Competitors will be responsible for their engine to arrive ready to run at EMPI Anaheim on or before June 10th.
EMPI will pay for the round-trip shipping of competitor engines
Once the competitor’s engine is received at EMPI, it will not leave the premises until the Engine Battle is completed on June 20th.
Competitor order on the dyno will be drawn at random
Commercially available high-octane fuel will be provided for all competitors (Sunoco EVO 10 or equivalent).
Competitor’s engine must mount directly to the provided VW Stuska 800 dyno, no mounting modifications will be permitted.
Competitor’s engine must be completely self-contained, all engine elements must be directly attached to the engine.
Fan belt must be in place for (1) of the three dyno pulls.
Once securely attached to the Stuska, each competitor is allowed 30 minutes to test, tune and complete a maximum of (3) dyno pulls with a (2) person team, team members are not allowed to leave the dyno cell during their 30-minute session and EMPI will supply the dyno operator at each competition After 30 minutes has elapsed, the competitor engine will be removed and the next competitor will be up.
The winning engine will deliver the highest total horsepower and torque figure @5200 RPM divided by the total displacement of the engine, any ties will be broken by highest TQ divided by total displacement of the engine.
Confederation prizes are as follows: 1st place $2500, 2nd place $1500 3rd place $750 cash.
Competitors will submit a complete engine build sheet with all specifications and provide an EMPI invoice confirming the purchase of specified EMPI parts to validate their entry into the competition.
