2:00 - Team #26 - Raceheads/Chrysler
Raceheads experienced some parts delays in preparing the team's Chrysler Hemi entry, resulting in bringing their engine to competition with zero run or test time. The engine fired for the first time ever when hooked to the dyno for qualifying competition. The engine fired up without issue, but the realities of a raw combination plagued the team, with a final score of 1864.6 showing.
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| Pull # | 1 | 2 | 3 | Avg |
| Torque | 401.5 | 404 | 402.8 | 402.8 |
| Horsepower | 391 | 392.7 | 391.2 | 391.6 |
| Final Score - 1,864.8 @ 426 CI |
Carlo Aghbashian brought a...
Carlo Aghbashian brought a Chysler Hemi that had yet to be fired. While preparing for the dyno pulls, the output was anyone's guess
With an unproven combination,...
With an unproven combination, the odds were stacked against the Raceheads team, however the engine fired and sounded good.
The engine failed to provide...
The engine failed to provide the performance the team had been hoping for, with a disappointing score. Given some additional development time on the dyno, the outcome may well have been all together different
3:00 - Team #25 McKeown Motorsport Engineering, Inc/Ford Motor 1
The Mckeown Motorsports came to the show with a 2-valve Ford Modular motor, an engine type that is allowed in competition for the first time this year. Displacing a mere 281 cubic inches, this engine is the smallest displacement powerplant in the competition, and also the only one with overhead camshafts. While that alone is enough to distinguish this as a unique engine combination, Mark McKeown took things one step further, equipping the engine to be fully functional with either a conventional carburetor or electronic fuel injection. The engine exhibited good performance, posting a score of 2459.1 points, putting the team in the current fourth place position.
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| Pull # | 1 | 2 | 3 | Avg |
| Torque | 334.2 | 344.5 | 334.2 | 334.3 |
| Horsepower | 320.1 | 320.4 | 320.3 | 320.3 |
| Final Score - 2,329.4 @ 281 CI |
McKeown brought the first-ever...
McKeown brought the first-ever Ford MOD motor to the competition, which also represented the first time an overhead cam engine has been legal for the event.
The MOD Ford was equipped...
The MOD Ford was equipped with both a fully-functioning carburetor and a fully-functioning EFI system. For the qualifying phase of competition, McKeown opted to run the carburetor as the active fuel system, citing a small advantage in score.
The McKeown team has consistently...
The McKeown team has consistently made very good use of allowable technology in tuning, and in fact administered to all of the engine's tuning requirements via a remote computer connection.
4:00 - Team #24 - SKMFX Engines/ Dodge
A new competitor in this year's Challenge is SKMFX, fielding the only Mopar Wedge big block of the event. The 471-cube engine showed plenty of potential, however achieving desirable fuel curve seemed to be an elusive goal on this combination. With difficulty at the lower end of the curve, the overall score achieve was less than the team had hoped for, though the engine did complete the required pulls to completion.
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| Pull # | 1 | 2 | 3 | Avg |
| Torque | 542 | 548 | 545 | 548.3 |
| Horsepower | 530 | 526 | 524 | 526.7 |
| Final Score - 2,282.4 @ 471 CI |
Dialing-in a fuel curve can...
Dialing-in a fuel curve can be the toughest aspect of running a dual-quad tunner ram. The low-rpm fuel mixture seemed to hold back the potential of the SKMFX entry.
The SKMFX team t-shirts sported...
The SKMFX team t-shirts sported a motto that was a direct result of this engine build. It seemed to want to fight these guys right up until dyno day.
Without a doubt the SKMFX...
Without a doubt the SKMFX team recognized that their engine had performance that remained untapped. Given some more development and testing time, the numbers could come up.