Thursday, November 22, 2007
Nemesis4x4 2007 News Update
Nemesis took the year off. I am really looking forward to the next years racing season and we are going to come back even stronger than we have been performing.
2006 was a very successful season with over 15 round victories and several class wins. The last race for the truck and the original powerplant was Kempton PA. The motor was eating itself up inside. Later we found two broken rocker arms but still pushed on to win the class on 6 cylinders. After that race the motor stripped the timing gears and bent all of the pushrods. After 9 years of racing, only two times being freshened up the motor was done. Special thanks goes out to Sonic Speed and Machine from Queenstown Maryland. Without their support and expertise the power plant would not have lasted and performed so well for so long.
2008 will see some big changes to the Nemesis race truck: new motor/trans, more cage, bumpers and door bars will be added for wheel to wheel racing. The truck will be gone through from top to bottom including new wiring and relocated rear mounted radiator. Some minor chassis/suspension changes will also be performed. Recently we picked up the new engine for the racer from Sonic Speed and Machine. Owner Bill McCowan started with a 350 Chevy and selected components that yielded a reliable 430-450hp. Chassis dyno tuning will take place after the combination is installed in the truck. More power can be added in the future if needed.
A Turbo 350 transmission was chosen to replace the old tranny. The Transmission Clinic of Willimantic CT was chosen to rework the trans for the off-road racing the truck will see. Owner John has many years of experience of knowing how to build them right and make the transmissions last.
New videos were found in the Nemesis archives, the burnout video and is loaded here, Nemesis4x4.com's video gallery and to youtube.com Build photos will be added in the near future.
2006 was a very successful season with over 15 round victories and several class wins. The last race for the truck and the original powerplant was Kempton PA. The motor was eating itself up inside. Later we found two broken rocker arms but still pushed on to win the class on 6 cylinders. After that race the motor stripped the timing gears and bent all of the pushrods. After 9 years of racing, only two times being freshened up the motor was done. Special thanks goes out to Sonic Speed and Machine from Queenstown Maryland. Without their support and expertise the power plant would not have lasted and performed so well for so long.
2008 will see some big changes to the Nemesis race truck: new motor/trans, more cage, bumpers and door bars will be added for wheel to wheel racing. The truck will be gone through from top to bottom including new wiring and relocated rear mounted radiator. Some minor chassis/suspension changes will also be performed. Recently we picked up the new engine for the racer from Sonic Speed and Machine. Owner Bill McCowan started with a 350 Chevy and selected components that yielded a reliable 430-450hp. Chassis dyno tuning will take place after the combination is installed in the truck. More power can be added in the future if needed.
A Turbo 350 transmission was chosen to replace the old tranny. The Transmission Clinic of Willimantic CT was chosen to rework the trans for the off-road racing the truck will see. Owner John has many years of experience of knowing how to build them right and make the transmissions last.
New videos were found in the Nemesis archives, the burnout video and is loaded here, Nemesis4x4.com's video gallery and to youtube.com Build photos will be added in the near future.
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