nascrap and the 20 car cheating

I’m getting real tired of people who know nothing about performance engines HARPING about this.
Let me explain in a way most people can understand.
The connecting rod was light by 2.7 grams.
2.7 grams is about the weight of one dime
A racing engine rotating assembly is balanced to tolerances of +or- .02 grams it is preferred to have .00grams +or- . plus the balance engine parts are piston,wrist pin,rings and circlips plus .8 grams for oil.
NASCAR picks one connecting rod out of 1 engine per manufacture at random the 20 car just happened to be that car.
TO HAVE A BALANCED ENGINE EVERY ROD MUST WEIGH THE SAME!!
So if one rod was light they all were for a total of 21.7 grams letting the engine reach high revolutions faster that is not counting the pistons, rings and piston wrist pin's

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Permalink Reply by ScottM on May 2, 2013 at 1:27pm

that 2.7 grams was made up somewhere in order to help balance the rotating assembly. it was not overlooked. it was done on purpose for some reason that is over my head... oh... and who cares????? it was nascar and not SST!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by timothy price on May 2, 2013 at 4:36pm

if ya knew about hi pref. engines you would know it dosnt work that way
and SST starts tomorrow

Permalink Reply by speedy7 on May 2, 2013 at 5:19pm

speaking of SST, wheres the San Diego thread and track lay out thread?...... just asking

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on May 2, 2013 at 5:24pm
go to my who's going thread
Permalink Reply by speedy7 on May 2, 2013 at 6:12pm

thanks MK, saw that link but still no track lay out.....

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on May 2, 2013 at 6:34pm
check out Livestream.com tomorrow for practice and qualifying ;-)

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