Jeff Lutz's Drag and Drive Pro Mod is BACK with a Noonan HEMI and FT700PLUS! | FuelTech USA

Indexado: 2026-05-15

[00:00:00]Mad Max, it's back.

[00:00:04]>> This is a Street Promont with billet Hemi water jacket. You don't see this every day.

[00:00:29]Right. Like that. That's crazy.

[00:01:07]It doesn't sound like piston skirt.

[00:01:09]>> Yeah, it's like a different track like like that one.

[00:01:11]>> It It's more aggressive. It's It's like a It sounds more like a rug bear just to be honest.

[00:01:19]>> Okay.

[00:01:19]>> But like it How How many times you guys crank this thing?

[00:01:23]>> This is maybe the seventh time. The war the warmest could be a rug.

[00:01:28]>> I mean I I'll pull the bearing.

[00:01:30]>> Yeah.

[00:01:32]>> I'm going to tell you this. Okay. If it was my engine, I wouldn't rev this thing.

[00:01:37]>> I wouldn't rev it. Right. Like >> I think the pen is the easiest way to go. But if the rod is is okay on the bottom, need to pull the head off and take the piston off. Cuz if there's wrist pin or a crack on the piston, right, you it will come apart, right?

[00:01:53]Cuz usually when we have like these [ __ ] pinned out, we start getting some slack on the rock, right, by the wrist pin. And you usually don't hear it, >> right? So it's not like meant to hear like this. It's something >> fairly substantial. It's almost like the skirt collapsed like a [ __ ] or some [ __ ] I don't know.

[00:02:13]>> I was telling them what started this whole [ __ ] [ __ ] show was >> like start I thought it was in the balcony.

[00:02:21]>> Okay.

[00:02:22]>> So, I pull the cam shaft out here.

[00:02:24]Number four intake lifter was hitting the side of the journal.

[00:02:28]>> Okay.

[00:02:29]>> So, >> you thought it was that?

[00:02:31]>> I thought it was that. Then I thought, okay, well then it sounds like maybe the cam's doing this. But when you have every lifter out, you take the cam and you bang it off the block, you know, sliding in and out. It sounds like >> So I thought I was >> Okay, that's >> So they told me to go ahead and just clearance it a little bit.

[00:02:48]>> And I'm like, for 95 [ __ ] grand, I'm clearancing the lifter, you know, and I'm like, but he he called me. He goes, just bring it down. So, we tore it all apart yesterday, clearance that just because I'm have this idea before we take it apart, what why don't we walk over there and ask Doug for just so his opinion like they they know this thing, you know?

[00:03:13]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:03:14]>> Like the back of their hands. I know that's not theirs, >> but like you guys have a good relationship with them.

[00:03:19]>> Oh, yeah. Doug, I I love those.

[00:03:21]>> So, like maybe just ask Doug by >> what is his opinion, right? I think I think that would be a good idea >> cuz it's clearly this side and it's clearly number six.

[00:03:32]>> It's crazy. You take fuel away, it stops right over here.

[00:03:35]>> Yeah, stop. It's got to be got to be on.

[00:03:38]>> I don't >> This is why we got away from the big box to get >> Oh yeah, this is ridiculous. And this side is quiet. That side [ __ ] that. It's a hard knock.

[00:03:48]>> But like what what could be that [ __ ] >> Like I I heard similar with rock bars.

[00:03:55]We know in Brazil when you used to run the four cylinders with a bunch of play on the on the cylinder when it's cold >> it goes the clack clack and goes away with the ski.

[00:04:05]>> Yeah, but there's one hole only.

[00:04:07]>> So So it's almost like it's either like a rod bearing or that sleeve piston is wrong like did I measure and the piston is small?

[00:04:15]>> There is >> I don't know. I'm guessing at this point you know >> you know the bottom the sleeve they use the clearance for the rod stroke.

[00:04:21]>> Yeah, >> maybe it's not hitting anything there.

[00:04:23]is touching his clothes.

[00:04:25]>> Maybe it wasn't enough.

[00:04:27]>> I mean, honestly, we didn't check any of that.

[00:04:30]>> Why would you? Why would you? Right. I would do the same [ __ ] That's how we do it. You know, >> when we get my motor from Brenda, I don't touch it.

[00:04:38]>> I just I put oil pressure to that [ __ ] It break right up. But like freaking screw blower so we don't hear [ __ ] If that thing is knocking, we don't know.

