Originally Posted by
Bill Miller
Am I the only one that sees submitting dyno sheets as a massive way to sandbag a classification? Sure, we'd all like to believe that everyone is honest, and wouldn't knowingly do anything that wasn't above board. Unfortunately, that ranks right up there w/ the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.
I'll take Andy's example. Here comes a new guy w/ a 5cyl, 2.2L, 10v, FWD, Borgward Coupe GT. There is conflicting published data on the hp, so it gets classed heavy. Everybody bitches, but nobody produces a dyno sheet. So, this guy takes his new Borgward to the shop, and gets a dyno pull on it. Shows 113whp. Now mind you, this is a bone stock Borgward Coupe GT. But Racer X sends in his letter w/ his dyno sheet and proceeds to list all of the things that were done to the motor (full-tilt build), and says "See, even w/ all these goodies, the thing doesn't make anywhere near the power to justify the weight. Please re-process."
Who's going to verify what was done to the motor? And before you say "Send in the receipts.", do you think that someone that would fabricate the story would have any problem w/ fabricating receipts?