Thanks all, JoeA nailed it though. Ali, I'm so proud of your accomplishments. And on a 12 to boot.
Since everyone takes everything with the grain of salt, my program has been in the making since 2002 when I started racing LSR. Ali, I started with a 40hp tuneup and have kept changing things from there. Small steps are wonderful, but I'm not interested in small hp gains or small mph gains. My goals are lofty, 240 on the juice. There are certain physics requirements to attain that and I would like to do it while I'm still alive. I just watched Modern Marvels on the History channel last night where they showed Fast machines. I watched a jet hydroplane go over 300mph on the water and the guy spent his entire life trying to do it. My life timeline is shorter than his. So major changes are needed and small steps just won't cut it. I didn't get to run on nitrous Saturday only 2 motor runs. Sunday was the only run and I wasn't going for broke, it just happened that way.
For the record, I am going back to tried and true proven items like my stock cases, Kendall oil and my old crank. If Royal Purple, wants to invest in my motors, I will continue to test their products along with Rick Stetsons cases and Jay's cranks.
Rick has been doing these cases for years and DaveO used them exclusively. Royal Purple has been around for years and many racers use the oil. No nitrous boys that I know of and I'm not sure any turbo boys either but it is a proven synthetic oil. Jay knows how to make cranks and I only use Jay at APE for my cranks. My old crank is an APE crank.
As I said earlier, I think it was a combinations of events that happened and I don't have the resources to continue trying these items again. I wil stick to what I know works for me and my program with my tuneup on my bike.
Just because I feel these items didn't work for me, don't apply my unscientific quantifications to your program.
And for those of you that went fast at Loring, an 18mph tailwind on a 1.5 mile track was awesome. Can't wait for another shot at it.
Guy
