thanks - working hard to speed this along, after all the years of talking about it, now that we are finally doing it
it's hard sometimes though to stay positive, what with a few sour grapes calling us "unscrupulous" and accusing us of "ripping off" a design, even though it has NOTHING in common with what we are doing - but, we know the truth, and soon enough, so will everyone else
it's also hard not to skip steps - but, we want to make sure it's complete and safe to run
that's why we have always said we would start with a tight engine - we didn't want to start with a tired one, develop the power and boost, and then stick it on a tight engine and watch it blow up
that's why we are working so hard to retain the factory cooling system
that's why we are taking the extra steps to build an airbox
that's why we are reinforcing some components we know already fail on a normally aspirated engine, and would certainly fail in time with a supercharger
that's why i am developing this on my own car, and not somebody else's - we were going to do this on another test mule, but after thinking about it, i figured if i'm not willing to risk my own engine in doing this, how can i expect anybody else to step up? this also speeds up the process, since i won't have to keep R&Ring the system and shipping it back and forth across the country
i'm returning the car to stock for this - i'll do before and after tests - i'm not just doing dyno runs either - i'm going to do 0-60 runs, 1/4 mile runs (if i can find a safe place to do it), and i'm going to show real gear by gear acceleration runs (i.e. 4th gear 40-60, etc) - i'll also be showing intake temps, cooling system temps, yada yada - this will give a very real representation of what it does, and hopefully answer a lot of questions before they are asked
so, i'll just ignore the sour grapes - nobody really listens to them anyway - i'll stay positive and focused on the goal
lol - i am SO looking forward to hershey this year
