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Post by hilltopspeedway on Jul 29, 2015 8:31:54 GMT -7
I hate to see the scoop go, looks too cool, plus it's a great advertising space. I guess they could always add a shark fin down the middle of the hood, lol...RM
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Post by SlotWerx on Jul 29, 2015 17:45:24 GMT -7
Make a GoPro case that looks like a hood scoop and mount it to the hood. GoPros are still legal………for now.
Greg Anderson is really fired up about this. He was saying that the amount of injectors they need including spares, various psi setups, fuel rails, pumps (FI pumps are different), control units, software, etc. Doubles the cost of what the team has in carburetors. Now again they may have had the same carb inventory for years and have gotten their money out of them, but it backs my feeling that money savings it really is not. I also agree that the top teams will now have a larger advantage with tuning as they will be able to maximize complex mappings to fine tune that a lower funded team will not.
Also with the shortened wheelie bar length teams are already designing different chassis to change the way the car will load on launch. There is a cost that has not been discussed or probably even thought of by the NHRA.
I looked at the debate initially as NHRA was doing this as a cost savings/equalization objective, but the more I read I do not think that was the true intended purpose. Now I believe the result will be what they have stated "to improve technology, increase fan interest and to draw more involvement from major auto manufacturers". They will accomplish that.
My son is a Jeg Jr. fan so because of that I like Pro Stock regardless if they go back to looking like a car I can lease for $199 a month or not LOL.
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