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Re: 2 bar map sensor
Steve Cole of TTS power systems does lingenfelter's cals.
Mark
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From: John_Calabrese@ENGELHARD.COM <John_Calabrese@ENGELHARD.COM>
To: gmecm@diy-efi.org <gmecm@diy-efi.org>
Date: Friday, February 04, 2000 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: 2 bar map sensor
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>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!!
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> I saw two of these trucks in Car & Driver. Very nice. One was from
> Nebraska (more looks) and one from a school that Started with a
"C" I
> think..... (name of school was on the truck, it was also helped by
> Lieningfelter (sp?) Engineering)
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> All in all very nice work from both schools. I would have liked to
have
> seen all the trucks that were in the contest.
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