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Took my first ride with a Sidewinder this weekend at White Haven. There were 4 boats in BSH (Dom, Stillwell, Captain America, and me). We improved the performance of the motor over the 4 heats of the weekend (when I say we, really it was Ed Runne, Scott Clark, and Scott Reed who did the improving, I was just the test pilot and they translated my feedback/impressions into something useable). The short version is the Sidewinder will run with the Hot Rod on the top end right now but it still loses too many rpm in the corner. The feeling in the boat was very comparable to my BSH ride at Constantine 2 weeks ago with a Hot Rod. The more detailed description of the weekend is below for anyone who is interested.
There are a few pictures posted of us taching the motor (13F boat, Race 4 KAOS shirt blocks the motor). Also there is a picture of it on stands by the water. I'm hoping someone got some pictures of it on the water.
The first heat on Sat. we set the boat up a little less conservatively than I had it set up at Constantine with a Hot Rod, but there is still room to go up & out with the motor. I didn't want to get too crazy with the set up since I only had 3 heats in the boat prior to this weekend. I was able to run to the first turn with everyone but carb issues caused the motor to really drop rpm when I turned the wheel and it probably dropped 1500 to 2000 rpm by the exit pin of the turn. Ed adjusted the carb between heats and made some improvement, the motor didn't really drop rpm until the 2nd pin of the turn and lost maybe 1000 to 1500 rpm by the exit pin. After racing ended on Sat. Ed and Scott Clark and Scott Reed went to work on the carb using a test wheel. I held on to the boat and tried to absorb as much of the info as I could since I know nothing about Lectron carbs. The throttle response was definitely improved and overall the motor seemed better throughout the rpm range. Heat 1 of Sun. I got a great run at the clock along with everyone else and we stayed bunched until the first turn, I think I might have been pulling George a little bit to the turn but maybe that's wishful thinking. Since I wasn't sure about the carb changes we made overnight I didn't drive to the pin (didn't want it to bog and have George run in to me). This time the motor slowly dropped rpm in the turn instead of an abrupt drop in rpm like on Sat. also I only lost maybe 1000 rpm by the exit pin(it was definitely better than Sat.). For the 2nd heat Ed advanced the timing slightly. This may have slightly helped the top end but didn't correct the rpm loss in the corners. Sorry for the rpm loss approximations, I wasn't running a tach in the boat, so it is only my impression based on change in how the motor sounded. I'll run with a tach when I get a chance to go testing.
Thanks again to Scott Clark, Scott Reed and Ed Runne for all their help with the Sidewinder this weekend.
I'll have the motor at Zanesville (7/12 ~ 7/13) and at Akron (7/19 ~ 7/20) hopefully I'll be able to race it at both places and continue to make improvements.
There are a few pictures posted of us taching the motor (13F boat, Race 4 KAOS shirt blocks the motor). Also there is a picture of it on stands by the water. I'm hoping someone got some pictures of it on the water.
The first heat on Sat. we set the boat up a little less conservatively than I had it set up at Constantine with a Hot Rod, but there is still room to go up & out with the motor. I didn't want to get too crazy with the set up since I only had 3 heats in the boat prior to this weekend. I was able to run to the first turn with everyone but carb issues caused the motor to really drop rpm when I turned the wheel and it probably dropped 1500 to 2000 rpm by the exit pin of the turn. Ed adjusted the carb between heats and made some improvement, the motor didn't really drop rpm until the 2nd pin of the turn and lost maybe 1000 to 1500 rpm by the exit pin. After racing ended on Sat. Ed and Scott Clark and Scott Reed went to work on the carb using a test wheel. I held on to the boat and tried to absorb as much of the info as I could since I know nothing about Lectron carbs. The throttle response was definitely improved and overall the motor seemed better throughout the rpm range. Heat 1 of Sun. I got a great run at the clock along with everyone else and we stayed bunched until the first turn, I think I might have been pulling George a little bit to the turn but maybe that's wishful thinking. Since I wasn't sure about the carb changes we made overnight I didn't drive to the pin (didn't want it to bog and have George run in to me). This time the motor slowly dropped rpm in the turn instead of an abrupt drop in rpm like on Sat. also I only lost maybe 1000 rpm by the exit pin(it was definitely better than Sat.). For the 2nd heat Ed advanced the timing slightly. This may have slightly helped the top end but didn't correct the rpm loss in the corners. Sorry for the rpm loss approximations, I wasn't running a tach in the boat, so it is only my impression based on change in how the motor sounded. I'll run with a tach when I get a chance to go testing.
Thanks again to Scott Clark, Scott Reed and Ed Runne for all their help with the Sidewinder this weekend.
I'll have the motor at Zanesville (7/12 ~ 7/13) and at Akron (7/19 ~ 7/20) hopefully I'll be able to race it at both places and continue to make improvements.
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