More on Newman's Fuel

[MountaineerTom]

From Jayski's

 

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#12's secret? smaller carb?

 

With all the talk about Ryan Newman’s race strangling fuel runs of late it’s no wonder that many of his peers are frustrated to the point where they’re hurling accusations. But the story behind Newman & Company’s fuel secret crawled out of the bag and into the lap of TFR [Team Ford Racing]. The secret to the formula — bigger is not always better in Winston Cup. The NASCAR specifications for a carburetor allow a carburetor will flow up to 830 cubic feet per minute maximum. Newman’s men have found if they run a carb that flows 750 cfm that they give up only two horsepower to what the bigger carb delivers. That smaller carb, without 2 hp, brings the team about 0.5 miles per gallon extra in fuel consumption. Taking that 0.5 mpg and working it with the 22-gallon NASCAR-specified fuel cell, you see that Newman has an 11-mile cushion compared to his competitors. Meaning that Newman could run an extra seven laps at a 1.5-mile track, such as is found at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Unfortunately for the Alltel team the secret is starting to filter out to some of the other teams, however, the power lost to the smaller carb is not quite at the level that the Penske motor men are capable of recapturing, but darn close. Give those who have started to experiment with the smaller carb a few weeks and any deficit should soon disappear.(Ford Racing)(10-13-2003)

 

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Pretty cool, but I bet they don't like that that info is leaking out.

[Elwood]

I know as a Penske fan, I would've preferred that info not leak. What I can't figure is that if it is so easy for that info to leak, why hasn't any info from the DEI restrictor plate program leaked yet, they've been dominate alot longer.

[MountaineerTom]

DEI team members are smarter than Penske team members and don't let the info leak out, or they get paid more.

 

Just kidding.

[Elwood]

 

I was thinking the same thing as I typed that. Or maybe they're just afraid one of the Eurys or Earnhardts will just kick their butt if they find out who leaked it.

[tmf6902]

That's pretty d**n good. Who ever get's fired the next few days......that's the one that leaked it.

[d2alio]

I'm surprised they went on this long with that secret... they've definitely pretty much blown everyone out of the water as far as fuel goes and sacrificing of the 2hp proved to not even matter...very smart guys

 

I wonder how that will affect his winning streak...he's still definitely one of the fastest cars out on the track, but being the fastest doesn't always guarantee the win... you win most races off the pit and fuel...should be pretty interesting from here on and out.