After a months preparation including renting a skid pad, buying two different brands of 200 TW street tires, 40 gallons of Sunoco 110, and driving 1000 miles to Scottsdale to get into the $10k Scottsdale autox shootout we got our a$$ kicked by two Corvettes. There were 40 cars trying for 4 openings in the final shootout of 24 cars. We were first in line Friday morning at 4:30 am and made it into the top ten on Friday and into the top 24 on Saturday morning. Fastest of all 60 cars running on Friday and qualified Second Saturday morning, but alas finished 3rd in the afternoon. The new engine ran like a train both days, never overheated or stumbled at any time. The only real issue is that maximum turn angle is 20 degrees because of my front end design and short travel rack. Most other cars had between 30 and 40 degrees of steer angle and there were about (7) u-turns on the course. Oh well, maybe next year...
You tube video of Fridays last run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrcxuQ1BCcY