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Ted and Ken,
I completely understand your position on the MOPARs and wouldn't for a minute think I could change your minds. Were there some rules in the early days of Pro Stock that targeted a certain make or combination? Of course there was.
But in 1982 NHRA said 500 cubic inches and 2350 pounds. Have at it. The next major change was 2016 when they EFI and rev-limiter era began. That's 34 years of no rules being changed and no manufacturer being targeted. Darrel Alderman won three championships, Allen Johnson won one and "The Dodge Boys" won numerous races and no rules or procedure was made to slow them down. So you can't really claim that there have been constant efforts to punish MOPAR.
NHRA was not targeting the Dodges with the rev-limiter, NHRA was attempting to save the teams from having to replace valve springs every run down the track which was enormously expensive. And as is always the case when there's a major change, someone figured it out first. In this case KB Racing. And the car that finally broke their streak, was Allen Johnson's Dodge.
The HEMI (which is not even remotely a HEMI but that's not the point here) had better high RPM breathing characteristics so they did take a bigger hit, but that was not the intent. They needed a redesigned cylinder head, and MOPAR didn't want to invest in the program.
Alan
I completely understand your position on the MOPARs and wouldn't for a minute think I could change your minds. Were there some rules in the early days of Pro Stock that targeted a certain make or combination? Of course there was.
But in 1982 NHRA said 500 cubic inches and 2350 pounds. Have at it. The next major change was 2016 when they EFI and rev-limiter era began. That's 34 years of no rules being changed and no manufacturer being targeted. Darrel Alderman won three championships, Allen Johnson won one and "The Dodge Boys" won numerous races and no rules or procedure was made to slow them down. So you can't really claim that there have been constant efforts to punish MOPAR.
NHRA was not targeting the Dodges with the rev-limiter, NHRA was attempting to save the teams from having to replace valve springs every run down the track which was enormously expensive. And as is always the case when there's a major change, someone figured it out first. In this case KB Racing. And the car that finally broke their streak, was Allen Johnson's Dodge.
The HEMI (which is not even remotely a HEMI but that's not the point here) had better high RPM breathing characteristics so they did take a bigger hit, but that was not the intent. They needed a redesigned cylinder head, and MOPAR didn't want to invest in the program.
Alan
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