[00:04:46]>> Well, that's what I like. Okay. Are we just hearing something that you don't hear on a blower?

[00:04:51]>> No, we had the turbo car here for three races.

[00:04:54]>> Super quiet.

[00:04:55]>> Okay.

[00:04:55]>> Like you don't hear [ __ ] I know it's a AJ, but like it doesn't matter. Like >> what you hear is the valve train, but the valve train, it has its own way.

[00:05:04]It's not one guy. It's the whole It's the whole deal. It's not like tuck tuck.

[00:05:11]>> It's like injectors. You can hear the injectors clicking. Yeah. Right. So the valve train is the same way. You kind of hear the the valve train, right? And usually they get a little noisy when it gets temperature cuz it kind of gives some >> lash, right? So you can hear it like when you warm up. We did a long warm up.

[00:05:27]The motor gets a little noisier, but it's still it's a bunch of noise, not just one cylinder doing >> like a beehive, not >> Yeah, exactly.

[00:05:34]>> Not just one individual fan.

[00:05:37]>> Um, it's fine. I'll put it up. I'll get it ready to pull the fan.

[00:05:42]>> Okay. I mean, it wouldn't take me but 30 minutes to yank the head off that deal.

[00:05:47]>> Yeah.

[00:05:47]>> So, >> and and we we can help you if you you know anything that you need.

[00:05:51]>> Yeah. I just What worries me is if something is wrong.

[00:05:53]>> No, no, no, no. Like we shouldn't rev this thing until we're really comfortable with >> Yeah.

[00:05:57]>> You know, like we put this thing to 10 grand that's wrong, comes apart, destroy the block, you know, then window both sides and then it goes like 25,000 to fix like in a second. Like [ __ ] no.

[00:06:10]Heat. Heat.

[00:06:42]That thing moves pretty well straight away. It's like it doesn't have much play. But at this point, I'd probably pull it pan down and look and see. Did you pull the pan down at all?

[00:06:53]>> Yeah, we pulled it yesterday and I grabbed all the rods and I mean, you can you can rock them and watch them slide across the wrist pins and everything. I mean, it was is what we were looking for is if something like something was hitting the rod or whatever and there's not one goddamn mark in it.

[00:07:11]>> And you said they took it apart.

[00:07:12]>> Yeah. They did the cam shaft and stuff and alls I did when I bought it.

[00:07:17]>> It was for another customer and uh he wanted to wait for the cast. So, I bought this >> put brand new rods in it because they put >> it helps >> uh cast down the pressure >> and I did one of these. So I bought brand new RNRs >> that will smooth it smooth.

[00:07:34]>> I guess that's what the pressure.

[00:07:37]>> Do you think it could be a skirt noise or like wrist pin plate?

[00:07:41]>> Could be.

[00:07:43]It's hard to say without taking apart and measuring stuff.

[00:07:46]>> And they board scoped it yesterday.

[00:07:48]Leaked it down and everything was great.

[00:07:53]>> But I'll I'll tear the pan off. We'll get >> Are you pretty sure though? You think the noise just when you unplug number six is when it quiet down.

[00:08:00]>> Did you unplug any of the others?

[00:08:02]>> Yeah, he started over there.

[00:08:04]>> Daryl Daryl at Nun. He got the six and it stopped.

[00:08:18]>> Crank it a little bit, D.

[00:08:23]That's going back up in What's that noise there?

[00:08:37]>> Hold on, Dad.

[00:08:43]>> I hear the noise while you're cranking it over.

[00:08:48]>> Hear it?

[00:08:49]>> Yeah, that's what they do.

[00:09:09]What do you want?

[00:09:10]>> I don't know. I don't know where to start looking.

[00:09:22]A little more hear it.

[00:09:34]>> No, it just said everything's new.

[00:09:38]>> There shouldn't be any slop like that.

[00:09:40]>> What slop?

[00:09:41]>> Like you hear the oil?

[00:09:48]Well, all right. That's good.

[00:09:52]>> I don't know, Jeff.

[00:09:58]>> I mean, the oil pump's pumping, that's for sure.

[00:10:00]>> Yeah.

[00:10:01]>> Um I don't know. I don't know where to look.

[00:10:08]>> The obvious witness, right?

