CARBURETOR SHOOT OUT 2012

[Doug Schriefer]

I might be misunderstanding, I don't Think Braswell would enter a carb that wasn't His. If he did run somebody else's. Would they let the score stand? I am confused as to why Mr. Braswell run an SV-1. Somebody help me here please.

We did not enter an SV-1. We merely did as a few others did ran a carburetor for someone else who entered (and paid the admission fee). Dale Cubic ran a carburetor for JDR, Zach from QFT tuned carburetors for a few other companies, Dave was going to tune Ray Edwards carburetor but unfortunately he couldn't get it sent over in time. Heck KB looked after Davinci's carb after Dan had to go home.

[jmarkaudio]

The SV1 did not make the top 8 in the small block class but did in the big block class. The contest winner(s) were the fastest accelerating carbs...

Actually the POW entry for the BB shootout was a 2.125 bore Braswell carb, the SV1 they planned to use did not arrive by the last day to make any pulls.

[blocker]

The SV1 did not make the top 8 in the small block class but did in the big block class. The contest winner(s) were the fastest accelerating carbs...

Actually the POW entry for the BB shootout was a 2.125 bore Braswell carb, the SV1 they planned to use did not arrive by the last day to make any pulls.

Thanks for the info Mark.Any idea why the carb never showed up?

[500PS]

So the SV 1 dIdn't make any pulls?

[Doug Schriefer]

So the SV 1 dIdn't make any pulls?

Not on the BB there were pulls on a the SBC.

[blocker]

So the SV 1 dIdn't make any pulls?

Not on the BB there were pulls on a the SBC.

What was the difference between the SV1 & the Braswell, out of the box on the small block?

[gmrocket]

Its easy , buy the CHEAPEST carb in the "shoot out" .... and your good to go ....

Sigh... More cheap shots... How about buying a carb off one of the companies who had the balls to attend? Leaves your chosen vendor out my friend...

i'm not going to "sigh" to make this easier for you to understand ok. you've already blasted another guy on here for having trouble reading the post when its you who is the one who has a problem reading! i'll go slow for you...look to the right under my name ok? got it? can you figure it out know? i'm not a yank, not even close.

there is way more to a carb than telling us they were all within 1.3% diff in power...remember...you experts keep telling us its not all about peak power..now prove it!

[gmrocket]

i applaud jmarkaudio for his fantastic showing in this competition and for not keeping anything secret!! you are an honest straight forward racer who has shown what you can do!!

thanks for posting all the info.

[razor66]

Its easy , buy the CHEAPEST carb in the "shoot out" .... and your good to go ....

Sigh... More cheap shots... How about buying a carb off one of the companies who had the balls to attend? Leaves your chosen vendor out my friend...

i'm not going to "sigh" to make this easier for you to understand ok. you've already blasted another guy on here for having trouble reading the post when its you who is the one who has a problem reading! i'll go slow for you...look to the right under my name ok? got it? can you figure it out know? i'm not a yank, not even close.

there is way more to a carb than telling us they were all within 1.3% diff in power...remember...you experts keep telling us its not all about peak power..now prove it!

I get what you are trying to say but just to be clear they actually weren't within 1.3% in horsepower as horsepower wasn't the parameter being judged in this competition, but rather average acceleration rate in rpm's per second between the defined rpm range with I believe was 4000 to 8000 rpm's for the small block shootout. So, the top 8 carbs in this class were within 1.3% in the average acceleration rate that was achieved over this rpm band.

[blocker]

Its easy , buy the CHEAPEST carb in the "shoot out" .... and your good to go ....

Sigh... More cheap shots... How about buying a carb off one of the companies who had the balls to attend? Leaves your chosen vendor out my friend...

i'm not going to "sigh" to make this easier for you to understand ok. you've already blasted another guy on here for having trouble reading the post when its you who is the one who has a problem reading! i'll go slow for you...look to the right under my name ok? got it? can you figure it out know? i'm not a yank, not even close.

there is way more to a carb than telling us they were all within 1.3% diff in power...remember...you experts keep telling us its not all about peak power..now prove it!

As already explained the contest was about the acceleration rate not peak power.... Now I believe Mark has posted his dyno sheets, as well as Braswell. Braswell also mentioned that they treated the shootout like a customer ordering a carb for their combination (no testing before shipping the carbs out). What more do you want? You Canadians are a touchy lot....

[rookie]

I applaud all the contestants for participating, but that has been tempered by the knowledge that no one actually had to "put up or shut up". The only info we get after all the smoke has cleared is "all the contestants were very close". Big deal, this tells us consumers nothing! I can't believe all the effort that was put into this contest to come away with the equivalent of a kiddie soccer banquet where everyone gets a trophy and there are "no losers". We are not even allowed to know whom had the best 4150 on the smallblock!

How well did the Holley score in comparison to a custom carb? Who knows!!

If next year will be the same, please let us know so that we will not waste any time with this.

Welcome to modern day competition.

[289nate]

Here's a question. Do any of you think that if the engines were changed and the competitors started another carb from scratch, or if there was more individual time for tuning, that the competitors would have placed exactly the same top to bottom?

[Rick1999]

Here's a question. Do any of you think that if the engines were changed and the competitors started another carb from scratch, or if there was more individual time for tuning, that the competitors would have placed exactly the same top to bottom?

It's hard to say but I'm sure with more tuning time, especially on the big block, almost everyone would have posted a higher score.

[avengerengines]

Here's a question. Do any of you think that if the engines were changed and the competitors started another carb from scratch, or if there was more individual time for tuning, that the competitors would have placed exactly the same top to bottom?

No

[gmrocket]

The SV1 did not make the top 8 in the small block class but did in the big block class. The contest winner(s) were the fastest accelerating carbs...

Actually the POW entry for the BB shootout was a 2.125 bore Braswell carb, the SV1 they planned to use did not arrive by the last day to make any pulls.

Thanks for the info Mark.Any idea why the carb never showed up?

hmm, so the info you told us was not correct?