pro stock showdown from Vegas live (and sportsmen testing too)

[hemidup]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Must be leaving a bit soft.

A 1.40 60' ?....I'd blame the tuner. His chassis builder is top notch in my book.

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Im betting he didnt spin past 8k on the dyno either

Could be wrong, just saying.......

Originally Posted by hemidup

A 1.40 60' ?....I'd blame the tuner. His chassis builder is top notch in my book.

[hemidup]

Originally Posted by drooze

Im betting he didnt spin past 8k on the dyno either

Could be wrong, just saying.......

8 grand? Quit it!, quit it!, quit it!!!!!.....Trust me. Espeically if your engine was put together anywheres close to our's and you trust your supplied DP engine without a complete tear down and blue print re-assembly, your engine may not make it to Pomona.

I'm sure I'll get flamed, probably BIG time, but I'm not at all impressed with Stanton Racing or Diamond piston's at this point. I'd like to know what Stanton got paid to slap together our DP engine. Maybe they kept the cost down by hiring Wyotech grad's? j/k, however I would of rather had our engine shipped to us in parts.

[davidhuff]

Originally Posted by hemidup

8 grand? Quit it!, quit it!, quit it!!!!!.....Trust me. Espeically if your engine was put together anywheres close to our's and you trust your supplied DP engine without a complete tear down and blue print re-assembly, your engine may not make it to Pomona.

I'm sure I'll get flamed, probably BIG time, but I'm not at all impressed with Stanton Racing or Diamond piston's at this point. I'd like to know what Stanton got paid to slap together our DP engine. Maybe they kept the cost down by hiring Wyotech grad's? j/k, however I would of rather had our engine shipped to us in parts.

Drooze just posted that he is going for 9 grand on the dyno today!WOW!

[Adger Smith]

Hey, Expect nothing less than 9 grand. He is just thinking of it as a large version of those "rice burner" Motor cycles he raced. ;~) HA! Old habits are hard to leave benind, AYE!

[RJ]

Originally Posted by davidhuff

Drooze just posted that he is going for 9 grand on the dyno today!WOW!

Yeah, it must not have been anywhere near peaking at 8000 grand - LOL

[RJ]

Originally Posted by hemidup

I'm sure I'll get flamed, probably BIG time, but I'm not at all impressed with Stanton Racing or Diamond piston's at this point.

Why would you get flamed in either case? -

1. Why would Chyzler give someone the DP engine project that has proven nothing in drag racing? Going in circles in the dirt is not a horsepower contest. That's one of the reasons why I happen to like drag racing, because there is a m.p.h. reading on the scoreboard, it doesn't lie, and you can't hide from it, you have power or you don't.

2. And regarding Diamond pistons, anyone with piston measuring equipment (99% of the engine builders don't have the proper equipment, very $$$$$), knows they can't cut a flat ring groove, hence why the pro stock guys using their stuff cut their own ring grooves.

[Mack Reeves]

Originally Posted by hemidup

8 grand? Quit it!, quit it!, quit it!!!!!.....Trust me. Espeically if your engine was put together anywheres close to our's and you trust your supplied DP engine without a complete tear down and blue print re-assembly, your engine may not make it to Pomona.

I'm sure I'll get flamed, probably BIG time, but I'm not at all impressed with Stanton Racing or Diamond piston's at this point. I'd like to know what Stanton got paid to slap together our DP engine. Maybe they kept the cost down by hiring Wyotech grad's? j/k, however I would of rather had our engine shipped to us in parts.

I share your feelings!!!! I did learn this week that mine #43 has been at least fired.. Carbon on the ext ports when we took it out of the car. But we are going thru it with a fine tooth comb.... We may screw it up but it will be ours and not his for sure!!!!! I would be afraid to spin it that tight without some MAJOR improvements.. JMO......

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

I lost #3 last night at 3 in the AM at 6700 , everything spot on, just fine tuning the fuel curve and checking.

Lost drivers head and maybe block.

Going through now, still shooting, Ive got a bottom end at home Im going to have counter to counterd air if thats all it took out bottom wise,

Cheers back to work.....

(we also have a plan y and plan z for the motor but....well those are longshots)

Ive got a good block in the SRT8 and Crank.....may pull it....Ill have to send dad back home within the Hour to grab it 24 hrs round trip.....and so forth, leave Mon night, straight through to Pomona....

Still doable.

Cheers

Chris

Originally Posted by Mack Reeves

I share your feelings!!!! I did learn this week that mine #43 has been at least fired.. Carbon on the ext ports when we took it out of the car. But we are going thru it with a fine tooth comb.... We may screw it up but it will be ours and not his for sure!!!!! I would be afraid to spin it that tight without some MAJOR improvements.. JMO......

[W J]

Ahh, a big disappointment for sure....this sport sure sometimes has a way of slowing down your plans and all your hard work.....others losing these things at sub-7000 rpms? WJ