[00:10:13]The only thing I can figure, Jeff, let's pull that head off and >> Yeah, they'll be my next >> I think we're here. I think it's a >> a main or something.

[00:10:23]>> Main bearing.

[00:10:24]>> I hear something moving that I've never heard move when we crank the motor ever before.

[00:10:30]>> Something has play.

[00:10:33]>> But it has to be related to number six.

[00:10:36]>> It can't be. It can't be >> Maine.

[00:10:40]Mine would do it all the time.

[00:10:44]>> Can you look up at the piston and like watch see if the wrist pin's moving in it?

[00:10:49]>> Oh, no. You won't be able to see that.

[00:10:50]>> Yeah, you won't be able to see that.

[00:10:52]>> All right, yank the head off.

[00:10:53]>> All right, I'm going to pull the head off.

[00:11:11]Thank you. [ __ ] He's getting my ass.

[00:11:25]>> It all looks great downstairs. I mean, it's freaking beautiful.

[00:11:29]>> And when you do the boroscope, there was no sign of the piston touching the head for the only rotate >> it up out of the way. Well, we're going to see a little bit an hour.

[00:11:41]>> The heads off with our >> All right, I'm going to go down and take the rod off. I'll put it.

[00:11:54]>> Yeah. Uh, >> yeah.

[00:12:01]>> Gasket seems okay.

[00:12:03]>> Yeah, >> that's kind of seem to be putting into the Oh, it's my rag.

[00:12:19]>> It's a half inch 12point tip.

[00:12:20]>> Watch out.

[00:12:22]>> I got it.

[00:12:23]>> Alcohol. That's going to do that.

[00:12:29]>> She's tight.

[00:12:30]>> What? Like she's tight. Like when you push it, she's tight. No, it's tight though.

[00:12:35]>> There you go.

[00:12:45]Okay. So, what is that on the sleeve?

[00:12:48]Sleeve's getting hit.

[00:12:50]>> What?

[00:12:51]>> By the sleeve. You feel it?

[00:12:55]Was just a piece that was stuck there.

[00:12:59]Piece of aluminum right there in the sleeve. Is it hitting a rod? Right on the leaf. Yeah. I don't know where the size marks. That's That's not right.

[00:13:10]>> Like the sides of the bearing.

[00:13:12]>> Yeah.

[00:13:13]>> Here more than actually on the cap.

[00:13:21]Looks like the the bear needs to be narrower than that. Looking at it.

[00:13:28]>> Let me go over and show Doug.

[00:13:30]>> So on the sleeve was just a small piece, right?

[00:13:32]>> Yeah, it was just a >> what of aluminum? Yeah.

[00:13:35]>> It might have been from me trying to push the rod out. Oh, yeah.

[00:13:38]>> That's it.

[00:13:40]>> Yeah. That crank like doesn't get out of the way to where you can push straight on it.

[00:13:44]>> It's tight, right?

[00:13:46]>> Yeah.

[00:13:48]>> And then no marks in the car.

[00:13:50]>> No. Zero.

[00:13:51]>> Okay.

[00:13:51]>> This is spring, >> right?

[00:13:53]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:13:53]>> This is spring. That ain't no spring.

[00:13:57]Yeah. Spring is helping me.

[00:14:00]This is spring. This is spring.

[00:14:06]spring. Compression spring >> feels okay. This is okay.

[00:14:16]>> Well, it should be compression right now. All the plugs are out.

[00:14:18]>> No, like you don't have the balance of the other spring to help it.

[00:14:21]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:14:22]>> Like when you have the balance, it makes it easier. When you don't have it, gets really hard.

[00:14:25]>> Yeah. Cuz you got tension on the other side of the can.

[00:14:27]>> Yeah.

[00:14:30]>> Yeah. This is just spring.

[00:14:41]I don't know what it means. It's just weird.

[00:14:44]>> No, sometimes they fit a little bit tighter, but um just weird on six.

[00:15:00]I did.

[00:15:00]>> Oh, you did?

[00:15:02]Yeah, it's going to be hard to rotate it and check anything.

[00:15:09]Let me see if I have, you know, and that's what Daryl said to me yesterday. He said, "Man, it sounds like the valves are misadjusted." I'm like, I do it on the M7 all the time. That's pretty freaking easy. But with that clock, if that's >> it's sitting at about the same height as the rest of them. So >> yeah, it doesn't look off.

