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RealTuners Radio Episode 36 – X275 Rock Stars

If you’re into x275, listen to John Keesey talk about what it takes to win the class at the prestigious Lights Out event at South Georgia Motorsports Park!

Then, around the 1:06 mark, listen to Ryan Milliken talk about what it takes to be competitive in that same class with Cummins Diesel power – a truly amazing discussion about diesel drag racing, these guys face completely different challenges than us spark-ignited folks.

A great episode worth a listen!!

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RealTuners Radio – Episode 35 – Cody Bruce, Eric Yost, Lights Out 9

Tonight’s guest:  Cody Bruce from Nano Nitrous takes questions about their unique approach to Nitrous tech.  Eric Yost calls in during qualifying at Lights Out 9 at South Georgia Motorsports Park.  Barry Cook updates us on his progress at that same event, and the usual commentary from audience and regular hosts.

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RealTuners Radio Episode 34 – Dan Parker

RealTuners Radio Episode 34 tonight at 8pm Central!
Our Guest is Dan Parker, a racer aiming to be the quickest and fastest… without eyesight!

 

Dan has an amazing story, is a fabricator, shop teacher, RealTuners Radio listener, and drag racing safety advocate. This should be a cool chat!

Dan has a fundraiser site at:
https://www.gofundme.com/helping-a-fellow-racer

Dan’s Facebook Page is here Tragedy To Triumph Racing

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RealTuners Radio Episode 32 – Random Audience Questions!

2 hours of live questions from the listeners!!  We cover all sorts of topics again in this one.  Grab a wrench and start the show!  Or kick back and relax with your favorite drink – even if it’s peach margarita in a can – and enjoy!

 

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RealTuners Radio Episode 31 – Jeff Stacy from Aeromotive

This is a great episode to learn about Fuel Systems from one of the top manufacturers in the world.  Jeff covers a ton of great questions from the audience tonight.  Check them out at www.aeromotiveinc.com!

Jeff also happens to work with Larry Larson and spends some time talking about his experiences at No Prep and endurance events like Rocky Mountain Race Week and Drag Week!

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RealTuners Radio – Episode 28 – Chad Reynolds from Bangshift.com discusses Sponsorships

An interesting discussion tonight on the topic of “sponsorships” both from the Racer’s perspective, and that of the sponsors themselves.  Did you know what we’re looking for when we consider sponsorships this time of year?  Learn here!!   Great laid back discussion with the guys over the Holidays.  Hope you all had a good Holiday!  Back to the grind!

RealTuners Radio Episode 27: Airflow!

Caleb Newman from Performance Design talks intake design. Chad Speier from Speier Racing Heads discusses port design, finish, etc. Yet another great show, if you’re thinking about designing your own intake you should listen to this whole episode!

RealTuners Radio Episode 26 – Cale Aronson of Black Magic Clutches

Great 2.5 hours of content tonight talking all sorts of clutch tuning with Cale Aronson of Black Magic Clutches. Also good discussion about his accident and safety related to what he’s learned from it. Thanks Cale for another great show!!

RealTuners Radio Episode 25: SBE REcords

It’s PRI season!  Half our guys are in Indy but the other half, welcome Neil Richards from Horsepower Solutions, holders of the current SBE (“Stock Bottom End”) LS record set this past month at the Las Vegas Streetcar Supernationals.

We also talk about wastegates, blowoff valves and when they’re needed in both turbo and centrifugally supercharged applications.  Then we have a discussion on crankcase evac and pressure monitoring.

Congrats guys on our 25th 2-hour episode!

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RealTuners Radio Episode 24 – More Chassis Discussion

AWESOME show with Eric Yost of Customs By Biggun, a guy with tons of experience in everything from Cup Car building and tuning to Drag Week and Rocky Mountain Race Week class winners, and the Tooth Jerker!

Definitely listen to this episode if you’re wondering about chassis setup for your drag car.  Eric does not disappoint!!  Thanks again Mr Yost!

RealTuners Radio Episode 23 – Chassis Talk

We bring in Jason Terrell of Tin Soldiers to talk about chassis fabrication and tuning.  This is an awesome episode!  Happy Thanksgiving to all of you from our hosts at RealTuners!

Hosts Scott Clark, Scott Evans, Chris Delgado, Ry Klemp

 

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RealTuners Radio Episode 22 – Nov 15 2017

A great episode!!  mainly discussions with Brian Lohnes about the myriad event types he covers in his job as a travelling announcer for some of the biggest national events (NHRA) as well as the most popular independent events (Lights Out, No Mercy, Drag Week).  Lots of insight from this guy!

Then Dave Vasser from Nitrous Outlet joins and covers a ton of nitrous tech, the shortage of 2017, his bottle replacement program and addressing safety issues.  Dave played a big part in elevating safety in the industry, definitely worth listening even for the forced induction crowd!

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RealTuners Radio Episode 21 – “Askholes”

Tons of great discussion on this episode:  Chris Delgado’s success at MIR with “White Rice” – a 6-second all steel car with a 180cid little engine.

Also we discuss our thoughts on knock sensors and using knock detection for different tuning applications, stemming from our disagreement with the HP Academy guys.

Then we complain about Askholes.  What is an Askhole? listen to find out!

RealTuners Radio Episode 19 – Motion Raceworks Record Setting 7 second pass

We spend most of the night talking about Doug and Andy Cook’s R&D project vehicle that just broke the record for GM’s LT Gen V engines (the new stuff).  Scott Evans, Tom Sewell, Ry Klemp, SCott Clark, special guest Tony from AES Racing Engines who built Doug’s engine.  We go through details on the entire car and how you go crazy fast on a late model DI engine.

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RealTuners Radio Episode 18 – 10/18/2017

Live from Throttle’s Performance in Fargo, ND!

After we battle a few audio issues, we get to talking about the boat engines Mark Dalquist built and dyno tuned this week with a little help from Scott Clark.  Scott Evans, John Bewley and Ry Klemp round out the discussion with random listener questions, and lots of talk about NHRA Pro Stock.

 

RealTuners Radio – Episode 17 – Weds Oct 11 2017

 

 

 

John Bewley, Little Johns Motorsports Solutions

Scott Evans, Evans Tuning

Scott Clark, RealTuners.com

Mark Dalquist, Throttles Performance

Andy Cook, Motion Raceworks

Brad Nagel, Nagel performance

Ry Klemp, Bull City Speed

 

Group discusses current events like Texas Invitational roll racing event drama, safety equipment in different race venues, creative rules bending, etc.   Then we switch over to live questions from the audience, with a nice call from Darci Knowles to tell us that 8.5 inches is enough!