Originally Posted by
stefan
Hi Brent,
we have raised the sleeve on a Torque by 0.1 and 0.2 mm in order to gain top end.
We did, but it hurt the fuel consumption.
I rather gear the Piccos a bit longer than Novas to get the same top speed.
What also helped to gain some revs w/o hurting fuel consumption is using the Nova medium conical header with the Picco 2033 pipe.
My son is still running with a pretty smooth gas finger (will probably be spoiled soon) and he makes 5 minutes with the Torque, doing the same lap times as other people who run NR Flash and only make 3:30.
This has given us the edge in several races this year and I will try to conserv that advantage as long as possible.
Once he is going completely "point & shoot" and won't make the 5 min anymore, I will start modding the Torque towards top end...
raising the sleeve timing, did it hurt the bottom end at all?
What are your thoughts of this Picco TQ .21 compared to the 35Plus21 engines? I am a drag racer and fuel consumption is not a concern of mine rather just having an engine with TONS of bottom end grunt and mid range. My current Kangaroo has been 90.2 MPH from a dead stop up to 132' pass which is ballistic for that short of a distance.
Thanks to all for your input.