Under Factored Cars Complaints

[H Hoover]

Originally Posted by cambria

I personally hope all the discussion about the big 3 brings back the days when young people loved their muscle cars.It was a great time in this country and if it happens again maybe some of the other good things we used to enjoy will come back too.Nothing like Ford vs chevy vs Teuton. In less than a week 14,000 hits on this site about the COPO.

Me too. I love these new cars. I was at Numidia Dragway this Sunday watching the points races and it looked like a retirement community. I'm 55 so I include myself in that description. We need some new people to step up. Hopefully these new cars will help.

[Dick Butler]

I will be interested to see how long it takes for some people to ruin the racing like the old IHRA Top class. Problems are parallel in my humble opinion. Different motors, different factors, different wts. Fun for the spectators ,for a while seeing brand name racing but until the factoring base lines it will be painful and probably upsetting for the owners of these High Buck Cars. I would love to be in the mix but ... the issues havent changed in NHRA racing. Factory class might be different. Good Luck to the COPO. It is a CHEVY.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Peter Ash

I believe you also adamantly said many, many, times there would be NO COPO! While you adamantly complained about the OTHER cars. BUTTERCUP (slight grin)

We were on the original program that was cancelled. We were told the program was dead. All the way up until October of last year. The people in charge of the original program that was killed off when GM filed bankruptcy were not heavily involved in the new program.

I don't like the under factored Camaro any better than the others. I just find it exceptionally amusing that people who thought it was cool that the old cars got screwed over now complain about the newest cars.

What goes around comes around.

[D.Johns]

I don't think anyone with a new car is complaining that the COPOs are underfactored. I think it's more of gentle ribbing between friends and some one pointing out how it was funny that some that were complaining about how unfair it was when Ford and Mopar was doing it but crickets when the Bowtie entered the game and it was way more honest lol. Most of the new car guys knew exactly what was coming. The 8.8s is not surprising to me in the least. I personally expected the 4.0 to run 8.5-6s off the trailer, the 2.9s 9.2s and the 427 9.9-10.0s. Once one gets built I see them all dropping ETs drastically.

Perhaps I'm off on some guys being upset about the new kids on the block but I don't get that impression by those who are racing the CJs and MOPARs. Atleast not seriously but jokingly.

[Billy Nees]

That's OK Jack, you go ahead and vent. The high HP guys will never get us and they don't care to. It's all about them.

[Paul Wong]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

That's OK Jack, you go ahead and vent. The high HP guys will never get us and they don't care to. It's all about them.

Billy, beating the system is a fine art many will never understand.

[Reed Granrt]

Originally Posted by Paul Wong

Billy, beating the system is a fine art many will never understand.

Paul, I think your all Wong about beating the system.
reed

HeHeHe

[69Cobra]

I actually laughed... That was funny

[Ed Wright]

Some guys just like something faster than what they drive to work. Faster cars are fun to drive. Wish I had something faster.

[treessavoy]

Argue and complain all you want the fact is that they are here and racers will just have to deal with them.

I fall back on my original argument: they don't belong in STOCK !

Put 'em in a class by themselves !

JimR