Continuation of Thread: Drag race - Kirkham 65 side-oiler vs Ferrari 458 Italia

[tommygold]

CD -- Yeah all that kind of stuff is off limits. There are a variety of software upgrades that would let me humiliate Blitz rather than merely embarrass him badly. And my Ferrari guys wanted to take stuff out of the car to reduce the weight. I'm sure we could put in better spark plugs, etc. All of that is a physical (or near physical, in the case of the ECU software) change to the car; none of that is allowed. I do think there is at least a 25% chance that we'll find out that Blitz's shop did change his car by putting in better carburetors or something and he's just going to forfeit; my investigative team is working on that. -Tom

[CobraDan]

Tom & Dan,
You know none of this would have to be so cutthroat if the bet was for charity or only for bragging rights. You wanted to know how a guy in Florida knew people on ClubCobra from Ohio, California, and New York, it’s because we have always been for charity.

[Mdman352]

Originally Posted by tommygold

CD -- Yeah all that kind of stuff is off limits. There are a variety of software upgrades that would let me humiliate Blitz rather than merely embarrass him badly. And my Ferrari guys wanted to take stuff out of the car to reduce the weight. I'm sure we could put in better spark plugs, etc. All of that is a physical (or near physical, in the case of the ECU software) change to the car; none of that is allowed. I do think there is at least a 25% chance that we'll find out that Blitz's shop did change his car by putting in better carburetors or something and he's just going to forfeit; my investigative team is working on that. -Tom

Alls fair in love and war...and drag racing

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by tommygold

I do think there is at least a 25% chance that we'll find out that Blitz's shop did change his car by putting in better carburetors or something and he's just going to forfeit; my investigative team is working on that. -Tom

Assuming that Keith Craft built and dyno'ed Dan's engine, I would think the carbs that were originally installed are still there, though they were leaking. The numbers from the rear wheel dyno that Dan did recently (550 RWHP) appear to support the flywheel dyno numbers (apprx. 720 HP) that were done when "otomix" purchased the engine from KC.

So, my unsupported speculative opinion is that the carbs weren't changed and that any tuning done was to get the carbs to work like they did when they left KC's shop at the time the engine was originally built.