Originally Posted by
Doctor D
not just tuning, but yea thats a big part. they are on dsmlink i think and thats not something that takes forever to master, and theres plenty of people who can tune just at well as the tuner of that car. theres only so much timing you can add and fuel you can take out. i think they made more hp from choosing parts that work well together and knowing all kinds of little tricks.
Exactly, but i think there are other tricks that got them there.
There is only so much drive train lose you can take out before its not awd anymore....
Also, have any of you heard of pre compressor injection...
http://www.cumminsforum.com/articles...eth/Page1.html
If those numbers are true, im willing to bet they went that route.
You can "physcially" only get so much air thru a certain sized opening.
Running x amount of boost doesnt guarantee x amount of power,
and tuning something to its climax only gives you the max power of the energy from the air available....
Air flow is power potiential; so rationally, they wouldve had to make more power per lb/ min than otherwise possible to achieve those numbers unless they found a way to make the 16g flow more lb/min of air than ever recorded possible or either their dyno was fluked.
Im not saying it cant be done, but its not practical, and im just reading between the lines some instead of being gullable.
But hey that can all be thrown out the window, what matters is what it does at the track....