Couldn't agree with you more!
One particular engine we mod, I've heard guys getting 10 minutes easily. Another guy gets what I get, around 8.5 minutes. The guys that are getting 10 minutes I noticed are on-road guys that seem to be very smooth on the throttle and smooth around the track...
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.