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and the tires are made of rubber .
Yeah , there is this power adder or whatever ’ s driving this thing , but still the goal is to use as much of that power as possible , and get it to the racetrack and accelerate the car . So a lot of the basics are the same and you might hit on something that does cross over , but a lot of times too , I find things that don ’ t , and that ’ s what makes
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it so interesting . I ’ ll often go back maybe , let ’ s say , six or seven years ago to something I tried or we had done . Maybe that didn ’ t work back then with these other five things , but guess what ? These other five variables have now changed , so let ’ s try this setup or component with the new variables we have .
SJ : We recently learned something on a smallblock
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nitrous car that ’ s going to make the “ Shadow ” faster . It ’ s about being able to spot a diamond in the rough , knowing how to put a different cut on it and not chasing the rabbit too far down the hole . You will always see some glimmer of hope , but you have to know when to chase it and know when to stop .
BS : These days , competition is so tough to really stay ahead , you almost can ’ t be locked into one thing . To be up front , it ’ s beneficial to get your feet wet in a lot of cars , different classes , different power adders . The more time at the track , the better you ’ ll be . You can ’ t really get ahead if you ’ re at home . No two cars are the same , but you can still kind of apply something to each as well .
JE : I ’ ve tuned a turbo , saw some trends and this result and I ’ ll say let ’ s try this with a nitrous car . Working with different combos makes you think outside the box and that ’ s what it ’ s about . That ’ s a big part of why I got out of Pro Stock . From the chassis side , there ’ s not a lot of stuff going on and it kind of became monotonous . In Pro Mod , there ’ s so much low-hanging fruit , especially a few years ago . The class has made some huge advancements .
You can take some of these tuning trends in Pro Mod to Top Sportsman to help someone , and I really think you ’ ll start seeing some of these Pro Stock crew chiefs cross over to Pro Mod as well . DI
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PHOTOS : RICK BELDEN , JAMES SISK |