Buck531 Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 NHRA RULE CHANGES FOR 2006 Protective Clothing Changes The Protective Clothing of the E.T. section of the NHRA Rulebook states which jacket and/or pants are needed for 10.00 and slower and 9.99 and quicker. Supercharged, turbocharged, or nitous-equiped cars, with or without a full OEM or .024-inch steel firewall. Please review the Protective Clothing sections, Section 1A – Superpro, Pro, Sportsman and Section 1B – Advanced E.T. of the 2006 NHRA Rulebook. Section 1-A, located on page 24 of the 2006 NHRA Rulebook read as follows: 10.00 (*6.40 1/8 mile) and slower; all E.T. non-OEM supercharged, non-OEM turbocharged, or nitrous-equipped cars with an OEM or .024-inch steel firewall: Jacket meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/1 mandatory 10.00 (*6.40 1/8 mile) and slower; all E.T. supercharged, turbocharged, or nitrous-equipped cars without a full OEM or .024-inch steel firewall: Jacket meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/5 and gloves meeting SFI Spec 3.3/1 mandatory. 10.00 (*6.40 1/8 mile) to 11.49 (*7.35 1/8 mile): Jacket meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/1 mandatory. The same Spec for Advanced E.T. is located in Section 1B, located on page #27 of the 2006 NHRA Rulebook. What’s Needed At 135 mph? For 2006, the Rulebook clarifies that any vehicle that runs faster than 135 mph must meet minimum requirements for 9.99 –seconds. In year’s past, this 9.99 and/or 135 mph break was not clearly defined in the e.t. section of the rulebook, leading to some confusion. The minimum requirements for any vehicle that runs 9.99 or runs faster than 135 mph includes an NHRA chassis certification, NHRA competition license, and upgraded safety equipment (neck collar, jacket and pants, and gloves). Further details about the 9.99 requirements may be found in Section 1A – Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman section of the 2006 NHRA Rulebook, beginning on page #18. Computers During NHRA competition, no portable computer (e.g., laptop, PDA, Palm Pilot, programmer, ect.) may be used or located in a vehicle at any point beyond the staging area ready line. All functions or values must be pre-set prior to this point. This includes Grudge Race and Time Trial runs. Page #224 of the 2006 NHRA Rulebook. What the gay? Edit - That , and the fact that you can't have a laptop/palm/whatever to log your scans? jesustittytapdancingchrist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 If you have spray, you must have a jacket...No matter how fast you go! the computer one i understand, just think. your car rolls or some shit and your palm polit (or laptop) pokes you in the eye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted March 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Yeah. but what about a turbo, or s/c that wasn't factory installed. They're saying that a jacket is required for that too. My car is different, "might" be fast in some aspects, but jesus, it's not a 9 second car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Apex Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I heard about this, it SUX! Though it doesn't apply to me. Also any car with a rear mounted battery like mine MUST have an exterior cut-off switch on the rear of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Well you can slip through the loop hole there, OEM, your's is a oem swap. right? Just like the turbo Grandprix and shit.. I mean it is the LTZ right...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I heard about this, it SUX! Though it doesn't apply to me. Also any car with a rear mounted battery like mine MUST have an exterior cut-off switch on the rear of the car. That is a old rule.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted March 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Well you can slip through the loop hole there, OEM, your's is a oem swap. right? Just like the turbo Grandprix and shit.. I mean it is the LTZ right...lol From what I understand is that any power adder that was NOT installed by the factory falls under this group. Even if it's a turbo. But yeah. It's JUST a Lumina. That's all.. nothing more, nothing less. This almost falls along hte lines of my helmet question last week. Should I get a cheap ass helmet, put it in the trunk and then just put it on before racing. Like you said, it's a Lumina. How fast can it REALLY go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Cheap open face helmet. As long as the tag's are in it. Do you really think the guy's at tech at test & tune are going to know if the lumina had a supercharger on it or not, I mean with all these GTP's and what not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Guess I'll need a chute this year at this rate.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Reminds me of when I had my regulators on the firewall then found out they had to be 6 inches in front of the flywheel. Nevermind the fact your allowed to run braided fuel line on the firewall and oh yeah if my sfi flywheel comes off the 4340 ,shears the arp bolts and comes through the csi composite trans shield , well i guess its ok with the nhra if it shears my break booster off the firewall and i crash in the corn field , just as long as there no fire, bwhahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Whinin Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 So since my supercharger is a GM Part and was installed BY GM, I don't have to wear them jackets right? Or since it was not on the car when it was made? I'm confused....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Apex Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Well you can slip through the loop hole there, OEM, your's is a oem swap. right? Just like the turbo Grandprix and shit.. If your referring to my car the rule means nothing to me, I'm naturally aspirated. I wasn't aware of the cut-off switch rule because it never applied to me until now as I have my battery in the rear, and no switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 If your referring to my car the rule means nothing to me, I'm naturally aspirated. I wasn't aware of the cut-off switch rule because it never applied to me until now as I have my battery in the rear, and no switch. No , I was talkin to buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grease monkey Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 gay, all these fucking rules and regulations, it's gonna get to the point that if you want to test and tune, you're gonna need 1000 bucks or more in safety equipment just fuck around with your daily driver. This shit has fucking got to stop. Safety is one thing, but come on!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgbdbn Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Eventually you will have to wear safety glasses and a helmet just to walk around. Some rules are good and some are pushing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 The laptop thing sucks, but I think people will get away with that one. The jacket thing doesn't bother me; I run fast enough that I'm required to have one anyway. They aren't that expensive. The gloves thing sucks; guess I'll have to pony up for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate1647545505 Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 The turbo came on the car, what are you talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Reason numbers 569898659867 and 5658908967809567898 why I don't race at NHRA tracks... IHRA FOR LIFE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I guess streetracing's cheaper, only if you don't get caught.. Fixxed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 bumping!!!!!!! so people can read all the new rules!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye1647545503 Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 you have to keep in mind that they had to cover there asses from all of the retards that own a set of wrenchs and slap some real unsafe shit together. Think about the amount of super bad/unsafe body work you have seen on ricers cars and now think about what those people would let slid if they thought noone whould see it. Since to a ton of people it only matters if you look good. Just becouse you have common sence don't expect others too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey2721 Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 God forbid that something happens once and one of these measure saves your life or keeps you from being burnt severally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boost-n-Juice Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Does anyone know how heavily they are enforcing these rules? Especially the jacket stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted August 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Damn from the dead. Anyways. I've been to norwalk and Kilkare and raced sub 14.00 passes w/o a helmet. Never was questioned either. However, those were both track days and not regular test and tunes. Screw the fire jacket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowZ06 Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Damn from the dead. Anyways. I've been to norwalk and Kilkare and raced sub 14.00 passes w/o a helmet. Never was questioned either. However, those were both track days and not regular test and tunes. Screw the fire jacket. I ran the Corvette without a helmet, they never even asked. Good thing, too... I don't think I could have fit a helmet on my head and driven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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