We're excited to be a part of this project and see things go this year.

From John Robinson: 
It's been a while since I have checked in to the blogs but it's not because we have sitting around doing nothing!

As many of you know, we are building an entire new diesel powered funny car for the 2011 season.   I found an ex-John Force funny car out of Yorba Linda Ca & just “had” to have it. It’s a 125” Pluegger chassis that has a 12”Chrisman rear along with the carbon fiber brakes & all the good stuff.

We started the build from the frame up by stripping her down to the bare frame & making the necessary chassis modifications to get a diesel to fit in a funny car, then the paint went on to give it a fresh new look.

Next up was the midplate to allow the new clutch/Lenco setup that we will be running. This midplate is the heart of the car & there were many hours of measuring & tweaking this crucial part of the build.  Now it's on to the clutch.  We called Bruce Crower & got his team involved on building a clutch that has never been built before. It is a 4 disk 10.7 pedal clutch that many blown alcohol funny cars run today but has had to be modified to fit a Cumnmins & setup for our unique power curve. It has proven to be a great challenge for all involved but it will be worth it. Along with the clutch we are installing a lock-up feature from Frank & TF Performance that will allow us to “slip” this clutch off of the line & then bring it in slowly as we go . This will keep the tires from going up in smoke but will allow all the hp to reach the rear tires. It should arrive here at the shop on Monday.

Then we go to the can…This is being built by Browell & has had its own set of challenges. It has arrived here for measurements but will have to be sent back to 2 other companies for the final fit & finish.

Now the plumbing, The good folks at Fass fuel systems has built us a set of pumps that will feed this monster all the fuel she can swallow along with all the necessary lines & fittings to get get it there.

And on we go to the new motor. We are moving away from nitrous this year & going to a large water injection system. Nitrous works great but we are looking for another challenge. The water injection system will shoot water into each port & both intakes of the turbos @ over 3000 psi. It is proven technology that been around in the tractor pulling world for years. It works!

Mahle motorsports has kicked in another set of monotherm pistons for the new motor as well. These pistons are each made specifically for this car & are a work of art in themselves.  They are beautiful & its too bad that you can't seem them in the car.

Now the turbos..as usual the folks at Industrial Injection have come to the table with some good ideas & products. There will be a s400 74mm charger on top with a 110mm Phat Bastard on the bottom. These chargers are huge!  The bottom charger alone weighs in around 60 lbs, they will deliver over 110 lbs of boost that will be regulated by a top notch JGS 60MM wastegate & will be driven by a 13mm ag governed p pump. Fuel will not be a problem.

The head porting is being done by the best head porter in the country as far as I'm concerned & that’s Dealers Machine. Burt has etched out his own version of art on this head & has many man hours of grinding & shaping the ports. It takes a certain kind of person to do the things he does…Thank you Burt & Kurt Manual.

Along with the new build is a new body. It is a 2004 Dodge Avenger that has a very sexy wrap that was installed by Stonewater Graphics. ARP Fasteners will be supplying all the bolts to hold this thing together & Racepak will be monitoring the data for us. Both of these companies have been with us from day one & we couldn’t live without them. They are both the leaders in their fields.

Since we are in the cheerleading mode I would like to thank all of the crew of the Power Service Diesel Funny car for their hard work. Coy Randall, David Durant, Blake Bailey, Sawyer Finch, Daniel Riddle, Zack Walker, Tim Wallace, Jeff Case, Pam Ross, Kyden Fowler, Ronnie Davis, Eric Lister & my wife of 20 years Donna Robinson. They have all donated much of their time & skills to this project & without them this wouldn’t be any fun. Thanks to all of you good people.

And on a final note there is one thing that we all need to keep in mind & that is Power Service Diesel Additives & Mike Wilie. Without these people all of this would not happen. They have given  their support in so many ways & have made a huge difference in this teams abilities & all of the vendors that are associated with it. All of the above mentioned companys & people are people that have been directly helped by Power Service. Its very refreshing to see a good family do good & they have truly earned their title as the #1 selling diesel additive.