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The whole discussion is about bringing variety into the modified classes. These are the crowd magnets in Europe while in the US I have seen with my own eyes how people leave the stands when the mods line up.
The point is: You want a more tech interested crowd, make more possible and gain spectators.
Will semi engine block Turbo / Allison / Pro Charged V8s beat the blown Hemis? Probably, not,
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drivability - with turbo and e.g. Pro Chargers. Meeting the fuel mixture on a non linear air supply (aka not Roots or Screw) with a non linear boost (temperature) with a mechanical system only get's you "in the ballpark" with a CFI outside of "full boost / full rpm". Fuel systems for blower engines are pretty simple, as they give a given amount of air per rpm and thus need a given amount of
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We did a 2.66 restrictor. It's not a "plate" but a ring with a given shape with a defined edge that causes the air flow to collapse.
They are all running small HX60s for +- 1200 bucks, figured more than a 14mm pump is too fast and are mostly worried about getting the spray patterns of their injectors, cams and timing right. Even head work has been proven to be not much benefit.
Had tractor
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How cool is this: Checking through my content on YT, all of a sudden our Floating Finish Podcast is AI translated to ENGLISH AUDIO!!!
You might need to set the audio to English on the little cog wheel bottom right though.
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realistically, anything with spark plugs that doesn't use a roots screw blower
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I was just about to say that, after I saw they've outlawed PWM control for water injection.
What made a lot of the different engine combos competetive with the "blower and constant flow" stuff is EFI.
We run a very similar class in Europe, a bit heavier, and like 50% of the non diesel guys are EFI.
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Quotecpr
They are the lead classes that make the others possible.
Pretty much that. You need the "unlimited" classes, that cost what people want to spend, to keep the sport developing.
And you need classes, that attract people to come join young. From every 50 guys that start in their 20s you'll have a few that have the success in life to work their way into the top classes and the re
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QuoteAndre
when a stock 1066 doesn't have a chance to even compete
Ever thought about the fact a 1066 is a 50 year old vehicle that people in their 20s hardly have any "daily life" connection to? At least no more than I have to a 35 Fergie.
Even though I HATE to watch them - the "brush pull hot farm" stuff here looks like this:
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Stock tractors in the afternoon, not many watching. Then turning it into "more expensive by dawn when the crowd comes in, give them 2 - 3 hour spectacle and then crank the music up and sell beer"
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QuoteWondering
Sasha-- just a couple questions, is every event over there at a festival-- are there no fairs that have tractor pulls and demolition derbys and pig shows or cattle shows or rodeos that a pull would have to share the week or weekend event with like we have to here in the United States?
Pulling events here are 95 % "stand alone" events. I can remember very few where pulling was jus
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It's interesting, how Chat GPT always tries to please the one asking the questions...
Here is what I got for an answer on "how does US Pulling need to improve, if it wants a younger audience":
Not sure how much is actually true - but it does have some valid points. I would make some of them, too. Even though I think it's a bit too positive about what we do here.
"Here are concret
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I have given you two "examples" of drone shots of two events we've covered this year and took some drone shots. A small one (consider it "state level") and a big one (Euro Cup).
Camping at the big event was 65 for the weekend, admission 50 for the weekend (2 days / 7 hour sessions) (26 / 28 each day, seated 42 / 45, VIP incl. food and drinks 115 / 145 )
At the small one camping was 50
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QuoteDick Morgan
Are you sure that this wasn't just copied from any European event?
Make that "some" European events
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Friday (10 am EST)
Prostock
Modified
Superstock
Saturday (7 am EST)
Supersport 3,6t
Light Modified
Mini Modified
Limited Superstock
Heavy Modified
Live results:
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Fully agree on that with classes that have not enough tire...
Time for some GPS jammers
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EFI is not magic, and it’s not traction control and it doesn't help you to improve your performance down the track, if you made the wrong decisions BEFORE the run. It might save you a piston though.
With EFI you program two tables:
• Fuel = how much fuel at a given rpm & boost + inlet temperature compensation
• Timing = when the spark fires at a given rpm & boost
That’s all. The co
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Ok - can see it being a benefit in 4x4 classes. I don't have those in mind, they don't exist in my bubble of pulling.
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After now 14 years working with EFI system in Pulling, seriously can somebody please explain what good traction control would do in Pulling?
We move forward by throwing dirt with spinning tires.
You can be too fast - but how fast that is, really depends on the track condition, your tire cut, chassis,....
So one would have to program according to condition right before the hook and better be
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QuoteDoubleOvertime
My experience was by the time my EGTs got too hot it was too late for the computer to save it.
Too slow computer and sensors
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QuoteAnd the other thing
And they still pull for peanuts over there, so they are probably doing things right and not over-spending.
What makes you think this?
The "business model" here is not "prize money" but sponsorships. Hence - the money you make as a team is much more dependent on people in the stands and media coverage than prize money.
At the lower ranks, where prize money here maybe
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What EFI did in Europe, was to make other engine combinations than blower V8s competitive with Hemis.
A lot of younger folks started to work on modified tractor projects, they probably would not have touched on MFI, simply because if you can't buy a mechanical system especially made for your engine set up, it's a real pain in the butt and takes a lof ot time to get it to work, unless y
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QuoteBrandonA
I'll be honest I appreciate the idea of growing the sport and reaching new fans. However a sport like tractor pulling is better off focusing on keeping the fans it does have engaged and coming back to pulls. I actually think Full Pull has done a great job of that.
As far as classes and rules go I think the show needs to last 3 hours or less or you lose peoples attention. Pu
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QuoteFansOnly
It would be interesting to see how the different venues feel about losing ticket sales do to being on YouTube for free. I've never been to Europe and won't pretend how their motorsports economy is currently doing. .
That's the "thing" - or actually the experience here after going from pay per view to free streams on YT: Ticket sales go up. We've had several ev
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The 5500 lbs mod from the Euro Cup in Denmark last weekend - brilliant!
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This was in the new Dutch Pulling Magazine, coming from the NTTO chairman after they made the decision to live stream all their events for free on Youtube. Worth a read!
»COLUMN WIJNAND«
The 2025 season and everything that comes with it is now in full swing. This is usually a moment when the board can briefly lean back – but this year, developments in the world of tractor pulling continue a
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This Saturday we'll have my local event.
My crew is doing a free live stream (paid by sponsors).
If you want to see some good EU Pulling live, for free:
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Maybe its a good idea to listen to the promoter of Made?
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