[00:15:36]>> Yeah. Yeah. By looking it looks okay.

[00:15:41]>> But it seemed like it would make that noise wheing or not.

[00:15:45]>> I do agree with that.

[00:15:51]Heat.

[00:16:20]Heat.

[00:16:37]Heat.

[00:16:52]here for Jeffrey will be here. Okay.

[00:16:54]>> I would like to see it on the dyno before I leave.

[00:16:56]>> Let's go. Let's go. For sure.

[00:16:58]>> I mean, we we know nothing's coming out of the motor.

[00:17:00]>> Yeah. And uh one thing that's interesting, I don't know what RPM, but about 2,000 RPM, it goes completely away.

[00:17:05]>> Yeah. I I was standing there, but you were up front.

[00:17:08]>> It goes completely away. And it goes back to 14,300 gets worse, right? It goes a little RPM goes completely away.

[00:17:16]Where she Okay.

[00:17:49]Heat up here.

[00:18:04]Heat.

[00:18:13]Heat.

[00:18:23]Heat.

[00:18:37]Heat.

[00:18:53]Heat. Heat.

[00:19:07]Everybody look.

[00:19:30]Heat.

[00:19:47]Heat.

[00:20:04]That's pretty Yeah, it was was nice and clean, right?

[00:20:43]Can be quicker, but you get in there.

[00:20:50]Boost was about the same.

[00:20:54]Did it shift? It shift. Yeah, it shift.

[00:21:01]>> No, I think it was a skipping ridge here. So, it did a one two right here.

[00:21:07]So, just like kind of skipping ridge.

[00:21:09]Yeah.

[00:21:12]Yeah. We We lost like six six died, you know.

[00:21:17]I bet that's still 1939.

[00:22:10]Oh, that's got it. You can tell it had like a turn on.

[00:22:18]>> See that? See, now in our world, this will be up here and but it won't [ __ ] hang off. If you do this here, right, it won't hold there for this kind of power level.

[00:22:35]>> See, now that looks like the way we used to do.

[00:22:38]>> Yeah. Back in 2013, >> I was leaving at 4,800, right?

[00:22:43]>> Okay.

[00:22:44]>> And the motor never stopped climbing.

[00:22:46]>> So, what so what you shift to?

[00:22:50]>> 9800.

[00:22:53]>> And then the two trees are about the same 10,000.

[00:22:55]>> So, what what transits are they? Mark 80, right? Walk. Okay. On the back, >> uh, steel cover, right? Steel cover. Um I tried the really thick fluid and we took it off.

[00:23:09]>> You wanted to flare >> because uh the thick fluid change on us.

[00:23:13]>> Yeah.

[00:23:14]>> After 10 laps will be different. The thin fluid will be all in.

[00:23:18]>> Oh yeah.

[00:23:19]>> So I don't know. Okay. Like it's still it's still a tool.

[00:23:24]>> Like I need to like the weather can the car is making more power. I need to tighten up. I don't have time to do a status swap. Yeah. Put the thick fluid on. It's good.

[00:23:33]>> But like I saw that run per run is almost like every time left you need to change the the deal because it starts to go away from you and when you do the fin okay my stator changes no matter my my stat changes stay with the stator so after from the start to the finish the race the behavior is the same right so it looks to me that it's good to be like I'm going to run on the loose side with that pin fluid and something happens and I need more grab then I change the fluid >> instead of taking the transmission So, so this is the thin fluid in this too.

[00:24:08]>> Yeah. I I rather I rather do that.

[00:24:10]>> Yeah.

[00:24:11]>> And have the pick with you.

[00:24:13]>> If it comes like, man, the air is coming around. It's like the the track's amazing. I feel we can go faster. Change the fluid.

[00:24:20]>> It helps grabbing the [ __ ] out of cuz otherwise going to flare to the moon.

[00:24:23]>> We can put the 1650 back on.

[00:24:27]>> Yeah, for sure.

[00:24:29]>> All right.

[00:24:29]>> But I like it. The car would repeat.

[00:24:31]>> Yeah. Yeah, >> you know, we didn't went to the final because it it broke the [ __ ] right?

[00:24:36]Otherwise, we'll be on the final.

[00:24:38]>> That's crazy. That's exactly the way it used to look back.

[00:24:41]>> The car was doing good runs if you look at the Gmeter.

[00:24:45]>> Oh, wow. Oh, yeah.

