Grimracer
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BA BANG!Carl-the name came along after the introduction of the K&B 67 O.B.. Rod Geraghty and me were already talking about a boat and we wanted it to be a 40/60 boat and the name XT-460 was born. The boat performed great with a 67 engine with stock exhaust but that is about all the power it would handle. I have to disagree with you on the turning importance of a tunnel. Of course they need to turn well in racing but there is a lot more involved than just turning. I always set up my boats to run very loose (but under control) which meant better acceleration at the start and out of the turns. This is where most races are won. I also tried to make good starts and lived in lane-1-and nobody ever passed me in the turns on the outside. I still say if you cannot drive a free running tunnel with the throttle then you are not a good tunnel driver. If you have the boat set up tight enough to run wide open all the time then you are giving up performance. This might be different with today's engines but from what I have seen everything is still the same. When we were running K&b"s everything was a compromise. You gave up something in some areas to gain something in other areas.
Now we are talking....
Grim