Why is Elite struggling? (1 Viewer)

[Nitro Cane]

I’m sure they testing like heck and on the dyno non stop

 

[65 Goatboy]

https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nhra/a64784478/double-lung-transplant-not-stopping-enders-nhra-crew-chief-mark-ingersoll/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_aut&utm_medium=email&date=051525&utm_campaign=nl39892670&oo=&user_email=ceb78d381583f5ed2ffeffc77fc4f3af2891997084f6e01db556807c4ed5114d&GID=ceb78d381583f5ed2ffeffc77fc4f3af2891997084f6e01db556807c4ed5114d&utm_term=AUT_Autoweek_Racing_Daily_Newsletter_HorL

 

[chop]

That really puts things in perspective. So what they are struggling, Mark is alive and doing well.

 

[sammi]

Best wishes to both Mark and Jake.

 

[Nitro Fiend]

Elite has struggled so much this year they didn't even bother to show up in Chicago.

 

[twostep]

Elite has struggled so much this year they didn't even bother to show up in Chicago.

That's what I heard too. I understand they hauled 'em all to a big-tire event somewhere in the OKC area that paid a lot more money.

 

[none]

Pro Stock was not contested in Chicago.

Alan

 

[stoppro]

It was a joke,Alan

 

[none]

I thought that when David posted, wasn't sure when Carl did.

We need a sarcasm button....

Alan

 

[mick]

so by the looks of it, elite has closed the gap. anyone know what is/was really going on?

 

[Fueler1]

so by the looks of it, elite has closed the gap. anyone know what is/was really going on?

I don’t know what is going on, or what they have changed. It does seem that they are with a few hundredths now. But I want to say that Elite is still a few MPH down. I think Hartford ran 214. Feel like Elites best MPH was 211 or 212. Is Elite simply down on HP?

 

[mick]

.......Is Elite simply down on HP?

kb/titan has something. it might be a gray area of rules interpretation. it might not be a gray area. but a month has passed
and there seems to be a gain by elite, but not to the point of equaling or surpassing kb/titan. there was even a big meeting supposedly about it.
it is interesting to watch to say the least.

 

[Fueler1]

kb/titan has something. it might be a gray area of rules interpretation. it might not be a gray area. but a month has passed
and there seems to be a gain by elite, but not to the point of equaling or surpassing kb/titan. there was even a big meeting supposedly about it.
it is interesting to watch to say the least.

Well the rule clarification about 5th gear being 1:1 gear doesn’t seem to have been it.

 

[mick]

Well the rule clarification about 5 gear being 1:1 gear doesn’t seem to have been it.

for sure. i think it's air related, but that's just an uneducated guess.

 

[Fueler1]

for sure. i think it's air related, but that's just an uneducated guess.

Air? Like CO2 system?

 

[mick]

Air? Like CO2 system?

no. ambient air flow.

 

[Fueler1]

no. ambient air flow.

As in Aerodynamic advantage somehow?

 

[mick]

As in Aerodynamic advantage somehow?

no. air moving thru engine.

 

[Fueler1]

no. air moving thru engine.

Aww, so KB found some HP with better flowing heads or intake or something. Makes sense. I think they have more MPH than elite. So it checks out if I’m not mistaken

 

[mick]

Aww, so KB found some HP with better flowing heads or intake or something. Makes sense. I think they have more MPH than elite. So it checks out if I’m not mistaken

i don't pretend to know anything. it's all just an uneducated guess. yes, i think they found something. maybe its air related, maybe its not.
there are other factors that could just as easily be involved....... i think frank bradley said one time, an engine is just a big air pump.