Hey guys...
I just wanted to post my experience with JS engine from this past weekend's Pro Series race at Blue Diamond.
To start off with, I've been running a EB Full Modded Ninja JX the past couple months. I absolutely love that engine and have nothing bad to say about it other than it's probably a little touchy and can be difficult to drive on loose surfaces. Dropping a JS engine in, and it being a sample (not a production engine), I was a little skeptical on pulling out a JX.
I have to say, I couldn't be more happy that I put that engine in my car. Setup was in my 8ight 2.0B... Drake and Truhe's normal clutch setup with steel flywheel, 7mm restrictor, and a Dynamite 086 pipe. To my big surprise, the very first tank on the track with Ed timing, we got 9:50 before it ran out of gas. That was with the engine big time rich. We didn't get to do another timed run after tuning as practice was picking up and traffic was heavy.
The engine is super super smooth and very easy to drive. I know it made me faster cuz the car was much easier to handle.
I was lucky enough to get to run against Billy Fischer and we ran head to head all weekend long. Billy's best run only beat me by 5 seconds on the clock and we hot lapped within .008 seconds of eachother. The engine can run with the best. I qualified 2nd on the grid behind Billy, but unfortunately didn't get to finish the main. I had a carbon clutch shoe break causing the clutch to seize.
The JS that I ran was just a Race Prepped engine. It also has over 100 dyno runs on it and I'm sure some of those pulls have seen over 40k rpm. It's also not modded in any way shape or form. It's the basic way the engine would come out of the package. I cannot wait to test an engine that's fully modded.
Sorry for rambling guys. I'm pumped about the new engine and Ed is working his tail off to make sure the final product is perfect. You will not be disappointed.