Re: E85 Trucks

[Rex Weatherford <rex.weatherford@terraglyph.com>]

John_Calabrese@ENGELHARD.COM wrote:
> 
> yep, we placed third, and neither of those trucks placed higher.  They were
> chosen cause one got the best paint job, and the other had lingenfelter build
> their engine,  while no one except GMI students built ours.  It is a very sore
> point with us, how GM, the media, and argonne nat'l labs screwed us and the rest
> of the teams by telling us there was this C&D article on us......
> 
> As a matter of fact, the lingentfelter twin turbo 5.7 liter cedarville truck ran
> 15.3 in 1/4 mile at the competition (anyone can install an engine, but it's
> something special when youcan modify the calibrationsto make it run right!)..
> Our 4.8-L, stock cam, compression&heads, with a 8psi s-trim vortech and no
> intercooler ran 15.5, right on their heels.  you just gotta get into those
> cals:).  I do have to say, that I cannot tell anyone how to get in there, but if
> you do, I'm sure I can suggest what changes to make!!
> 
>  

I had a feeling that these were the "media" trucks.  They look nice, but
may not have been the best (Nebraska's esp!)

Anyway good JOB!

Rex Weatherford
Always looking for Quad4 help.  ;^)
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