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Old 08-16-2009, 06:37 PM
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A panel of 3 to 5 independent judges will be selected. Since some of the testing is subjective, all contestants must agree to the judging panel.
OK, but judges are "blinded". A judge won't know who did the particular tune they are testing. For street testing part, every judges uses the same road course.

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An undisclosed vehicle, modified or unmodified, will be provided.
I'd say dead stock, since there's always a baseline or control to compare to.

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May use any tuning equipment or software desired, so long as it does not violate requirement 5.
Wideband is OK, right? Or, should it be NO mods to the vehicle whatsoever except for connecting to the DLC?

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5 - Cranking (Smoothness)
5 - Idle (Smoothness, Stability)
5 - Throttle Repsonse (Crisp, Laggy, or Jerky)
5 - Noise (Rattly or Quiet)
10 - Smoke (Tip-in and under boost)
10 - Shifting (Smooth, Aggressive, Banging)
20 - Power Output (HP and Torque)
20 - Drage Race Times/Speed
20 - Overall drivability
Noise, smoke, and maybe cranking don't apply to gassers, so spread those points out with a slant to drivability.

How about a hauling or trailer test? We're talking about trucks only, right?

I'm less in favor of the dyno test results, since it's easy to rack up the HP/TQ numbers at the expense of drivability, so less weighting of the dyno against the drivability.
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