Soup up trick. - Page 2

Ed Wright · 08-03-2015, 07:16 PM

I would be afraid to try that. Besides, it is cheating. A guy doing that would not have actually won anything anyway. Just screwed some people.

Paul Merolla · 08-04-2015, 07:26 AM

Amazing how a couple of posts can suck the fun right out of a thread....Ed, this was supposed to be "tongue in cheek"! Notice the winking smiley face on Jeff's first post?

Tom Goldman · 08-04-2015, 12:32 PM

A 1/4 Midget racer I used to weld chassis for told me they did it for years !
The tracks finally used a A/C leak detector to sniff the oil , it would pick up the nitro same as a freon leak !

DonatoEng · 08-04-2015, 12:33 PM

Mr Jeff,
Did you know that if you spin the old smog pump backwards it would draw in more clean air / fuel in ?

Mike Delahanty · 08-04-2015, 01:27 PM

If you don't want to mess with the oil theres the "sterno" trick that was allegedly used by one of the Toyota Teams to qualify for the Daytona 500. A jelly like substance that was enriched with a power enhancing chemical was applied to the inside of the air cleaner element. The plot fell apart after the sudden increase in speed by the car led curious tech inspectors to the alleged jelly still present in the intake manifold.

kansas stocker · 08-04-2015, 01:34 PM

I seem to remember that this trick worked best with Pennzoil.
Maybe that was nitrous instead of Nitro.
I'm old you know.
Pete

James Perrone · 08-04-2015, 01:53 PM

Cheating only if u get caught funny thing is I got pulled for piston and rod. And was only one of 3 cars to pass. Lol was runny3 quarts of royal purple was told when you cross finish Line shut it off. Glad it wasn't my motor it works

Jeff Stout · 08-04-2015, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Goldman

A 1/4 Midget racer I used to weld chassis for told me they did it for years !
The tracks finally used a A/C leak detector to sniff the oil , it would pick up the nitro same as a freon leak !

This. When I was the VP Fuel rep in AZ I would be the filling station for the go cart nationals on dirt. The carts would have to come up with a dry fuel tank and unscrew oil cap. If tank was dry I could fill with spec fuel and the AC sniffer was put in oil hole. A couple of tanks were wet and some of the motors had something in oil that sniffer picked up. They were removed from line and sent back to correct. Funny when they came back everything was good to go.

Larry Hill · 08-04-2015, 02:53 PM

James every red light has a price! Its never a free lunch.

treessavoy · 08-04-2015, 06:36 PM

I like to soak my air cleaners in nitro so the fumes are pulled into the carbs as soon as I hit the throttle, air cleaners catch on fire every so often but it looks good going thru the lights with fire shooting out from under the hood.

JimR

08-03-2015, 07:16 PM	#11
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 389 Times in 168 Posts	Re: Soup up trick. I would be afraid to try that. Besides, it is cheating. A guy doing that would not have actually won anything anyway. Just screwed some people. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

08-04-2015, 07:26 AM	#12
Paul Merolla Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Papillion, NE Posts: 596 Likes: 194 Liked 232 Times in 57 Posts	Re: Soup up trick. Amazing how a couple of posts can suck the fun right out of a thread....Ed, this was supposed to be "tongue in cheek"! Notice the winking smiley face on Jeff's first post?

08-04-2015, 12:32 PM	#13
Tom Goldman VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Allentown,PA Posts: 2,436 Likes: 776 Liked 700 Times in 204 Posts	Re: Soup up trick. A 1/4 Midget racer I used to weld chassis for told me they did it for years ! The tracks finally used a A/C leak detector to sniff the oil , it would pick up the nitro same as a freon leak ! __________________ Tom Goldman 1500 SG , 1506 STK

08-04-2015, 12:33 PM	#14
DonatoEng Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Milford, MI Posts: 146 Likes: 11 Liked 8 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Soup up trick. Mr Jeff, Did you know that if you spin the old smog pump backwards it would draw in more clean air / fuel in ? __________________ John Donato Stk / SS 3435

08-04-2015, 01:27 PM	#15
Mike Delahanty VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,180 Likes: 0 Liked 226 Times in 37 Posts	Re: Soup up trick. If you don't want to mess with the oil theres the "sterno" trick that was allegedly used by one of the Toyota Teams to qualify for the Daytona 500. A jelly like substance that was enriched with a power enhancing chemical was applied to the inside of the air cleaner element. The plot fell apart after the sudden increase in speed by the car led curious tech inspectors to the alleged jelly still present in the intake manifold. __________________ Been racing Stock and S/S cars since 1973.

08-04-2015, 01:34 PM	#16
kansas stocker Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: kansas Posts: 230 Likes: 419 Liked 234 Times in 44 Posts	Re: Soup up trick. I seem to remember that this trick worked best with Pennzoil. Maybe that was nitrous instead of Nitro. I'm old you know. Pete Last edited by kansas stocker; 08-04-2015 at 01:37 PM.

08-04-2015, 01:53 PM	#17
James Perrone VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LONG ISLAND N.Y. Posts: 1,596 Likes: 2,932 Liked 1,610 Times in 377 Posts	Re: Soup up trick. Cheating only if u get caught funny thing is I got pulled for piston and rod. And was only one of 3 cars to pass. Lol was runny3 quarts of royal purple was told when you cross finish Line shut it off. Glad it wasn't my motor it works __________________ james perrone 1290 STK

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Larry Hill Live Reporter Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hickory, Ky Posts: 10,278 Likes: 1,636 Liked 9,456 Times in 1,957 Posts	Re: Soup up trick. James every red light has a price! Its never a free lunch. __________________ IHM Used Parts https://ihmusedparts.com 888-821-1817

08-04-2015, 06:36 PM	#20
treessavoy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dunnellon,FL Posts: 1,103 Likes: 0 Liked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Soup up trick. I like to soak my air cleaners in nitro so the fumes are pulled into the carbs as soon as I hit the throttle, air cleaners catch on fire every so often but it looks good going thru the lights with fire shooting out from under the hood. JimR __________________ Jim Rountree