Untold story of SPC #51 in 3/07 C&D article

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AND, LASTLY, MY REPLY TO PETER:

HI PETER,

JUST A COMMENT OR TWO. ROUSH ISN'T TO BLAME FOR THE FILTER SCREENS. THEY WERE MY IDEA AND ROUSH PRODUCED THEM PRIMARILY FOR SHOW CARS AS PROTECTION AGAINST FOREIGN SUBSTANCES FALLING INSIDE THE STACKS AND FOR PEOPLE, LIKE MYSELF, WHO LIKED THE LOOK OF THE OPEN STACKS AND ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE POWER LOSS FOR THE LOOK. YES, I DID ASK THAT FOR THEM TO DYNO AN ENGINE WITH THE SCREENS BUT IT WASN'T A PRIORITY AND THEY EVENTUALLY GOT AROUND TO IT. I FIGURED THERE WAS A POWER LOSS EVEN BEFORE THE DYNO RESULTS BUT NOT HOW MUCH. EVEN SO, IF WE HAD MORE TIME TO PREPARE MY CAR FOR THE TRACK, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF AND REPLACED THE SCREENS WITH THE FILTERS. YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING TOO RICH AT HIGH RPM - WHICH IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM THE RESTRICTIVE SCREENS. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE DYNO TEST AND AMOUNT OF POWER LOSS IN A REPLY FROM DENNIS OLTHOFF TO AN E-MAIL I SENT A BUNCH OF INTERESTED PEOPLE WITH THE PRELIMINARY C & D TEST RESULTS - AND THE ROUSH DYNO TESTS WERE ONLY RUN A WEEK OR SO BEFORE. WE DIDN'T CONSULT WITH ROUSH OR DENNIS ABOUT ENGINE PREPARATION BEFORE TESTS. THAT WAS TOO BAD BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TOLD US TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT OIL STARVATION WITH A WET SUMP. DENNIS HAD PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROBLEM ON TRACK CARS AND HE USES A DIFFERENT PAN FOR THE TRACK. ROUSH DEVELOPED A NEW PAN FOR THE GT-40 WHICH IS NOW USED ON THE NEWER COUPES AS WELL. APPARENTLY IT IS A "BETTER" PAN. THEN TOO, THE Z06 IS A DRY SUMP. BOTTOM LINE, I AM TO BLAME FOR THE FILTER SCREENS, NOT ROUSH.

RON