Says here in the NHRA '03 Rulebook "Entire shock/strut tower structure must be retained."
The rear shock/strut tower is incorporated into the wheel wells of the Hondas, so I take it we cannot cut out our rear wheel wells and use aluminium tubs?? Or can we cut everything around the part where the strut bolts up to the strut tower, and just leave that section??

 

for which class? the rules for back-half cars are different according to the class,like sport fwd,you cant cut anything out but for Pro you can

 

the rear wheel well must be intact as far as i have intepreted the rules... i think i recall them saying no tubs

 

how could the tubs be intact on a Pro car with a full tube chassis? are they banning cars like padakis's car??

 

This is for the All Motor class by the way..
" Chassis, FWD:
Wheel Tubs, back halfs, tube chassis, etc, permitted; however, full-tube chassis or back half with non-OEM strut mounts, strut tower tower assemblies incurs weigh penalty."
Im not sure how to interpret this for a Honda, when it comes to the wheel wells.

 

ooops... sorry ... i thought u were talking about hot-rod... as far as i know u cant cut them out for hot-rod... for the pro class u can essentially do anything u want with the chassis

 

no need to be sorry ek9t,i didnt know what class we were talking about either.......Robb,from the looks of it, you can use tubs(without the penalty) as long as you keep the part of the strut tower where the strut mounts too but id imagine if you cut it up too much or get the wrong tech guy,youll be eating the extra wieght.

 

is there anywhere online to view the rulebook??

 

nhra.com

 

I would email Jim Skelly he is NHRA tech director, he can answer your questions, when it seems they might fit in a greay area. I would hate to have a weight penalty, when I was not expecting it, especially in all motor when weight is what counts. His email is JSkelly@nhra.com.Better safe than sorry. Jason

 

OK, I just emailed him. When I get a response back I will post it if you guys are interested.
Thanks for all the responses!!!

 

I'm interested with the outlaw class please.