Unofficial results - Fordboy will be posting the exact numbers to base your contributions on - BUT -
After reeling in a major oil leak - brought about by nothing short of my misunderstanding of how seals are supposed to work - hey, I'm still a student - and a three hour round trip from Gurnee, Illinois to Cicero Avenue on Chicago's South Side in order to get seals that actually lived up to their title, it appears as though I've got a 99.1 hp motor.
That elusive number - 100 - just isn't going to happen. But we do have a 4.2% increase. On an engine that was compromised by antiquated design parameters the day the ink dried on the blueprints, I'm calling this year's work a success.
Once Fordboy has the sheets sorted and indexed, he will be posting up the numbers here and on the Milwaukee Midget build diary. None of this is proprietary info, and I'm willing to share any sheets we've created in association with this build, so don't hesitate to ask.
Here's a photo of this year's curve along with last year's . . .
We're up on torque across the board, and that 7100 rpm dip that was just so difficult to pull out of has been fixed. Last year, it was all I could do to get the Midget up to a competitive speed by the 2 mile marker. It was still accelerating, although very slowly, between the 2 and the 3. While this graph doesn't show it, there is substantially more power in the 6500-7000 range. This should make the car more driveable, and hopefully take the Midget to terminal velocity quicker. Then, just hold, take a deep breath, relax, and let it cruise until the three.
In short, it will need to be driven like a 3 mile drag car, and it will be a lot easier to do that this year.
Just a huge "thank you" to all who will be making contributions based on these results. This site is a resource for the LSR community that would be sorely missed, and your contributions keep it going.
SEE YOU ON THE SALT!