Competition Brother can you spare a driveshaft? Part deux.

[Hohn]

all I have to say is the number on the board is all that matters

Dang right.


Drugs, no drugs, who cares? The bottom line is the number-- it's ALL that matters!!!

If you can run the number in a heavier truck, then bravo-- but there are no trophies for "fastest time by an overweight nonwinning truck. "

What people don't consider is just how HARD it is to tune a drugged engine.

People think that it's cheating to run water/meth, N2O or Propane. But the reality is that turning your engine into a chemistry lab makes things a LOT more complicated.

The types and amounts of drugs drastically affect the engine. Some combos want more timing, others less. Oh, and these change with RPM and with Boost pressure!


I respect the guys that are making big power on #2. But drugs are FAR from being the "easy way out" that some people like to make them out to be-- and this only gets tougher as you start to push the envelope like COMP is.

In a street engine, drugs are a lot easier because the tuneup doesn't matter much.


But when tuning is the difference between a win light and a trailer, you'd BETTER believe that it's pretty tough to get it just right with drugs.

jh

 

[LPreston]

But drugs are FAR from being the "easy way out" that some people like to make them out to be

I'll disagree here. Were you at Houston last weekend? The race between Darren and Jeff... if you looked that their previous times when both were drug free, Jeff had him beat. While Darren's additive was legal for the class, that is what got him across the line first (with Jeff gaining on him in the end which tells me Jeff had the stronger build as he did not turn the bottle on). To me, the all motor is the better vehicle be it the tune, general engine work, whatever. Guess that makes me old school. And yeah, I know that means squat when you are loading it back on the trailer.



Not to dis Greg or what he has accomplished (he does hold the record (for now :-laf )), but the current powerplant in Keatings rig was built in 2 weeks. No sponsorship, nobody throwing parts at him, nobody writing checks... fully self funded. Doing it darn near EVERY weekend in a chassis that was never intended for the role it is playing and 800 pounds heavier without additives - all motor. And less than 2/10 off Greg's posted best having pedaled the run due to a blown t-clamp on the low pressure turbo. Keating could easily add any of the previously listed items and be right along side Greg or beyond, but thats not how he does it... and it's by choice. Don't get me wrong, I agree it requires adjustments for additives, but to make the same power without them requires something else.



Don't take this the wrong way... . but does this mean that we can see you at some events next year running the same times as either Greg or Keating? lol I spoke to Greg several times last week. Someone upping the record is going to be good for everyone.

 

[RacinDuallie]

The 2006 season is gonna be VEEEEEERY Interesting to say the least!Oo. Oo.









Wrenches will be flyin' all winter..... :-laf :-laf I wonder if the neighbors are gonna call the Fire Dept. again because of the SMOKE?Oo.