SCALI'S CARB DIET
Thu, 2007-08-02 10:03
At the beginning of this season, Geno Scali
was the development rider for Vance & Hines Motorsports' Suzuki
fuel injection system, as he's using one of their bikes, built at the
VHM skunkworks in Brownsburg, Ind. and owned by the company. As the
Suzuki runners begin to move into the 21st century with fuel delivery
systems already used by their Buell and V-Rod competitiors, Scali, the
2003 Pro Stock Motorcycle champion, became the test bed for VHM's EFI.
A close look at Scali['s positioning in the Countdown for the Championship (11th coming into Sonoma) tells the tale of the tape. "I changed back to carburetion a few races ago," Geno said. "Can't you tell by the results?" At the beginning of this season, Geno Scali was the development rider for Vance & Hines Motorsports' Suzuki fuel injection system, as he's using one of their bikes, built at the VHM skunkworks in Brownsburg, Ind. and owned by the company. As the Suzuki runners begin to move into the 21st century with fuel delivery systems already used by their Buell and V-Rod competitiors, Scali, the 2003 Pro Stock Motorcycle champion, became the test bed for VHM's EFI.
A close look at Scali['s positioning in the Countdown for the Championship (11th coming into Sonoma) tells the tale of the tape. "I changed back to carburetion a few races ago," Geno said. "Can't you tell by the results?"
Well, kind of. Geno went one round in the season opener at Gainesville, failed to qualify at Houston, ran to the semis in Atlanta and then failed to qualify at St. Louis.
Scali returned to carburetion and he hit the quarterfinals in Chicago and did the same at Englishtown, N.J., then he went a single round in Norwalk, Ohio, and the quarterfinals again at Denver. "My season is starting to turn around and I'm hoping to make the Countdown." He felt he couldn't really do what he needed without the change.
Although he'd rather see Scali continue with fuel injection, Byron Hines is okay with the swap. "When he's found what he needs and is ready to return to fuel injection," Hines said," we'll put it back on the bike."
A close look at Scali['s positioning in the Countdown for the Championship (11th coming into Sonoma) tells the tale of the tape. "I changed back to carburetion a few races ago," Geno said. "Can't you tell by the results?" At the beginning of this season, Geno Scali was the development rider for Vance & Hines Motorsports' Suzuki fuel injection system, as he's using one of their bikes, built at the VHM skunkworks in Brownsburg, Ind. and owned by the company. As the Suzuki runners begin to move into the 21st century with fuel delivery systems already used by their Buell and V-Rod competitiors, Scali, the 2003 Pro Stock Motorcycle champion, became the test bed for VHM's EFI.
A close look at Scali['s positioning in the Countdown for the Championship (11th coming into Sonoma) tells the tale of the tape. "I changed back to carburetion a few races ago," Geno said. "Can't you tell by the results?"
Well, kind of. Geno went one round in the season opener at Gainesville, failed to qualify at Houston, ran to the semis in Atlanta and then failed to qualify at St. Louis.
Scali returned to carburetion and he hit the quarterfinals in Chicago and did the same at Englishtown, N.J., then he went a single round in Norwalk, Ohio, and the quarterfinals again at Denver. "My season is starting to turn around and I'm hoping to make the Countdown." He felt he couldn't really do what he needed without the change.
Although he'd rather see Scali continue with fuel injection, Byron Hines is okay with the swap. "When he's found what he needs and is ready to return to fuel injection," Hines said," we'll put it back on the bike."
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