[cobrashoch]

Justa6- No you got it wrong- A BB should run in the 8's. Your car should run in the 10's. Don't get me wrong, from a distance I am a fan of your car. Re; John Spina, we must of bench raced for over 2 hours at the hotel at the fling. I really do like different stuff. But I also deal with facts. Without seeing your car (just a guess) I still say your car is a D gas car- NHRA style. To put it another way, Mritter popped in with his blown 302 and without seeing HIS car (just a guess) I would say his car runs C or maybe B-gas. In any rate even with 2 pts in class differences your index's are only .02 seconds apart. Now where's that national dragster? It brings things into perspective.
The war between block sizes is a fools game. A quick look at the index list and what each type of car that is there, and owns the record proves that. Thats why there are guys looking to run that magic combo of a 4 door station wagon w/a 413 that weighs 2770 lbs for example to get to a index. Competitive advantage they call it.
When you know what you index , the next time you slam a big block for example maybe you shouldn't feel so good about that SB. I know down thru the years I havn't felt so good with my index some 2.5 seconds faster than what I just ran. I have seen 1200hp 4 cylinder engines as I used to run a dyno a few years back. There is a lot of confusion out there about size and V/8's and power. For the guys that think a smaller engine is better, they best need to remember that argument is circular, and that there REALLY IS other guys out there with a better mousetrap. They usially run another brand or style and at first you won't like it one bit. Don't let a big, fat, hard head get in your way with pre concieved ideas. The smallblock guys are the worst there I've seen lately.
As for your own description of your Cobra it just backs up my 500 hp orthodoxy statment from my above post. That car of yours don't know that 450 hp is comming from a 460 ford or a 6 or a 350 chevy. Getting a Cobra car to handle over 600 hp well, now THAT'S the direction I'm trying to go. No I'm not trying, I am doing it, but it's taking time as I'm in virgin territory here and boy have I made some mistakes.
Your car would be blackball'ed big time here in Indy to, as you described it I think. I personally wouldn't even think of running it as you described it either. My NHRA inspector is a good freind and I wouldn't even think of trying to slide something by him. But I'm still a fan of yours though, as I know how hard it is to get where you are. LOL. and keep the shiney side down.

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