Once again a bogus combination

[Mark Callanan]

Originally Posted by Floyd Gomez

No matter how much you beat a dead horse, in the morning he is still dead. The 98 Firebird should not have been allowed with the LT-1. Correct ( and I am a GM fan) The Cj's and DP's are grossly underated and build up is questionable at best. Correct. Will this change the fact that all of the above mentioned cars are acceptable by NHRA in stock? Nope! Racers and engine builders have found many secrets for many years to make their combo faster, have combo's in cars that they never came with and have guarded those secrets like it was an issue of national security. Does it suck that somebody is faster? Sure but somebody will always be faster. As far as a CJ or DP owner taking responsibility to own up to problems with the car he just paid 100K to build, that would sound just as crazy if you took 100K out of your pocket and threw it out of the window going 70mph on the interstate. There is no way that a person would go to NHRA and say " Hey I love my new car but it really isn't legal for competition so I think you should throw it out". The fact is the people that could afford the new cars did. Those of us that couldn't didn't. Just like when people could afford the new FI cars. Just my .02 worth

Maybe the point is the car never should of been built knowing the rules had to be bent to get it in
And your right I am sure it costs 75-100k to build a paper car like that
Must be nice to have money and influence to get deals like this done...