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Originally Posted by kdanner
I'll try to be constructive Jim, it isn't easy with some of your statements here.
Regarding the factory PCM, you've stated that lack of RPM is a problem and I'm sure it is. You know there is plenty of EFI on the approved list which does not have that RPM problem. Not using the best available parts is simply not a good strategy.
Going by your own numbers given in your posts above, you're saying the 5.4/4.0 can only run 8.30, but you've got the 5.4/TVS running 8.24. So, much like Daren has already asked you, why clamor for this combination to be legal? Why spend a dime on it if it can't even run with the 5.4/TVS? I don't expect anyone to actually believe the TVS is quicker than the 4.0, but that is what you are claiming here.
After some of your latest statements here, I can't help but be reminded of Fun Ford Weekend, something like 15 years ago. They had a truck class that the rules were pretty wide open other than just being a Ford truck. You came in and started in wanting the rules changed so that they favored your Lightning customers. You didn't like the little Rangers with engine swaps and transbrakes, etc and got on their forums, repeatedly making statements to the effect that those vehicles built to the limits of the rules were unfair to your customers. They caved in and you got your way there. I do not believe you will succeed with similar tactics here.
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As far as the factory PCM goes I think it is the best for tuning and yes we are limited by RPM. But we've made it work in the Cobra Jets for almost 10 years now.
The 4.0L is definitely quicker than the 2.3L. Your question to me was the fastest Cobra Jets with the factory PCM maybe I misunderstood but here is the deal. The average through out the season is going to be 8.20-8.30 for a 4.0L car. We are not talking optimum conditions with mineshaft air and a tail wind. I am just speaking in terms of average runs. As for a TVS the Average would be mid 8.40-8.50's.
Fun Ford Weekend, I took over the truck class in 2000. It had an average of 8-10 trucks per race at that time. At the end of 2001 in our Southern races where most of the events were held we would see as many as 50-60 trucks per class and it became FFW's largest class for 9 years in a row. The Majority being Lightning owners. As the only and primary sponsor for that class there were some rule changes made but never to the older vehicles. If you remember the first 5 years either a Ranger won or an older (1976 I believe) F-150 won. Since the birth of that class Trans brakes were never allowed, I just enforced the rule on the 2 Ranger trucks that were cheating and using them. Only because Fun Ford Weekend and myself received multiple complaints from the class participants.
As for the 5.4L 4.0L yes you are right we are never going to get the 4.0L that has been accepted, the fact still remains it was legal and on the books. Then Mike D. pulled it out and did not explain his positions as to why. Maybe because he is a representative of Ford Motor Company he feels he does not need to. The multiple people who own these cars would have liked to have an answer. I hope you can understand that, it is racers in general we are talking about not just me.
Jim D'Amore