1:00 - Team #3 Advanced Products Engineering/Chevy
Tom Habrzyk of Advanced Product Engineering was one of the few engine builders to select a fuel injected engine for competition. The wild looking LS featured a stock block, heavily modified L92 cylinder heads, and a tall Edelbrock manifold. The engine was definitely a complex piece, but with the calibration in the ball park the engine started and completed the warm-up pull without issue. The tuning period was intensive, with Tom working the computer keys looking to dial in the tune. The engine was not quite where it needed to be to make it into the finals with a score of 2,502.3
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| Pull # | 1 | 2 | 3 | Avg |
| Torque | 495.7 | 495.8 | 496.8 | 496.1 |
| Horsepower | 474.5 | 474.6 | 475.3 | 474.8 |
| Final Score - 2,502.3 @ 388 CI |
 Certainly one of the more...  Certainly one of the more exotic and complex engines in the competition was the APE LS-series Chevy. |  Tom Habrzyk of APE tuned the...  Tom Habrzyk of APE tuned the engine via a remote computer connection using an Alpha Numeric strategy. |  Tom's engine was off the mark...  Tom's engine was off the mark for qualifying, with a score of 2,502.3 |
2:00 - Team #2 Hot Heads Research/Gene Adams Perf./Chrysler
The Hot Heads Research / Gene Adams Performance engine was a real treat to see, an early Chrysler Hemi displacing 365 cubic inches and sporting four down-draft two barrel carbs on an individual runner intake manifold. During the warm-up pulls, the engine showed amazing performance, especially considering its antique origins. Even though the team speculated that there were gains to be made by calibration changes, the engine was not altered in any way for the eliminations. The engine pulled cleanly through the final pulls and posted a score of 2,598.6 to move it into the current third place position in the standings.
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| Pull # | 1 | 2 | 3 | Avg |
| Torque | 487.7 | 483.7 | 481.5 | 484.3 |
| Horsepower | 466.8 | 463.8 | 462 | 464.2 |
| Final Score - 2,598.6@ 365 CI |
 It was hard to know what to...  It was hard to know what to make of the Hot Heads / Adams early Hemi, considering the antique engine type and the highly-developed components. |  With four IDA-style carburetors,...  With four IDA-style carburetors, this was the only engine to use an individual-runner system. It worked as spectacularly as it looked |  Team member Dan Miller was...  Team member Dan Miller was clearly enjoying his participation in the Engine Masters Challenge. |
3:00 - Team #1 Jon Kaase Racing/Ford
Three-time Engine Masters Challenge winner Jon Kaase brought a whole lot of engine with his -cube Boss Ford combination. Featuring Kaase's own Boss cylinder head conversion for the big block Ford, this thing was really a sight to see. If there was any doubt whether it came packing serious horsepower, the 850 horsepower showing in the warm-up pulls certainly proved the point. During the tuning period, the team made some adjustments to the ignition timing, and it was allowed to cool down for eliminations.
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| Pull # | 1 | 2 | 3 | Avg |
| Torque | 673 | 669 | 666 | 669.3 |
| Horsepower | 649 | 646 | 644 | 646.3 |
| Final Score - 2,574.7 @ 511 CI |
 Jon Kaase's Boss Ford big...  Jon Kaase's Boss Ford big block had a massive physical stature that was matched only by it's power output. |  There are few engines that...  There are few engines that have the purposeful look of a Boss Ford. Kaase began manufacturing the conversion components to build a Boss on a standard 385-series big block Ford bottom end. |  Kaase seemed introspective...  Kaase seemed introspective and contemplative as the engine was run in qualifying eliminations. The engine performed, posting a score of 2,574.7, putting it in 6th position. |