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<DIV>Howdy </DIV>
<DIV>(just received my gift subscription of Hot Rod Mag and they did the Hot Rod
Pump Gas Nat`ls writeup)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>It looks like the Pump Gas Nationals would be a good "candidate" for a fast
AWD Syclone, or Typhoon,</DIV>
<DIV>for national exposure (in my head). But I wonder if 93 octane would
be a limiting factor? The rules state:</DIV>
<DIV>-10 gallons of 93 octane</DIV>
<DIV>-30 mile "driving test"</DIV>
<DIV>-No pre-qualifying at the strip; No posting times for qualifying (to avoid
cheating).</DIV>
<DIV>- 11 1/4 inch tire restriction, stock type front suspension, NHRA rules
(for posted times)</DIV>
<DIV>- I think a min approx weight of 3300 lbs and a "non-sticky" track was used
with a pro tree.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Now I know some of SyTy owners have fast vehicles, but its my impression
that they require</DIV>
<DIV>high boost for max hp. Does this prevent the use of 93 octane (as
they wont allow power adders</DIV>
<DIV>other than water injection), altho nitrous, turbos,
prochargers/superchargers are allowed.</DIV>
<DIV>So it appears that really big blocks won in the past, but a small block EFI
Camero won this year (a first).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Just curious (not that I could participate or anything), but it would be
neat if a SyTy could</DIV>
<DIV>wind up in the top 10 (in a contest like this). So would the
detonation "factor" prohibit</DIV>
<DIV>SyTy entries...(ie some of the cars/trucks entered ran 10s and 11s, with
the 8sec ones</DIV>
<DIV>finding traction problems, and the 9sec ones advancing to the
finals).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I dont know if there is any major prize money, but it appears that they do
have several sponsors.</DIV>
<DIV>While the Power Tour and the 1-lap across America draws some SyTy folks, I
never see owners</DIV>
<DIV>enter Craft Craft Nat`ls or Pump Gas Drags or such.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>thanks in advance</DIV>
<DIV>Larry Brown</DIV>
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