Hell yeah he does

Well said, and when he saw it was only 55lb of too.

Does you tube make Santa Claus real?

Problem is its not a true happy expression when he knows his dynos a piece of crap dynocom.

@@MrJermbob why and in what way are dynocoms “crap” in your opinion?

Just turned it up a tiny bit

aussie fans woo woo

They're only revs! 😮😅

The fact that he’s so open and shows how it’s all done, mistakes included is amazing. It takes an honest man to show his mistakes instead of editing them out.

Who else is there to compare to …Nelson racing engines ?

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I mean he always knew 5000 horsepower has been made through it just nobody ever beats them up on the dyno that hard when they take it to the track and use even more

LOL

There is only one way to be fast, and that is to work on your stuff. All those who have won Drag Week, Sick Week etc. does the exact same. That's the main reason why running in the big tyre classes is so expensive and time consuming.

Imagine if he built a single row of an SMX and put it in 4cylinder drag racing with 4.7L. K series have been seen at 12Krpm, but imagine the torque of a almost 5L 4 cylinder...

You can't everything has to be checked daily, different plugs, methanol.... Nobody is driving across the country with one.

@@brawndothirstmutilator5863 well the us is 3000mile wide and you can drive maybe 4000miles on an engine like that. you would need lots of oil and plugs, sure but it is possible.

@@brawndothirstmutilator5863 A bunch of people put hundreds of miles per day on the same engine and others that are similar. Raceweek can be over 1000 miles for the entire event. Finnegan has driven Blasphemy across the country and that is a hemi which has proven to be unreliable vs. the SMX that is built for this purpose. What about methanol? This engine runs on 93 pump gas. Different plugs....yes, no problem. It is a $100,000 engine. They change and check plugs all the time. Valve adjustment doesn't change much, but they do check it often and change it for running on the street. They race, then take the spud out of the fuel pump and switch to 93 octane and lash the valves for the street and then run hundreds of miles to the next track. This is the entire reason he builds the SMX. He has even said that there are promod engines that can make more power than his and better choices for a slower street car, but if you want to run 6 second or even 5 second quarter mile runs and be able to drive to the next track without constantly having problems with the engine, then this is what you need.

It is rated for a lot more torque than he is putting out. I wonder why it won't load up enough to let the car do its thing all the way.

@@--_DJ_-- most likely the engine is overpowering the Dyno

​@@--_DJ_--pretty sure the dynos rated for 9k hp, 14k ftlb

@@ionstorm66 I found no HP rating at all and if I recall correctly, 5000 ft.lbs was what it is rated for. I looked it up a while ago on their website for whatever reason.

@@edmahonejr.9364 It isn't even close by the numbers, but maybe that is just how they work once they get to 100% load. I have no idea.

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Yep, that’s why Chance Converters had to come up with a one of a kind converter. Name another 3700 lb car with 4000 HP and a torque converter! It’s truly a one of a kind car.

@@danmyers9372 Mullet

That's an idea but I don't think it would ever work in a street application. Would be cool though 👍

Nah. When you run this stuff, you are more than fine doing all the base stuff and drivability on the hub, then you tune the rest outside. Chassis dynos are hard on parts.

always see the fueltech guys sweating their rings out in suits for the big power

I think he’s riding with Jason in the cowboy up nova. The orange nova that he just put an smL in.

@@jasonburke3064, I remember him saying something about it, now that you mention it. It's cool looking forward to sick week then and seeing it run up against the baddies there

I think he went 540 just because that was the block and crank he had available to use.

@@danmyers9372, well the 572 he had before (currently in Cleet's Mullet), had thin top ringlands and he actually hurt it that way the first time he rebuilt it (the time before the 8 Rod Scramble). He said he had to re-engineer it to make the 572 as reliable as the 540. my guess is he decided it wasn't worth the size difference so went 540. This was all detailed in a video as he's always saying

I'm pretty sure the SMX can spin 10.5K...which is awesome

10.5k??? Not for long 540+ cubic inches will have rod failure and holes in the block. The heads aren't designed for that rpm. Valves would need to be moved to get the V E for 10500+ rpm.

With the 200 CI Inline 6 I'm betting

We had same wagon, it was a 🐌

The 2 smaller throttle bodies have a better lower end than a single large. The crescent is less surface area as it cracks open. That's why they make oval throttle bodies. Also why a lot of the burnout guys that run top fuel hats plug some of the runners, with them all it has too much air to idle/low speed well. A top fuel/funny car doesn't ever need part throttle.

This is a street car, so drivability matters when he is doing hundreds of miles at a time while pulling a trailer on the highways.

If I was in PA vs CA I would be there! 🤣

Yes. That new rear-end should have it under control

At 3700 lbs, that will be tough. But I'll definitely be watching him try! This stuff is amazing.

I'm pretty certain Tom Bailey has already done that, but his isn't a heavy station wagon body.

That is a far cry from my grandmother's wagon that was the same, just blue in color. If she was still alive, she would laugh at seeing what a monster his car is...........granted the only thing that is sort of stock is the body/shell. More like a stock 90's wagon set on top of a promod car.

Very interesting question 🤔

Of greater concern than the surface finishes is how the measuring equipment is impacted. The Resolution of the gages should be at least 10 times more precise than what they are attempting to meaasure!

Thank you kindly!