New AHFS 2011

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton

Chad, didn't you get 10 or 20 taken off your combo? What a system. If I had gotten 20 off my old car, I would still have it. I think you and the Sammy got the benefit of that.

Jeff, our car is a 435, not the 400. It was a 400 till 2008. I have written several letters to get HP off the 435 to no avail. The low rise 3x2 intake is nowhere near as good as the 372 intake on the 425, and the extra CFM don't make up for it.

I also wish we would have kept the 400 stuff, its a better combo for sure now. Look at Dave Casey ( not sure if he is the 400 but I'm pretty sure it is).

[Jeff Teuton]

RJ and all my other buddies, there might be help on the way. Keep the faith, and keep the beverages chilled till we see what happens. Trust me.

[Greg Hill]

Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton

RJ and all my other buddies, there might be help on the way. Keep the faith, and keep the beverages chilled till we see what happens. Trust me.

Jeff if something happens I will see you down south in March. If not I will be staying close to home.

[art leong]

I was just told by nhra that the competion commitee was responsible for the new afhs.
Was this the best our guys could come up with?
It will save us all a lot of money. just get a car to run 6 tenths under and they will take care of it for you. The fast guys (if they choose to) will be moved two or three classes at a time.
The slow cars will be defactored.
There is no longer any reason for R&D or buying parts.
I was having trouble with my transbrake. Spent weeks and about $1000 trying to duplicate it, i have a set of Individual Throttle Bodies good for 10 horsepower over the stock type box manifold I run now. I have a set of solid lifters (I've been running hydraulics)I was thinking about spending a grand or so on a step/merge collector header.
I walked through the PRI show today and thought to myself "What Am I Doing Here".
I ran 6 tenths under in so-so air leaving at an idle (brake not working). So I'm just going to put the govenor and a stock valve body, back in the trans and just put it in D for DragRace
I'm going to save a ton of bucks but I don't know if I'll enjoy it. I've always driven up the return road thinking of what to do to make the car faster.
Thanks Guys

[Tony Janes]

You will like it if you win the eliminator.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Tony Janes

You will like it if you win the eliminator.

Tony I'm a realist. We did way more than our share of winning years ago. I'm not intimidated by Fletcher, Biondo or anyone.
BUT I race about 6 to 10 times a year A lot of people race more than that in a month.
Years ago we raced wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Saturday night, and Sunday. Everywhere you went they had a stock/superstock race.
That is no longer possible. Where I live now the closest track (1/8 mile outlaw) 75 miles from home, Only opens every other week.
Without seat time you need to be lucky, real lucky. While I know it's possible. And I never expect to lose. If I do I don't get upset (unless i made a stupid mistake more than once).

[Jeff Teuton]

Art, you don't want to know what we beat back. Trust me.

[Frank Bialas]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

Jeff, our car is a 435, not the 400. It was a 400 till 2008. I have written several letters to get HP off the 435 to no avail. The low rise 3x2 intake is nowhere near as good as the 372 intake on the 425, and the extra CFM don't make up for it.

I also wish we would have kept the 400 stuff, its a better combo for sure now. Look at Dave Casey ( not sure if he is the 400 but I'm pretty sure it is).

Jeff/Chad NHRA DOES-NOT giveaway 10/20 HP to anybody, I know every-time it's been +6 or just enough so the 440-6pak COULD-NOT PLAY WITH THE 396/375 AND OR THE TRUE BLUE 428's. Must have been a bad boy this year again, cause no xmas gift from NHRA again!!! Your right as intimidating/nasty the carbs and hole in the hood look it's not the best combo, and the really bad thing about running MOPAR is NO after-market heads,intakes, or carbs, OH AND NO ALUMINUM STUFF either!!! The 417 factor stays maybe because there are only a handful of us running the BIG-B-BODY!!! And even the better factored E-BODIES really struggle to compete and I believe they stayed @-405HP too bad that they couldn't tighten us up a bit, so the OLD stuff/guys could still play. THE END MAY BE CLOSER THAN WE THINK - - - - ONE NEVER KNOWS!!!!


Jeff 2010#14DP is still on back burner - all the way back burner, long story hope we can get a jump on it over the winter.

[Ed Wright]

So, you think NHRA was giving your engine hp to help the GM racers? Not because somebody hit the hp trigger (twice) and your engine's average was too far under? Do you really believe that? If you could not get your car going that fast, somebody evidently was.
Your DP will be fast. You don't need to know anything to put one of those over a second under. For now anyway.

[Frank Bialas]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

So, you think NHRA was giving your engine hp to help the GM racers? Not because somebody hit the hp trigger (twice) and your engine's average was too far under? Do you really believe that? If you could not get your car going that fast, somebody evidently was.
Your DP will be fast. You don't need to know anything to put one of those over a second under. For now anyway.

ED your right, I guess I'm just a bitter-old-cranky-dude. The HP hits and record runs came from factored tracks which didn't help it was a long time ago and only one guy we won't mention names, the ratio is low, no help, and it just seemed that as we were sneaking up on the GM/Ford combo's we would get pushed down.I take it back - - - - - let me get a beer and get back out in the garage and work on that Mope with NO hope!!! You have to agree with me on at least one thing, even though I think that I have all the best parts, that I don't get to use all the good after market parts that benefit others aluminum heads especially.