Stock Eliminator Classes?
03-28-2004, 05:32 PM
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03-28-2004, 06:26 PM
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Check out the information here:
http://www.nhra.com/tech_specs/class...ion/index.html
There aren't many websites out there with Stock Eliminator information. Also its like next to impossible to get the exact car/suspension/motor specs these guys (Al Corda, Peter Biondo etc) are using. They like keep all their **** secret and stuff.
If someone does has a good site with S/E information I'd like read up more on it as well.
Lee
http://www.nhra.com/tech_specs/class...ion/index.html
There aren't many websites out there with Stock Eliminator information. Also its like next to impossible to get the exact car/suspension/motor specs these guys (Al Corda, Peter Biondo etc) are using. They like keep all their **** secret and stuff.
If someone does has a good site with S/E information I'd like read up more on it as well.
Lee
03-29-2004, 06:52 PM
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Complicated question!
I'll try to explain my Camaro. It is a 1999, but if I run it as a 1998, I can run an LT1. It sounds wrong, but that's how GM says they were made! The factor in the NHRA Cassification Guide is 10.04, which makes it a natural C/FIA car (both the NHRA and IHRA now have fuel injected classes). The factor for C is 10.0 and the factored horsepower is 325. Multiply 10 x 325 and add 170 for the driver and you have the minimum weight that you can run at (3420). For B/FIA I have to weigh 3095 (factor of 9).
The basic rules are;
1. The car must weigh the minimum after every run.
2. Fuel must pass a fuel check after every pass.
3. The motor has to be built within the NHRA Blueprint Specifications, no porting, etc..
4. Corporate rear ends (12-bolt), any gear ratio.
5. Corporate transmission with the same amount of gears as factory (except overdrive). Four speed cars can run aftermarket transmissions (no lencos, etc.).
6. Factory body and interior.
7. 9" x 30" maximum rear tire.
8. You have to run off a minimum index (11.70/7.50 for B/FIA, 12.00/7.70 for C/FIA).
There is a bunch more to it than that, but that's some of the basics.
Daren
I'll try to explain my Camaro. It is a 1999, but if I run it as a 1998, I can run an LT1. It sounds wrong, but that's how GM says they were made! The factor in the NHRA Cassification Guide is 10.04, which makes it a natural C/FIA car (both the NHRA and IHRA now have fuel injected classes). The factor for C is 10.0 and the factored horsepower is 325. Multiply 10 x 325 and add 170 for the driver and you have the minimum weight that you can run at (3420). For B/FIA I have to weigh 3095 (factor of 9).
The basic rules are;
1. The car must weigh the minimum after every run.
2. Fuel must pass a fuel check after every pass.
3. The motor has to be built within the NHRA Blueprint Specifications, no porting, etc..
4. Corporate rear ends (12-bolt), any gear ratio.
5. Corporate transmission with the same amount of gears as factory (except overdrive). Four speed cars can run aftermarket transmissions (no lencos, etc.).
6. Factory body and interior.
7. 9" x 30" maximum rear tire.
8. You have to run off a minimum index (11.70/7.50 for B/FIA, 12.00/7.70 for C/FIA).
There is a bunch more to it than that, but that's some of the basics.
Daren
