May Madness Schedule

[CUMINNTSTRKN]

it's about 1/4 mile

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

Saitta Trudeau C-J-Dodge was Rick Peet's, in Pahrump NV. Don Trudeau has been very active and is committed to making this show a success for us.



Dyno days are Wednesday afternoon (May 1) and all day Thursday (May 2). I was pushing it to ask Diesel Dynamics to give up their business time to us for that long. They are donating the dyno time. Please try to get there during the scheduled times.



In particular, Jim/Cumminstrokin, we are looking forward to our Rams butting heads, figuratively, of course, on the Dynojet. And, I know you want "revenge" after the December meet where you were off the pace somewhat Here is the opportunity for everyone to get comparative dyno numbers, same day, same place, same dyno.



Bring 'em on! No cost, no excuses, no whining, show everyone what ya got, right in front of everyone. No changing track conditions, driving technique, traction problems, etc. Just you, your pet Ram, and all that horsepower hanging out

 

[HVAC]

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[CUMINNTSTRKN]

joe



well i guess i won't be able to dyno then. but that's ok joe we can settle it at the pullin track, mud bogs, and 1/4 mile track. i will be getting into town at about 3am friday morning. i under stand diesel dynamics can only close for so many days. it's to bad since most of the people i know will be coming down on friday. maybe we will just have to go to silver state motor sports instead.



jim

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

If you and your other high hp buds are coming early Friday, I'll see what I can do. I wouldn't want to hear any excuses, or meanjean ranting about Sickly staying on the porch I asked Lawrence and we will try to give you every fair chance to get the full hp #s you "deserve" and in direct comparison to everyone else

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

ATS Diesel Performance of Colorado is coming to May Madness with their automatic transmission products. They will introduce a new design torque converter at MM02 and give a seminar (11:30 AM Friday) on technical aspects of their transmission upgrades.

 

[KLockliear]

Will they be racing on Sunday?

 

[CUMINNTSTRKN]

kieth



i think don will be embarassing us on friday. i think i need to find some more hp.



jim

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

Diesel Dynamics agreed to give us more dyno time early Friday morning, to accommodate the high horsepower (anticipated over 500) folks who cannot dyno earlier in the week. This will give Jim Fuller, Don Ramer, etc. a chance since they can't come earlier.



I will post a revised schedule soon. I plan to push the Friday seminars to the afternoon, where nothing was scheduled before. This will prevent conflicts with folks who want to attend both functions, and in Don's case, who is giving one of the talks



On another thread, I note that there are still rooms at the Pahrump Nugget. This is a very nice hotel and the location of the Big Tent, which will be used for vendor booths and talks, and for the banquet. Their # is 775-751-6500. Please reserve your room ASAP.

 

[Power Wagon]

What about us LOW horsepower folks who can't get there earlier?

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

PW, I'm just going by what they said to me today. The original commitment was for 1. 5 days. I believe the intent behind this time extension was to help the high hp folks to sort out their "real" or at least "comparative" hp vs. other dynos. As Keith L of DD suggested some time ago, the only way to settle things was with one dyno, one time period. Everyone runs and then knows how they stand at least relative to each other, and at that point in time. There has been a lot of controversy about the validity of dyno numbers from different equipment, altitudes, etc. and it will settle a lot of questions if the "competitors" can get together--one place, one dyno, one time--and on a dyno that has given clean, reproducible measurements on Rams up to and including the 700 hp range.



DD has a business to run too, and can't stop working for all the days of May Madness. Sorry. Also, if we allocate all the days to dyno testing, there will be time for nothing else. We paid a lot of $ to rent the sled, for example, and I wonder if the "big guns" or "big talkers" from the midwest are going to come and show us "how" Who knows, a "low" hp Ram (which one of them calls a "California Ram" could be the king of the sled by default! Then you could stand up to the Muncie boys and say you won first place, why didn't they



There is no particular controversy surrounding the "lower" hp Rams, and if one can't come during the set time period in MM, there are Silver State Motorsports in North Las Vegas (in the Speedway Complex, with the same model Dynojet), other dynos/locations, and maybe sliding in at DD on a non-interfering basis.



Diesel Dynamics is donating the dyno time and their expertise for approximately two solid business days. Dyno pulls usually cost $50 to $100. I am grateful for their contribution to our Rally, and respect their need to restrict the time frame they can donate.

 

[RClark]

How about rescheduling Show & shine so it doesn't conflict with the seminars?

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

I'm trying to minimize conflicts within the time period available. It's hard to optimize the schedule and include everything we want to do Oo.



Robin@TDR will go in and revise my schedule post since I can't get into it anymore. Show n Shine will go to 12:30 on Sat. and talks end at 11:30 so at least one hour is non-conflicting.

 

[OO]

What's the final word on the crew cab?

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

You'll see this week Oo.