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!

 

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RealTuners Radio – Episode 15 – Wednesday, Sept 27, 2017

Back to all-tech talk!!  Scott Evans, Scott Clark, Chris Delgado, Tom Sewell, Mark Dalquist knock out a large number of tech questions from listeners.  187 live listeners this time.  Lots of great questions!

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RealTuners Radio Episode 14

Drag Week Wrap Up!

We unwind and chat with Robert River about what it took him to get his NHRA Pro Stock License.  Then we chat with Vinnie Barbone and Rich Guido of Drag Week fame, both top finishers.  Vinnie talks about electrical fires and Rich talks about clutch abuse.

 

Then we get a surprise call from the builder/driver of the world’s quickest/fastest Stock Bottom End LS car!!  Jonathan Capizzi!!!   It’s very enlightening to hear about his program and the things he focuses on (and the things he skips!).  Definitely listen to this if you want to know how to go fast without blowing up your junk.

Finally we discuss a little about the Big Bang engine that our own John Bewley was involved in testing.  Very cool stuff.

All the usual panelists too:  Ry Klemp, Doug and Andy Cook, Mark Dalquist, Tom Sewell, John Bewley, and others!

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RealTuners Radio – Wednesday Sept. 13 2017

It’s the Middle of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week and we are close with a number of racers, so we decided to interview some of them to find out what makes their programs work.  We talk with Vinny Barbone in the Unlimited Class Geo Tracker, and James “Doc” McEntire who yesterday became the first to pilot a naturally aspirated car to a 7-second quarter mile pass in Drag Week history with a 7.99 at Gateway.  Doc takes us through the challenges, highs and lows over the years, and his current engine combination designed and built by Todd Goodwin – who then also joins the discussion!!

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RealTuners Radio Episode 12 – Live from the Motion Raceworks Drag Week 2017 Kickoff Party

 

A unique show where we interviewed a variety of Drag Week competitors including Richard Guido, Blake Hughes of 417 Motorsports, The guys with the crazy turbo Geo Tracker, 7-second Canadian hero Matt Blasco, and both of the guys who’ve competed in every single Drag Week since it began – Tom Hogshead and Vincent Raasch.   Hosts Scott Clark, Mark Dalquist, Bill Fowler, Ry Klemp and Scott Evans.

 

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RealTuners Radio – Episode 11

Our best podcast to date!!  Broadcast and recorded live from Motion Raceworks in Davenport, IA in preparation for Drag Week 2017.  All the usual hosts, plus Australian Jamie Farmer and his crew who DROVE their drag week entry from Southern California to Iowa (1800 miles) before the event – impressive for any car on the tour, most are trailered to the event!

Scott Evans, Scott Clark, Tom Sewell, Brad Nagel, Chris Delgado, Andy Cook, Doug Cook, Jake Hachinski, Ryan Miller, Bill Fowler and more!

 

RealTuners Radio – Episode 10

Donate to Hurricane Harvey Victims at BY CLICKING HERE!

Chris Delgado covers how Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath is affecting tuners in Houston, TX

Ry Klemp from the greater automotive Blog-o-sphere joins us because he’s just cool!

Brett Chmura sits in, after attending a RealTuners class and using his car as the training mule at our class in New Jersey last week!

Scotts Evans and Clark provide usual answers to questions, Mark Dalquist from Throttles Performance answers some great questions about methanol testing on the dyno!

Lots of talk about Ignition again.

RealTuners Radio – Episode 9

 

Still at it!!  Scott Evans, Brad Nagel, Tom Sewell, Mark Dalquist, Scott Clark tackle more questions about fuels, ignition systems, all kinds of fun stuff.  Mainly questions from listeners on Mixlr and Facebook, we like this format!!  2 hours 6 minutes.

RealTuners Radio – Episode 7

 

 

 

 

We welcome Bill Fowler, 9 year Drag Week Veteran and two time Class Winner!

Brent Malone, OEM ECU tuner drops in.

James Short from ShorTuning.

Andy Cook from Motion Raceworks

Scott Evans from Las Vegas again

Scott Clark from RealTuners

Tom Sewell from Fuel Injector Development

John Bewley from Little Johns Motorsports Solutions

Mark Dalquist from Throttle’s Performance