ORIGINAL: JohnP2
I will say this: I was actually taken aback with respect to how many folks (here in Texas) are running a ''clocked'' engine. As noted, at least 90% of the guys at my track have one modified from his shop. To that end, I understand my track is going to begin offering modified engine services, and with all due respect understand it is a commodity (unless Neal has a super-secret formula no one else has, which in all candor could be the case) but as of right now his engines are incredibly prevelant at our track.
With that - to completely hijack my own thread, are modded engines legal by ROAR standards? i.e., do the pros (Tessman, Drake, Tebo, etc.) run modded engines...and if so who does it? The manufacters? Or, are there any ''top'' drivers running clocked engines?
we have multiple tracks setup as dealers ...
we are the third largest retailer of Novarossi engines in North America right behind A-Main Hobbies, and all of them are sold as modifieds.... So yes, there is a pile of our engines out there
and I do like to believe what we do is quite different then what is and has been offered by the modding industry in the past and present......someone starting out in the industry would have a huge task in front of them to produce engines at the level we do....Not only in understanding, but also in the custom tooling and test equipment we use and have developed...Even having one of our current engines to work from it would still be quite the challenge to first understand then even harder to replicate what we do..... And I do not mean that to sound smug or arrogant, but it is what it is........
And yes over the years I have modified dozens of engines for the Pro's....However I will never pay someone to run my engines, so you will never see any of my engines being listed by the top Pro's.....If a pro runs my engines they have paid me full price for the engine and usually will keep it secret that they are running a modified engine....But ever wonder why some of the pro's "Stock" engines run so hard ?
... Some of them are not only running a modified engine, but they also run higher then 30% nitro............
I forgot to ask...which track do you run at ?