Hi Guys,
Sorry about the large gap between posts. I know many of you Pontiac fanatics are anxious and patiently waiting for more information, but sometimes too much information is worse than not enough.
Anyway, about the Norwalk Street Legal race that DCI started and sponsored; Pete did not feel as if there was enough participation and because of some of the strict rules imposed, (that I wrote), it caused a few hassles and does take time to contest. Pete is very busy at the event, and if something that has little
participation takes more than it's fair share of
time, I can see his point.
Although I do understand his position, I feel that this part of the show was just coming to light. Pete and I had talked about changing some of the rules a little and allowing power adders, as well as a few other changes, so that the tech inspection did not take as long.
If you guys see the merit in this type of race, please e-mail Pete. Maybe if we all ban together and show positive support in a professional manner, Pete may reconsider allowing the race next year. If he does, we all need to support it and get as many participants as possible so that it makes economical sense for everyone involved.
As for the cylinder heads; YES, this has taken way longer than even I anticipated. And NO, this head is absolutely not a copy of the SuperChief head....not even close. This cylinder head was designed with a clean sheet of paper.
When we first designed the DCI Tiger Head, our intention was to create a head that flowed around 360 cfm out of the box and have enough port volume to feed the hungry Pontiac 455's
ferocious appetite. Well, it far exceeded our
wildest dreams. We feel that we have a very serious piece here. This head will take Pontiac racers to the next level and with your support, we will continue to develop new heads and intakes for the serious Pontiac racer.
We are very close to releasing the Tiger Head. We have had a few casting issues with gases creating air pockets and are fine tuning these issues. We do have three sets of heads now that we are beginning to test and everything looks great.
We are currently trying to get our car ready for Norwalk. We just purchased a car that is capable of handling the kind of power that the DCI Tiger Head can generate. I don't know if we will make Norwalk with the car. If the car is not ready to make a pass, we will at least try to get it there so that you can see the heads on the engine.
When we are ready to release the Tigers, it will be first come, first served. So, when we let the Tigers loose, be ready as these heads are only going to be cast in small quantities at first.
Thanks,
Don Johnston
DCI MOTORSPORTS LLC
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