FEEDBACK FRIDAY – MIKE KLOEBER'S NITRO UNIVERSITY - COURSE 4, FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
FEEDBACK ARTICLE: MIKE KLOEBER'S NITRO UNIVERSITY - COURSE 4, FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Another fantastic article by Mike K... easy to understand, thoroughly
comprehensive, and delightfully entertaining. Still the best. - Scott Mackie
FEEDBACK ARTICLE: MIKE KLOEBER'S NITRO UNIVERSITY - COURSE 4, FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Another fantastic article by Mike K... easy to understand, thoroughly
comprehensive, and delightfully entertaining. Still the best. - Scott Mackie
Hello, I was reading some of the comments in response to the Fuel Systems article. I, in a way, can see the point that one of the responses stated about how the articles are meant for those who don't know but want to and may appear too technical but I disagree I read the article and had no problem understanding how it worked though more pictures would have been handing so that I could see what was being talked about but apart from that I had no problem understanding it. I am 21 years old I did a pre-apprenticeship automotive course a couple of years ago and one thing I noticed at that course was that people will either understand exactly how cars work or no matter how hard they try just wont understand .
I know it won’t suit everybody but for me personally I would love a more technical article about the mechanical side of nitro racing. It’s my dream to one day own drive and tune a nitro funny car and I would love there to be an article that explains every last technical detail . Like why one size jet is used over another or why the cam is setup the way it is or why the clearances in the motor are the way they are or why everything is setup the way it is . I know that kind of information wont suit everybody but I would love to learn that kind of information . I guess I’ll learn it the one the guys back in the day learnt it all, trial and error. - William Payne
7-3-2009
Obviously Mike Kloeber is very smart and current with these fuel cars.
Which, in regards to these on-line seminars, is a problem.
Take this current fuel system article: How many readers who are not
versed in any facet of running fuelers, past or present, can seriously
take away any PRACTICAL knowledge from what he wrote. It comes across
as very complicated when his job in these articles is to SIMPLIFY, so
average readers can get a handle on how these fuel systems are actually
run, NOT how complicated they are - anyone around drag racing fuelers
knows that.
Secondly, Mike Kloeber's mixing of old tales with these tech might seem
entertaining, but it clouds what should be a clear lay-out of tech
information, clearly. Those entertaining old tales can either be
tacked on later, or in another article. This has been an issue with
every one of his articles. While I enjoy them, I know most of what
he's talking about, but he is not writing this out for those who know,
but those who DON"T know and want to.
In none of his articles, so far, has he given actual in-depth know-how
that anyone without prior knowledge in the field could actually apply.
Isn't this the whole purpose of these? Or just entertaining filler?
Lastly, I think this fuel article in particular displays how
unnecessarily complicated the fuelers have become, and while they are
the most exciting classes in drag racing, these are also at times the
most disappointing for all of their tech issues to get the cars down
the tracks. What both fuel classes need is to be simplified - and yes,
that curse said aloud, slow them down so they have more affordable full
fields at every race that have CLOSE SIDE BY SIDE RACING.
I do appreciate Mike Kloeber's efforts, and I'd like him to continue,
just consider simplify what he's writing in ways that can more easily
be understand and perhaps even applied. - Ken Tesoriere
Ken,
I appreciate your input regarding the articles I’ve been doing for
CompetitionPlus.com. You have raised a complicated issue in itself. I
have received good feedback from many people from both sides of the
ropes. My personal experience is that many of the fans are reasonably
knowledgeable and ask good questions about the technical side of things
and quite often the have ideas for new parts that in principal are well
thought out. I would like everybody to come away with a better
understanding of what goes on in the cars and in the minds of the
people who run them. Making everybody happy usually doesn’t happen. I
struggle with the best approach on writing the articles, part of me
would tell everything I know to the people who would like to know jet
sizes and rate of enrichment, or do I just state that the engine starts
out lean and richens to lock-up then goes on the regulator. I will in
the future make a concerted effort to simplify the articles while still
providing information for the knowledgeable readers like you.
If you have any specific questions I can answer I would be glad to make
myself available to you via email or phone. What would you like me to
cover in a future article?
I answer every email I get forwarded to me and I would like you to be a
satisfied reader too. Even if you would like to discuss the merits of
how complicated the sport has become I welcome you commentary I look
forward to hearing from you. - Mike Kloeber
Another excellent article from Mike! It's is amazing that all this
fuel and clutch management stuff is controlled by mechanical means. I
remember when NHRA rules changed to allow computers to only record data
rather than control systems but I can't remember why digital computers
are no longer allowed to control these complex systems. It sure seems
that there would be a lot of cost associated with mechanical control,
not to mention the higher liklihood of partsfailures within them
leading to yet other mechanical failures. - Henry Perry
Thanks Mike for your tribute to Pete.
For all of us who were privileged enough to attend Pete's Fuel System
101 lunches at Brent's, we are forever indebted to him. Thankfully JT
is carrying on the tradition. - Dana Kimmel
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