Chris Stillwell, crew member on Matt Hagan's Dodge / Mopar #PoweredbyPennzoil team, gives us his point of view when tearing down after their Q2 run in Indianapolis at @nhra's #USNats! @Dodge • @mopar • @Pennzoil
Now thats what I call Team Work.Incredible display of each person doing what they do under a stressful time frame.Thanks for this video and we all appreciate the hard work you all put in for us fans to see these cars on the track.
You know, I never cease to be amazed at the skill of these incredible mechanics and crew chiefs! When I was a kid I stood in the pits at Bristol and watched them disassemble Don Garlits engine. Don wouldn't just drive, he turned the wrenches as well. My hat is off to these incredible people. By the way Big Daddy now 90 years old!
It is! I think people forget about is finding dry cleaners and hoping you gel with everyone and do everything perfectly! And lots and lots of traveling! 😂🤘
Pure 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 True 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 This is some killer content... Hell, ... I thought the teamwork with the body removal was spectacular... it just got better and better. The temps of both the fluids and metal have got to be smoking hot. I only wish more of these guys utilized 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧 hearing protection during start-up, etc. I see finger in the ear during throttle blips, ... but hearing protection is needed anytime the engine is running. Any exposure damage is permanent.
Can I bring my Volvo too that Party.... seriouisly this is incredible too watch.. and that is not the end, I´m pretty impressed. BTW I´m from Germany, so I don´t see that very often, thank for the look behind the scene ;-)
The crews that do this are awesome. Ripping apart and putting back together a 11k hp engine reliably is so cool. Can everyone do the others job if needed?
NO! not unsupervised at full speed at least. some guys can once they've spent time at every job, but not everybody can. but there is usually a progressive learning curve. the orchestra would be messed up if bodies were moved around to different jobs. if you ever watch on TV and hear how they are talking about a team having an all volunteer crew or local hires who don't usually work together taking a lot longer in turn around time, this is what they are talking about. it's like the difference between a militia and an active duty military unit when it comes to proficiency.
@@slowpoke96Z28 yup. I’ve been active duty Air Force and there’s a visible difference in the timing and how in sync things were on the flight line from active duty Guys to guard/reserve. It’s hard to compare the 2 unless you understand the process of course in this case I’m referring to getting aircraft ready to fly from the time the crew shows to marshaling them out.
How do you get into a career doing this? Absolute dream job for me, worked at getting my mechanics license and everything, just not sure how to get into this field of work. Thanks!
so question is everything inspected and reinstalled or do you have like a new set of pistons , and valve train etc to go back in. cause this is the coolest thing to see and such great teamwork and just want to know how much is going to be reused
They but a replacement rack in it (pistons,rods,bearings) the top teams will use new on each run,but lots of teams will check that an item is within spec,catalogue how many runs its had and re use it.
From what I've seen it's a bit of both they check some of the components and spec them out n from there they replace what they need to since most components wear out after one pass
Insane how fast you guys work I can’t wait for my chance to be a team member all I need is a chance I can do this job all day just as fast and not miss a beat give me a chance please closed mouths are never heard 🙌
Go to a race and offer help to teams for free to get the experience and your name out there. Most teams especially the smaller ones are looking for a helping hand especially if the helping hand doesn’t cost them extra.
Amazing… the basic hemi was introduced in 1951; this iteration in 1964 if I remember right. No other ICE is capable of putting out this much power (14,000-15,000 hp) on a consistent basis. Dominate Upper level drag racing.
you mean reciprocating piston ice at this displacement. there are a lot of internal combustion engines that make more power, more torque, and for way more than 5 seconds at a time. to appreciate what these engines do, you gotta understand what the others do too.
part is maintenance, part is tuning. the maintenance part is the friction babbitt bearings on the crankshaft. they get beat to near death, so they have to be examined and replaced. there's some forensics going on too. how they are worn and how much tell a story of how the engine ran. the tuning comes with the selection of the pistons, the head gasket, and the heads to achieve a specific compression ratio. since the rods are aluminum, they get pounded shorter, which changes the piston to deck measurement, which changes compression. the head gasket thickness can be varied to change compression. the cylinder heads can be selected by their combustion chamber volume to change compression. those are all why the long block comes apart after each run. and that's if nothing was hurt on the pass. the clutch and the supercharger get their own workover as well, clutch more so than supercharger.
@@slowpoke96Z28 damn man... That's a little of shit for 1 pass, but it makes sense tho! I figured there was heavy wear on the parts, but didn't factor in the changing tolerances due to such heavy immediate wear. Thanks for taking my question seriously 🤙
