Factory Showdown at INDY

[Andrew Hill]

Originally Posted by GUMP

I have to ask you how you feel about the 1970 Camaro 350 ci 360 HP combination? In 1970 it was given a 10 HP gift over the Corvette (in regards to the classification). In the early 2000's it was given an even bigger gift by the NHRA when it was reduced to 325 HP. You seem to run at the front in D/SA with that combination, so that is why I ask.

(My thoughts are that you picked a good combination from the guide and ran with it.)

I definitely have a good combination, I would never argue that. As far as the horsepower reduction goes, it would not be competitive at 360. I would be in B/SA at almost the same weight (3230 vs 3255), and there's no way I could run with the LS1s or a 396/375 or some of the other good B/SA combinations. Currently, my car is rated 5 less than a Corvette, but I think the Corvette would be just as fast if not faster under the index, especially since it's a stick only combination. It weighs 115 lbs less in C than I do in D, so it's only about .03 the body style would have to make up. Actually, I think my car would be faster with a stick, anyone want to donate a Jerico?

I do have one of the faster D/SA cars, but I don't think my combination is any better than some others. A 400 Pontiac rated the same and is just as good or better, hell it has 50 more cubic inches. Mine is probably better than a 396/325 or 396/350, but it's not even in the same ballpark as an LS1 in a Corvette. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any carbureted small blocks rated more than mine.

[GUMP]

Thanks for the answer.

May I also ask what year the car was built into it's current configuration? I take it that it has aftermarket brakes and a fuel cell?

[Andrew Hill]

Originally Posted by GUMP

Thanks for the answer.

May I also ask what year the car was built into it's current configuration? I take it that it has aftermarket brakes and a fuel cell?

It has aftermarket brakes and fuel cell, yes. My car was finished over the winter of 2009/10 so this is only my third year. My dad built his 1971 Camaro in 1992 and has run the 71 version since then (similar, but slightly lower compression and different head) except for a while when he ran the 350/270. He built the motor in my car a few years before we built my car, but never ran it much because he thought it wasn't as good as the one he runs, now they seem to be about the same.