ECOtec gets more power, will run with USSA

Revolution Racing · 10/20/10, 3:34 PM

The first full season for the new RRE Chevrolet ECOtec is drawing to a close. It was a 'learning' year for us and on balance I think it was a success. In California, Dillon Silverman has clinched second place in the BCRA Championship with his ECOtec. Just last weekend, Dillon came from 12th to 4th at the BCRA pavement race in Lakeport. He did that driving his dirt car, and without a whole lot of pavement experience... In Missouri, Richard Kriesel has had several good runs with his ECOtec, including qualifying for and finishing in the top ten at Kemper arena, in his firt time in a Midget! Several drivers have had top ten and top five finishes with their ECOtecs against 'traditional' Midgets this year, and remember, we really didn't develop this engine to run head to head with existing, conventional Midgets. But for next year, we'll have something designed EXACTLY for that....

We have begun development on the ECOtec 'ST2' - this will be a higher output version of the existing RRE ECOtec, designed to be fully competitive with 'conventional' Midget engines in short track situations. The engine will still feature the RRE electronic engine management system including sequential port fuel injection, variable valve timing and all the other features that make the ECOtec such an affordable, drivable and durable race engine.

To learn more about the ST2, as well as several other new developments, please visit our website - www.revolutionracingengines.com - and click on the "News and Updates" button.

Thanks,
Keith Iaia
Revolution Racing Engines
805-238-3930http://www.revolutionracingengines.com

darnall · 10/20/10, 8:57 PM

Any idea on a ballpark pricepoint for the ST2? Don't need a cold hard quote, just curious how much more the extra power is going to cost.

Revolution Racing · 10/20/10, 9:25 PM

Well of course we won't know till we're done, but I'm thinking it should be in the 14k range for a complete, new engine - air filter to muffler. Upgrading one of the existing engines should be around 3 grand. Our goal is to still provide an engine that will stil go a couple seasons - that is the main thing, IMO... Thanks!

10/20/10, 8:57 PM	#2 Re: ECOtec gets more power, will run with USS
darnall Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 773	Any idea on a ballpark pricepoint for the ST2? Don't need a cold hard quote, just curious how much more the extra power is going to cost.

10/20/10, 9:25 PM	#3 Re: ECOtec gets more power, will run with USS
Revolution Racing Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 222	Well of course we won't know till we're done, but I'm thinking it should be in the 14k range for a complete, new engine - air filter to muffler. Upgrading one of the existing engines should be around 3 grand. Our goal is to still provide an engine that will stil go a couple seasons - that is the main thing, IMO... Thanks!