The Counterfeiter
Nitro Member
Since we have a couple of months with nothing to do, I'd like to revisit this.
I've had a chance to talk to a couple of fuel drivers and crew chiefs about swapping a complete fresh motor into cars between rounds and was told that the motors take a "set" and need to be rebuilt using info from the previous round to adjust parameters (jetting, compression etc.) But, if you grenade a motor you are starting from ground zero.
My idea? Build a dyno with a full set of sensors that will simulate an actual race pass. Don't tell me this can't be done - it can.
Then (if you are a multiple car team) run a dozen complete motors through a pass, make adjustments from the telemetry, bolt a fresh clutch pack to each and button em up. And don't tell me that DSR, JFR and Kalitta don't have enough parts to do this. I realize that that atmospheric and traction conditions will change at the track, but there are a lot of adjustments available to crew chiefs to compensate.
If you haven't noticed, there are a number of experienced fuel people signing on - I'd love to hear from some of you why this wouldn't work.
I've had a chance to talk to a couple of fuel drivers and crew chiefs about swapping a complete fresh motor into cars between rounds and was told that the motors take a "set" and need to be rebuilt using info from the previous round to adjust parameters (jetting, compression etc.) But, if you grenade a motor you are starting from ground zero.
My idea? Build a dyno with a full set of sensors that will simulate an actual race pass. Don't tell me this can't be done - it can.
Then (if you are a multiple car team) run a dozen complete motors through a pass, make adjustments from the telemetry, bolt a fresh clutch pack to each and button em up. And don't tell me that DSR, JFR and Kalitta don't have enough parts to do this. I realize that that atmospheric and traction conditions will change at the track, but there are a lot of adjustments available to crew chiefs to compensate.
If you haven't noticed, there are a number of experienced fuel people signing on - I'd love to hear from some of you why this wouldn't work.