RE: How fast will this Diamond Dust go??
145-150 max level. 155-160 maybe in a dive at the radar gun. I belive in breaking an engine in like you are going to fly it. If yo do it'll be tight and not want to get onto the pipe(full Pipe) with more than a 8X9, might only take a 8X8. After break in a 8X9 will get you some good speed. There are many stories about the covering and Jeff Gilbert say's to use coverite and not Monokote as the Monokote doesn't hold up. That said I've never heard or seen of someone that has actually had the covering come off. I had Monokote on mine for 4 or 5 seasons with no problems. I rebuilt it 3 years ago and sheeted the L.E.'s and still have Monokote on it. I use the flouresent yellow which is a but thicker than the regular monokote and much thicker than the metallic Monokote.