRA needs to clearly state it's position. I feel that a boost enhancement of this kind is way outside of the spirit of the class.

And THAT I will agree with! Any supercharged car that is not running factory pullies should be bounced. (once the rules are changed and pully #'s are published) This would pertain to ALL supercharged cars not a SINGLED OUT one.

[Evan Smith]

Bruce,

I have stated before, and I fully agree, that the CJs are under-rated. My gripe is with the people who post without knowing the facts. This bothers me whether it is on the CJ topic or any other. Why would anyone want to come on here and make a post when they are dead wrong? It's not that hard, especially using the Internet, to do a little research and inform yourself so you can make an educated post that has some accurate facts. Why is that so difficult? I didn't mean to thrash Jim, but in my humble opinion, Jim should do his homework if he is going to chime in on a hotly debated topic. You don't hear me saying I heard this from this guys and that from another. Produce your facts and name your source!

The fact is, under-rating engines has been going on since the inception of Stock-class racing and Ford or anyone else doesn't owe it to anyone to publish real hp figures. I don't see any other racer or manufacturer doing this so why should Ford? Even if they did show you, what would that change? Do the math, these things can make more than they are showing. Everyone knows this, so who cares if it is 650, 750 or 850?

I was only hammering away because I am sick of BS posts with people speculating and/or announcing inaccurate facts. In my business we deal with proven fact. If I did my job with the accuracy of many folks posting on here I'd be fired in 10 minutes flat!

Like I said, i'd be pissed if the CJ ran in my class, but it is out there and there is nothing anyone can do accept go race them as hard as you can. If NHRA screwed up then take it up with them. I respect your opinion, but don't feel Ford, me, or anyone else should publish hp numbers.

Bruce, I obviously am tied in with Ford, but it's not like anyone gave me a CJ. Take a look at my magazine, we've modified many GT500s (similar engine) so anyone can see the potential of this combination just by doing some research. If you noticed I've only chimmed in when inaccurate facts have been posted. I've stated my opinion that the cars are under-rated, so I agree with you. But so are many other combos that are under-rated, too. If Ford slipped one past NHRA, well it is not the first time and it won't be the last.

Evan

[Bruce Noland]

Evan,
99% of us are not journalists. We're just a bunch of old guys bench racing.

Sounds like your are comfortable with your position. Good luck.