paladin said:
Lets cut the guys a little slack here. Its a bit of a tall order to get the other vendors to drop everything for a few days to go to someone else's turf to defend their product. The fact that it was their show in their town of course means they have an easier time of making it to the show
Well said. Just as an fyi, we were hoping to have this done at NSXPO 2003 and had high expectations and commitments from most vendors - but it did not pan out.
As much as we all love to see this test done one day, here is some info perhaps many missed. I am not offering any excuses or even assume that these were the reasons why the others did not show, just observations.
1. Basch/SoS just relocated their shop so I am sure their immediate priorities are elsewhere.
2. Comptech's trailer and Shad were at Infineon racing. Two of their other crew were at the annual S2000 gathering in Elk Grove (south Sacramento). Elk Grove is their turf.
3. If you checked DaliRacing's website, he was on his annual pilgrimage visiting the Oracle for several days.
4. Gery Johnson? Well, I don't know about his details ..... last I read he was flying around the country doing custom instalations/tuning.
Did I leave anyone else out?
Like many of you, I too am patiently waiting to see this day come, and hopefully without any excuses as to whose tuning was not right, whose fuel management malfunctioned, that the local gas is not the same as the one near the shop when the car was tested in the shop, and the clutch was slipping but with a different clutch/plate or whatever the results will be different, who was expecting what part to arrive but the supplier did not send it on time, and the car was setup for this altitude but not that latitude, or the black box developed an unexplainable gremlin on the way ......... Personally, I think half the fun is reading the excuses
But after all the numbers, and Dyno numbers are only numbers, what are we really measuring, what are the bragging rights for?
A. Highest peak HP - now we can argue at what RPM .....
B. Highest low end torque - ditto, everone likes a different RPM when they paid for it
C. Both A and B - for those who can't find their wi$h li$t .......
D. Most usable power under/over the curve - whatever this means ...
E. Fastest quarter mile - let's start a clutch war too while we are at it ......
F. Highest top speed ......... let me know where you are testing this, and let's start a speedo calibration day too .........
G. Fastest to the higest top speed ....... some may be delivering so time is of the essence
H. Numbers good for only one Dyno run after which the engine needs a rebuild but numbers don't lie ..........
I. Most streetable power; must have something with the local "curve" as one's streetability needs will be quite different from others ....
J. Most maintenance free - does it run on battery and if so is it rechargable?
K. Most reliable ............. now that should start a mini WW and keep the forum entertained for weeks.
OK, I have done my damage for the day - all in good humor
