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The Power and Speed Podcast

The Power and Speed Podcast covers everything from the Street / Grudge racing scene to the all out Half Mile and One Mile shootouts. Mike, Tom, and Tad all lend years of racing experience to the discussion. Racing personalities and guests will stop by our studio or call in. Join in the discussion Mondays at 7:00 PM EST by calling into the show 908 751 0211.
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Power and Speed.  The two single most important things to an automotive performance enthusiast.  Mike, Tom, and Tad explore a variety of racing related subjects.

Anything racing could be discussed on any given show.  From the high speed Texas mile events to the Street / Grudge scene found in the local areas we all have in our regions.

Racing guests and personalities ranging from top current professional racers to professional engine and chassis builders are already on the schedule.  The listeners are not excluded from the conversation either.  Want to call in and be part of the show?  No problem. 

Get involved.  Listen live on Mixlr.com and call in 908 751 0211. Show ideas, praise, or criticism, they want to hear from you.  Recording/Broadcasts happening between 7:30PM to 8:30PM East Coast time Monday nights. Follow our twitter @powerspeedpod for exact call in times and live streaming events. Like us on Facebook and iTunes! 

Feb 19, 2016
051 - Power and Speed - 2016 Winter National EFI Pro Stock

Mike, Tom, and Tad in studio, Crunch could not get in because we had more wonderful snow.

Well, the good news is NHRA Pro Stock had a full field, bad news is Tom won the pool with a guess of 209.50 and an event mile per hour record of 210.34.  Poor Tad had 210.5, in the words of Maxwell Smart.... Missed it by that much.

The NHRA Pro Stock field was, in Mike's eyes, somewhat surprising.  In an effort to overturn Tom's victory he looked up altitude corrected MPH to see how fast they would have gone at sea level.  The altitude was like 3000FT and that would make a good air pass of 218 ish.  That looks as if they do not lose anything at all, and maybe in the end picked up some.  

There were some interesting notes.  1 pass was "Disallowed" and at the time of the show there was no further information as to what exactly "Disallowed" means.  Hogan's Manifolds are the manifolds on all the fast guys so they found something for sure in the R&D side.  They are all pretty sure injector placement has something to do with this.  Hat's off to Hogan's, they have had some very good stuff over the years and it's nice to see them back on top.  With that being said, it seems that a fair amount of stuff is still covered.  That would mean to the guys that there is something in that area they felt was worth concealing. 

Tom said, and we can see from the pictures, the cars look great.  It brings back the real look of a car even if somewhat exaggerated in the front end area.  In the end, the guys think it overall worked out better than NHRA could have hoped for.

Guest next week, and keep your Trans, converter, and harmonic balancer questions handy.  

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