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Old 03-10-2008 | 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Tony Newland
With one weekend of testing I increased runtime on a 7 port by 1:30 minutes in vegas over stock.... just takes some knowledgable tuning, nothing special.... I doubt an out of the box 'any' motor would make the 11+ minutes you have to run in vegas to go without a pit.

There's dozens of variables that play into the runtime external of the engine...driver has a ton to do with it

I've got well over 10 mins on a 50+sec/lap open tracks all over the country with my Vspec...and thats at a good tune, not leaning it to meltdown. There's no 'miracle' engine, never has been, never will be. Practice tuning with a bit leaner bottom than most, a low idle and you'll find your not at WOT nearly as much as running a rich bottom / lean top like most everyone runs.
thanks tony!!! but there are magic pipes !!!
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