your last three replies to this thread have been to me, not the op! Newsflash, this ain't my thread, answer his question or move on!
That said, I know what I know and what I know is my stuff is both quicker and faster than the OP's, yours and 99% of those that post here and somehow I do it without a pair of -3 hoses and a y block!
Oh and your claim that you met racers that "know" me and call me "Big head Ed" well if true, they obviously ain't friends and clearly jealous of my knowledge and my car's performance like you!
As far as "joining the ranks" I assume you mean the NHRA s***t show where you pay a premium for the privilege to race, yet are treated like red headed step children, forced to park in the weeds and the mud, be ready at a moments notice to race on a track/in conditions not safe and far worse than the typical test/tune day at your local track and best of all, race for purses/$ from the 1970s and we don't have enough bandwidth to go into all those racers who are cheating with illegal engines, body panels, etc. you know, the topics regularly discussed and debated for pages right here.
Yet all some of you care about is seeing to it that DEEP staging stays illegal/not allowed. What a joke!
So those are the ranks you speak of? NO thanks, I'll pass as has most of my friends and competitors over the last 25 years!
Sooooooooo back to the topic... I'm still Still waiting for somebody that claims via pm to the OP, that they have improved their car's performance on the track by just adding this bypass to their regulator, to please enlighten me how a pair of -3 hoses plumbed into a regulator makes additional HP, enough HP to run quicker and faster as evident on the time slip because without it, there is NO quicker 60 foots and ET regardless of what John tells him or you, those without the conviction to post publicly and engage in reasonable dialog stating your OPINION based on your belief and JUSTIFICATION for choosing to spend your $ on a regulator bypass.