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Track testing was performed in much worse conditions than our last test of the TE44 and 50-pound injectors. On April 1, 2003, 56 degrees, 40 percent humidity, and a minus-725-foot density altitude allowed the big Buick to post a 12.39 at 110.30 miles an hour. When we tested the MPE intercooler on August 25, 2003, the temp climbed to 84 degrees, humidity reached 87 percent, and the density altitude was over 2400 feet. And since we must obey the stricter noise requirements now in place at Raceway Park, the dump pipe must remain closed. We've seen over 7 horses at the wheels with it open on SLP's dyno, so we know we left some on the table during drag testing. With the same 4-pound launch, 1.80 60-foot time, and 24-pound max boost, we turned in a 12.34 ET at 109.33. And although they're not the numbers that we would be reporting in cooler air, it is a better ET in horrible conditions. When fall comes and brings cooler air with it, we see three tenths being slashed off of the Buford's ET.
Mease Performance's Intercooler - Super Stocker

 Track testing was performed in much worse conditions than our last test of the TE44 and 50-pound injectors. On April 1, 2003, 56 degrees, 40 percent humidity, and a minus-725-foot density altitude allowed the big Buick to post a 12.39 at 110.30 miles an hour. When we tested the MPE intercooler on August 25, 2003, the temp climbed to 84 degrees, humidity reached 87 percent, and the density altitude was over 2400 feet. And since we must obey the stricter noise requirements now in place at Raceway Park, the dump pipe must remain closed. We've seen over 7 horses at the wheels with it open on SLP's dyno, so we know we left some on the table during drag testing. With the same 4-pound launch, 1.80 60-foot time, and 24-pound max boost, we turned in a 12.34 ET at 109.33. And although they're not the numbers that we would be reporting in cooler air, it is a better ET in horrible conditions. When fall comes and brings cooler air with it, we see three tenths being slashed off of the Buford's ET.  View Related Article

 

 

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