battery charging between rounds?

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Scott, you might try (to go fast for heads-ups) keeping the engine over 180 deg, and icing the intake manifold. On my chassis dyno the all aluminium LS engines don't respond to lower coolant temps like a normal sbc, LT1, etc. They were more forgiving, making the same power between 180 & 200 deg. Guys at the local test n tunes at the track hot lap their cars without slowing down at all. I would try a 180 'stat if I were you.
Sure be worth testing.

Thanks Ed. We do ice the intake between runs to keep it from going into heat soak and pulling timing. That's interesting that they make the same power even when they are warmer. Yes, we will experiment with the 180.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Tar Heel

Thanks Ed. We do ice the intake between runs to keep it from going into heat soak and pulling timing. That's interesting that they make the same power even when they are warmer. Yes, we will experiment with the 180.

Don't know who tuned your computer, but properly done it won't pull timing from a hot manifold. Cold manifolds are faster, but you shouldn't have to ice it between rounds in normal "bracket mode". Just when you need every last hundredth.