Originally Posted by
Kevin Boyle
Rick,
The engine that Ryan was using in the YouTube video was that the 2 or 3 needle carb ?
Some people on this thread have said the engine can not go longer than 7 minutes. I have explained that there are many factors that go in into fuel milage. With that being said, I know the engine has been revised, tweaked and improved from the Worlds. My question is when did off the shelf engine go out for testing? And what has been the reported average fuel window of the Team drivers? I know some of us are not smooth on the throttle and others are so the fuel milage that I am looking for is a ball park.
Thaniks
Kevin Boyle
hope to be 1st in line when the engine comes out.
The fuel window is anywhere from 8 - 12 minutes depending on which pro guy is driving it.
I don't know which carb or restrictor he was using. Ryan is the kind of guy who wants to feel power and is reluctant to restrict the engine power with a smaller carb insert. He will get less run time.
I don't think his pit crew is confident in his ability to make long run times which means he comes in early on his first stop which sets the tone for the rest of the race. In buggy at Columbus, he came in two laps earlier than Tebo on stop 1, but then they stopped after an equal number of laps the rest of the race.
I was told that in Truggy, his pit man was not sure how much fuel he had left so he had to err on the side of caution and stop earlier to be safe.
The best part of this whole project has been proving that our group can make a good engine. It is a good feeling when drivers who are not required to run a Reedy engine are dropping their RB, GRP, and OS sponsorships so they can run it.