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I know this is sorta *off topic* and I hail from the enemy camp, but being a S/S junkie I've been following this thread from the beginning and noticed a couple folks wondering exactly *how* the 'Vettes got into SS/A or what *politics* were involved...I realize that for '06 the NHRA is allowing folks to play class musical chairs of sorts (which I'm not sure I like or not, yet), but while there aren't a lot of them campaigned there were some SS/A Chevrolet combos originally.

Anyway, for those of you brave souls still with me, here's Chevy's SS/A offerings (that is from '70 on when A was 6.00-6.49), and I pulled the "back then" info from my vintage NHRA class guide:

Back Then:
'67 L71/L89 (427/435hp, 3x2 carbs, al. heads) = 6.21 @ 495hp
'67 L88 (427/430hp, 1x4 carb, al. heads) = 6.33 @ 480hp
'68 L71/L89 (427/435hp, 3x2 carbs, al. heads) = 6.32 @ 495hp

Today:
'67 L71/L89 (427/435hp, 3x2 carbs, al. heads) = 6.41 @ 495hp
'68 L71/L89 (427/435hp, 3x2 carbs, al. heads) = 6.32 @ 495hp

Somewhere along the way they lost the L88 combo? Also, I hate to detract from this great thread, but I would like to hear if any of the above combos are running out there? THANKS!



Yes, there WAS a 67 L88 vette owned by Scott Wilcox that ran SS/A back in the late 80's/early 90's. The car was very successful and never outrun by any hemi's back then, but after some sniveling by those seeing too much of the vette's back bumper NHRA decided that there were not enough of those cars built to be legal, even though that car had already been running for several years.