Mustang MPH?

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by GUMP

Jim,

Forty years have passed and a lot has changed. Todays Stock rules are like yesterdays Super Stock rules. As delivered, the Cobra Jet is nowhere near being a Super Stock car. They do however pass tech for Stock Eliminator as delivered. Just like the 1968 Hemi cars were built for Super Stock and could also be campaigned as built. To me the real issue is the HP. And so far we really haven't seen enough to make an honest judgement.
I have posted on this subject way too much, but I think a lot of guys are really missing a very important point. The showroom cars that are being built today have way to much junk in them that can legally be removed. We should be welcoming these new factory cars. The GTO is a great example of a combination that was not submitted properly. Keep in mind that it was put in the books when we had one pound weight breaks for fuel injected cars. I hope that the production Camaro, Mustang, and Challenger are not submitted so heavy. I would also love to see the NHRA take a fresh look at the GTO.

Daren

I understand your point and I probably used the wrong example.

Take the 1965 Hemi B bodies. They were fully streetable with exhaust and everything, I even knew a guy that drove one for a while before racing it, yet they are not allowed in stock. Are the Mustangs street legal?

I think the question yet to be decided is what is the real HP for the Mustanges and like the '65 Mopars do they need to go to SS instead of Stock?

I am for race cars, I race a '64 Mopar but love all the various race cars from that era....what I don't like is a killer combo dumped into the eliminator bracket that makes any number of cars obsolete, especially a factory car.

I've read all the posts and brand loyality is not the question, a fair playing field is the goal.

I made my first pass in 1964, raced in 5 major associations, and seen it all but in the end it's the racers that put pressure on the associations to bring certain extra fast combinations into line. It's a slow process but it does work.

Good luck to all of you no matter what you drive.....but I hope I kick your butt....LOL!

BTW; does anyone remember the 1966 D/Dart, factory built, street legal yet not allowed in stock?

[bill dedman]

Savoy,

Check out this previous thread here:

http://tinyurl.com/c797wv

Bill

[bill dedman]

Treesavoy,

Travis Miller posted this, on that D-Dart thread:

"The reason the D/Darts got to run Stock without enough being produced was back then the specs were sent to NHRA preproduction. Cars were put in the classguide with the understanding that enough cars would be built in the model year. Sometime in later years it must have come to light that not enough D/Darts were built for Stock class forcing them into S/S only.

Travis"

Hope this helps....

A apologize for this blatant hijack; now, back to your regularly scheduled rant....


Bill