If they allowed 80's cars in FAST (factory stock appearing)....

[bison]

Remove all the internal fins inside the intercooler and it will significantly improve flow, but also decrease efficiency. There would be no way to see that mod with out a borescope. With the right fuel, the intercooler wouldn't be needed. OR.......use the throttle body coolant passage to spray methanol. EDM a bunch of holes through out the throttlebody to look like porosities in the casting. Block the heater tube inlet and outlet, and run the alky pump and tank in the heater box. Add a bit of green food coloring to the alcohol, and wha-la.....it is just anti-freeze (or red for water-wetter) if they tear you down. I considered running in NHRA stock eliminator back in 2000 or so, and had the alky system scienced out pretty well. Sure, it'd be cheatin', but like they say....."Those that don't cheat in Stock Eliminator.......Don't qualify!" Lots of ways to skin a cat. Gapped gaskets between the inlet bell, lightweight parts EVERYWHERE, then add ballast, leaking inlet hose (pin holes through-out) soak tires in VHT, But still VERY hard to compete with 565+cid big blocks.

For FAST?

 

[Turbo6Smackdown]

What I still can't figure out is, why people think these cars can hook, and ours can't. Why is this? How different can our cars be?

 

[Turbo6Smackdown]

Remove all the internal fins inside the intercooler and it will significantly improve flow, but also decrease efficiency. There would be no way to see that mod with out a borescope. With the right fuel, the intercooler wouldn't be needed. OR.......use the throttle body coolant passage to spray methanol. EDM a bunch of holes through out the throttlebody to look like porosities in the casting. Block the heater tube inlet and outlet, and run the alky pump and tank in the heater box. Add a bit of green food coloring to the alcohol, and wha-la.....it is just anti-freeze (or red for water-wetter) if they tear you down. I considered running in NHRA stock eliminator back in 2000 or so, and had the alky system scienced out pretty well. Sure, it'd be cheatin', but like they say....."Those that don't cheat in Stock Eliminator.......Don't qualify!" Lots of ways to skin a cat. Gapped gaskets between the inlet bell, lightweight parts EVERYWHERE, then add ballast, leaking inlet hose (pin holes through-out) soak tires in VHT, But still VERY hard to compete with 565+cid big blocks.

Why would you want holes in your throttle body? And gaskets between the inlet bell? I'm lost.

 

[bison]

What I still can't figure out is, why people think these cars can hook, and ours can't. Why is this? How different can our cars be?

I dont "think" they can hook. Ive seen them hook and hook hard for the power they have on tap. I wouldnt say ours couldnt hook but it would take some fancy boost control till about 70-80mph to do it and the rear would have to be ballasted a bunch. Our cars are different in that we havent spent 40-50k on them or had much r&d to be competitive in a totally stock appearing class. A lot of unbelievable things happen when the time and $ are spent by a bunch of hardcore drag racers. None of these guys are newbies by any means.