[00:24:46]>> Right. It's nice runs, you know, flat and going.

[00:24:50]>> Wow.

[00:24:51]>> Right. So, doing really good laps, leaving as hard as you can, staying where you can take.

[00:24:56]>> Yeah.

[00:24:56]>> Right. And then as the tire grows a lot, you can push a little more after the 23.

[00:25:02]That's what it does. And uh boost is spinning down. So >> 15 is everything that it can. The air moves how much it does.

[00:25:09]>> How much?

[00:25:10]>> 73 there.

[00:25:12]>> But like there's no valves. It's doing what it can do. Like it doesn't do more because the weather is not that good.

[00:25:18]>> Like a good weather way. And then early, right?

[00:25:22]>> As the weather goes around, it goes a little further, a little down. But it the shape is always like that, right?

[00:25:27]It's like this barely moves.

[00:25:29]>> Clean it in and out.

[00:25:30]>> Right. So like you don't have to worry.

[00:25:32]And then you can run a plot >> and then the plot holds you properly.

[00:25:39]>> Okay.

[00:25:41]>> Yeah.

[00:25:41]>> So I'm not saying this is the perfect way to do it. You're >> seeing that, right? I know. Always yells at me about >> Yeah. Like I I don't say that this is the perfect way to do it, but like what in three three races, >> right? All the turbos ran away and we became the fastest turbo out there because they leaving and we actually picking up, >> right? So honestly, if we have the time and the wheel, I don't think it's awful combo. It needs a little help, but you could you could race on it. You know, the car start doing like we'll do every lap. First round we were the second pass the whole deal. Even from the A guys cuz we're in the B group, right?

[00:26:20]>> On the second lap, we were the quicks of the whole deal, >> right? Like that that was crazy.

[00:26:25]>> We were rooting for you.

[00:26:26]>> Yeah, that was that was good, you know?

[00:26:27]So, like we were getting like, man, the car is finally aligning and doing some [ __ ] correctly, you know?

[00:26:33]>> Yeah, that was very good.

[00:26:34]>> All right.

[00:26:36]So, yeah. So, well, if we leave that stator in, we can achieve this.

[00:26:41]>> Maybe put the loose stator in, it's going to bring it up here. Yeah. Instantly. I wouldn't go crazy high up because if it has power, we won't grab hold of it.

[00:26:51]>> No, that's where we've been here.

[00:26:52]>> Well, let's do this. Let's just walk.

[00:26:54]Let's leave on that 10 lb. Get it.

[00:26:56]>> I would like to keep this in it >> because with that I can achieve this.

[00:27:00]>> I agree.

[00:27:41]2279.

[00:27:44]Yeah.

[00:28:09]Heat.

[00:28:11]Heat up here.

[00:28:38]Heat.

[00:28:58]Heat.

[00:29:07]Heat up here.

[00:29:37]eyes are burning. That was a good one.

[00:29:51]>> Man, good to see you again.

[00:29:53]>> Yeah, you too, man.

[00:29:54]>> I don't know how many videos we did before, right? bunch, right? And I think you and your dad has the coolest fleet >> of race cars all over. So, for the guys that you guys don't know exactly who I'm talking to. So, Lutz Jr.

[00:30:11]>> Yep. We missed my dad. He had to catch a flight. So, >> so your dad, Jeff, he's been racing since forever before you were born.

[00:30:22]>> Uh, yeah, pretty much. I mean, he got the bug before I was born. Then once I was born, he just transferred it down and we went together. So >> man, it's cool. He was here with us, okay? But like >> he had to leave, you know, he had to go to an H. Oh my god. You know, it was so rough on him. So he had to go and take take a flight and go to an H. That's happening a South Georgia Motorsports Park >> for the first time. Man, I'm I'm really happy for the guys. That tracks really cool. is about four hours from us and is the first time they have any tray event and >> does can I tell what your dad's going to do there?

[00:31:00]>> It's not that one.

[00:31:01]>> Okay. Okay.

[00:31:02]>> That's another one.

[00:31:02]>> Okay. So, I'm not going to tell about that. You guys going to see at some point.

[00:31:05]>> No, he's actually working with Clay uh on Clay Milikin's crew. He's helping put the motors together in between rounds.

[00:31:12]So, and he loves it. I mean, he's he's loved Top Fuel.

