Ed, help me here

[sammy pizzolato]

That Is A Big Difference In HP For A Corvette That Is Shorther Lighter And More Areo Then A Firebird Or A Camero. I Could See The Difference If It Was A Chevelle Or A Station Waggon!!! Come On NHRA What Is The Reason Behind This!!! This Needs To Be Corrected.

[Ed Wright]

Identical, exact same engine.

[Bernie Cunningham]

Same problem with the '93 - '97 Lt1 corvettes in stock.

[Dick Butler]

Problem with getting too specific with Hp factoring of a particular BODY style. GT versus SS body maybe ok but seems in stock too specific. Hope it doesn't get to paint colors...

[james schaechter]

Originally Posted by Dick Butler

Problem with getting too specific with Hp factoring of a particular BODY style. GT versus SS body maybe ok but seems in stock too specific. Hope it doesn't get to paint colors...

I asked about it and was told it was classified by wheelbase. Corvette vs Camaro vs chevelle etc. never got numbers but I gathered that there was a range for short, medium and long wheelbase.

This one is interesting. No one complained when a simple hood change or claiming a different year drastically changed the hp rating on a lot of cars.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by james schaechter

No one complained when a simple hood change or claiming a different year drastically changed the hp rating on a lot of cars.

Wrong then, wrong now. The rules are used as much as an excuse to not correct blatantly wrong issues as it is to supposedly govern out-of-line combinations. Even when strictly played by the letter of the rules, politics comes to bear. Common sense plays no part in the system.

[Dick Butler]

And guys still argue against a Lb/CU inch class where fixed rules prevent such issues.
I honestly believe the excitement of finding a bogus motor combination is as much fun as racing for some.. Problem is the upset when another MORE bogus car shows up or NHRA factors your motor and you are stuck with a Dog...again..

[Ernie Neal]

Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato

That Is A Big Difference In HP For A Corvette That Is Shorther Lighter And More Areo Then A Firebird Or A Camero. I Could See The Difference If It Was A Chevelle Or A Station Waggon!!! Come On NHRA What Is The Reason Behind This!!! This Needs To Be Corrected.

Corvette C4’s are 96” wheelbase and are lower and wider than a Camaro and/or Firebird, lighter only 61lbs. in 1996 anyway. You ask yourself, well why didn’t I build a Corvette? Maybe back in the day would be cost, but now we would say that dang independent rear suspension or perhaps that itchy fiberglass. So now we know several reasons why the horsepower factors are different, for many choose to run Camaros and/or Firebirds!

Originally Posted by Bernie Cunningham

Same problem with the '93 - '97 Lt1corvettes in stock.

The LT1 was in 92-96 Corvettes and no 97 in classification guide?


Jeff, I think a little 96 Neon 2 dr with a 360 Magnum drag pack engine would be killer, just sayin since you mentioned jelly beans. Could start out in 9.5 lbs. class and still be fast at 8 lbs.

Ernie Neal
SS 354
yes, I race a jelly bean

[Jeff Teuton]

Ernie, you are right, but that combo was surgically removed a couple of weeks ago from GT and put in FGT with a .25 lower index.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Ernie Neal

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The LT1 was in 92-96 Corvettes and no 97 in classification guide?
Ernie Neal
SS 354
yes, I race a jelly bean

The 1997 Corvette was not an LT1, that was the first LS1 car. Camaro/ Firebird got the LS1 in 1998.