Superman, no offense taken. However if you're bracket racing, it is in fact the best driver who wins since the one closest to his dial in without going faster wins the race. This can be made easier by making the car more consistent and adding electronics like delay boxes etc. but in the end the driver still has to pull of a consistent launch with a low reaction time and drive the car more consistently than his opponent. Just like roadracing one small slip up and you can lose the whole race. At the top levels of drag racing HP plays a larger role as does clutch setup, suspension setup, tire pressure etc. However with the rules designed to keep the teams as equal as possible better drivers often beat faster cars. I had a friend years ago at my local track who went on to race some national Ford events. He had a slower car than his biggest opponent but his reaction time on a pro tree was consistently spectacular (0.400-0.450 seconds). The other guys car was faster down the track by at least a tenth but Cory would beat him at the starting line most of the time and win the race in a slower car. The rules of sportsman racing are designed to let the best driver win and while they aren't perfect they do put a great deal of importance on driver skill. Good drivers can consistently run within one half of a tenth of a second all day long, try that in ANY car and then tell me drag racing is easy. All it takes is a little too much or too little wheelspin leaving the line or a late or early shift and you lose the race. As in most motorsports most guys figure they need the fastest car to win and they throw gobs of money at it, never realizing that it's consistency that really counts. Only in heads up racing does HP/weight play a large role. How many on this board can honestly say that their car is fast enough? What do we desire? More power? Bigger brakes? Less weight? Wider tires? Stiffer suspension? The list goes on but the goal is the same, make the car faster and if someone wants to run juice to satisfy their need for speed let them have it.

can't argue with that.

very impressive what tyson and jack have achieved, but no it wasn't cheap, and i wouldnt call bb2 low horsepower - low compared to other cars on the track maybe ;)

raceman, sorry the thread has gone off on a tangent.....

l`m actually pretty happy with all the responses.This forum keeps me motivated to continue developing my car,which is important because it`s been ongoing FOR YEARS,sometimes l slow down and even stop doing anything.l`m real close to being done,unless the gas or turbo conversion sideline me.l`ve be accused of having "fear of finishing"...right now l`m installing a CanCan red leather interior with black trim,looks incredible on the silver.lt`s a little bit rock and roll for me but l think l can cope...and the blue NOS bottle in the back seat will contrast nicely.