[00:31:15]>> Who doesn't like Top Fuel, right? Who doesn't like Top Fuel? So, so this is really cool. But like, okay, let's go back to what it matters for today.

[00:31:25]This beast >> Mad Max. It's back. I We dynoed this here before, too.

[00:31:29]>> Yeah. So, when did you guys build this thing?

[00:31:32]>> Well, so we my dad had this chassis built by Jerry Bickl in 2012 and then uh he raced it as a normal promod for three, four years. Won two championships with it and a bunch of other races. Well, then he wanted to go after the street driven record, so he turned it into a street promod. So, it's and it it had a big block Chevy in it, which we've dynoed here before, and we did very good with those, but they were just kind of outdated for as fast as everyone's going nowadays.

[00:32:04]>> You guys trying to break records, right?

[00:32:06]So, I just >> My dad wants to make it My dad wants to set it as far as he can down. That way, whoever tries for it, they're gonna work for it just like we're doing. I mean, we put in the work for it.

[00:32:16]>> This is cool. You don't see this every day. So, this is a street prom mod with a billet Hemi water jacket. This is cool as it gets. So, Nunan built a water jacket hemi. It's a 4A bore space. Yep.

[00:32:36]>> So, it's tiny and light, but it has water jacket so you can drive on the street. This is unbelievable. And right there, we just have the proof that this is a 3,000 horsepower plus all billet Hemi that you can go from track to track on the search of breaking records.

[00:32:55]>> Yeah, >> man. This is as cool as it gets.

[00:32:57]>> I I mean, I'm I'm excited cuz just the Hemi part of it compared to what we had, the serviceability is way better. I mean, the plugs are way easier to get to. You're not burning yourself in those days. Yeah.

[00:33:10]>> Yeah. The plugs out. But um and I mean it it actually made our transition from strip to street easier. Oh yeah.

[00:33:18]>> As well because I mean obviously you guys with the coil on plugs, we don't have to do anything. All we got to do is select a different tune.

[00:33:26]>> Put the radiator on, drive down the road.

[00:33:28]>> Man, it's really cool. So they have a 16 injector set up. So they have a high intensity small injector here and then a low impedance big injector running on alcohol right now as we're doing. We actually running all 16. But then when they going to drive from one side to another, you plan on doing E85 that you told me, but sometimes going to be pumped >> gas. Well, that's kind of the beautiful part about that is if if we're down in Florida, it's hard to find E85. So, you got to run a 93.

[00:33:54]>> Yeah.

[00:33:54]>> If we're in back up in Pennsylvania, Ohio, E85's everywhere. So, we can run it on E85. And >> we got enough injector to do both.

[00:34:02]>> Yeah. Beautiful, man. And I I like how you guys set up this. Like you changed the tuneup, you just changed the fuel on the fuel cell.

[00:34:09]>> Yep. Just sand it just simple. Takes about 30 minutes. Man, that's Yeah, that's not complicated. Like it's a it's a beautiful setup, you know? Like for the guys that don't know, they they do the whole thing here, right? This is a vehicle car, but like you guys work a lot on this car.

[00:34:23]>> Yes.

[00:34:23]>> Right. It's not like a S as today is not a regular vehicle car anymore.

[00:34:27]>> No. No. This uh I mean when he had it built >> most of the car you did it yourself, right?

[00:34:33]>> Yes. Well, me and my dad both did. I mean when he wasn't working on something else, he would come over and kind of put something together. market and then I come in weld it and all that stuff. But I mean we work together on everything like the exhaust is something new for us doing the pie cuts. Um doing a 2 and 12 in turbo header is quite interesting.

[00:34:51]That's our first on that. Um >> so this is a 69 Camaro, right?

[00:34:55]>> Yes.

[00:34:55]>> So So just to put in perspective how badass is this car? I was just driving some months ago a white 69. So guess what is a bigle 12. I bet they were built couple months from each other.

[00:35:09]>> They might have been sitting side by side. You don't know >> sitting side by side by vehicle's place, you know, back in 2012. And that's a car that I've been like three fives to the 8 mile, right? It is this how badass is this car. So, it's actually really cool to see that you guys did that and bring that thing to those dragon drive events.

[00:35:28]Y >> you know I think I think cuz I'm going to tell you like I did once with Brett Brett Lasal great guy >> and uh we did one with their shop car right El Toro.

[00:35:39]>> Yeah right >> I've seen it on the internet.

[00:35:41]>> So the the thing is like that car was cool. It was a coyote based deal single turbo and uh we kept manually shifting.

[00:35:48]It was a two-speed but it still to do something right. were doing like four sevens in the eight but like it was my first experience dragon drive and two things that I learned >> it's in crazy fun so I want to do it again I will go back to doing that >> heck yeah >> highly respect those guys >> is way harder than it looks like >> you know to race back to back on your own >> right no trailer no crazy extra parts and stuff you >> and you only have one one other guy you don't have a whole fleet >> no crew right two guys, two guys doing this and sometimes like middle of the street. We were like on abandoned gas station taking the radar off to trying to fix it, you know, that kind of stuff.

[00:36:28]And this was easy for us cuz we were entry level. It's not like this, you know, like when you guys go on this hardcore level, man.

[00:36:35]>> Highly respect you guys.

[00:36:36]>> Thank you.

[00:36:36]>> This is this is hard. This is hard.

[00:36:39]>> It's really fun though. The dragon drive, like the community of the dragon drive, like everyone's awesome, you know? Like even once you leave the track, I mean you could pull up next to each other on the in the staging lanes and hate each other, but once you leave the racetrack, everyone's friends. If somebody's got a part, you help everyone out, you know? It's just it's a good time.

[00:36:58]>> Yeah. Whether you're cool in that kind of racing it is, >> but man. Okay, so this is in the end a street driven race car. So it is is a professional modified street car, right?

[00:37:11]So what you guys do a three-speed deal, right? Yep.

[00:37:14]>> And you also have a gear vendors behind it.

[00:37:17]>> Yes.

[00:37:18]>> So what does that do? So some people don't understand about that.

[00:37:21]>> So the three speeds for racing on the track. That way we can get our ratios to go fast. And then the gear vendor is purely just to knock RPM out of the motor on the street drive.

[00:37:29]>> So okay. So you're know the stress on the engine, low the fuel consumption, noise and all of that and just go from one place.

[00:37:38]>> I mean it it multiplies. is I don't know the exact number, but on average it drops us an additional 4 to 500 RPM down the road, which is a lot when you're driving something like this down the road cuz the higher you spin it, more valve train wear.

[00:37:51]>> Do you guys run a lock up on this thing?

[00:37:54]>> So, we we have tried the lockup and we didn't succeed with it with the big block. Okay, >> we're that's in the works.

[00:38:00]>> Okay, you works. Okay.

[00:38:01]>> So, I know a lot of guys that do the lock up on the street and they say it works amazing. We just haven't got it to go down the track right with our combo.

[00:38:09]>> Man, it's so cool. I'm looking to this thing. It's just like a regular promo.

[00:38:12]You're just missing the seat that actually fits.

[00:38:14]>> Yes.

[00:38:14]>> Right. So, it has a seat that you guys put in there for driving and take it off for racing.

[00:38:19]>> Oh, no. We leave it in all week.

[00:38:20]>> Oh, you leave it in? You don't even take the seat?

[00:38:23]>> Nope.

[00:38:23]>> Dang. That's cool.

[00:38:24]>> Yeah. It just makes it simple. Hides everything. So, >> man, I'm I'm happy to have you guys here. I'm happy for the outcome of this and I'm I'm excited. I want to see you guys running cuz you guys have my 700 in it. You guys have my Gen 3 FT Spark. All the the goodies badass engine.

[00:38:43]>> I don't know. I know that's not easy.

[00:38:45]>> 1020 injectors.

[00:38:47]>> I know that's not easy, but I think you guys going to do pretty good, man. I think I think we are.

[00:38:51]>> I think you guys put a really good foundation together on this car and it's going to be badass.

[00:38:56]>> When is the next race?

[00:38:57]>> Next week.

[00:38:58]>> Next week.

[00:38:59]>> So, >> I like how they do it. Come to the D street in the track.

[00:39:02]>> Yeah. No. Hey, that's that's how it goes, >> man. I'm going to be watching.

[00:39:06]>> Awesome. Thank you, man.

[00:39:07]>> Good luck for everything. Congrats on the car. Your dad's not here. Few yourself, you know, hug Jeff. Like, if you left, we're a good reason. Okay. So, you guys can see some of the footage here. And keep an eye on these guys. You know, I think this car is going to make some splash drive.