Never been to SEMA, what's needed to get in?

[Falcon67]

I see AEM controls on the e-crate motor - cool.  If I could crank that thing to 650+, that's be something I would put in the dragster - provided I could also rapid charge the battery bank.  I rear they hope to have a complete package at some time, batteries and all.  21st century retrofits.

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Meanwhile, Edelbrock showed a prototype 7.3l intake, so the ICE isn't dead yet...

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I see AEM controls on the e-crate motor - cool.  If I could crank that thing to 650+, that's be something I would put in the dragster - provided I could also rapid charge the battery bank.  I rear they hope to have a complete package at some time, batteries and all.  21st century retrofits.

Like this?

[TomP]

Thanks for posting the pix. Attendance is way down. No way you could get so many pictures with nobody in the way unless you were there after closing or a hour before it opened. That said it looks like I missed a pretty good show. 7.3 Godzilla intake is cool to see, and it fixes the throttle body angle. I think that GT may belong to Rebecka from the Ford booth, is that at the Plaza? Foose sure has space this year, lots of the booths appear to be several times bigger than in the past. Not sure that won't be an issue. Imagine at PRI if Jay pays the rate for a phone booth size but ends up dwarfing Holley and GM. 

[TomP]

No way for me to judge. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                    By way of comparison here is 2019 looking at almost the same spot as in your picture.

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No way for me to judge. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                    By way of comparison here is 2019 looking at almost the same spot as in your picture.

Have to quibble, my photo was taken just before the parade, so a lot of people had already filled the bleachers ahead, around the corner, and another crowd was watching the Hoonigans drifting team raise clouds of smoke ( see photo above).

I did spend a break around a large table with the workers from the Kickers booth and directly asked them what they thought about attendance. Same. Apparently the Convention Center had opened a new building, the West Hall, so floor area was substantially increased.

Aren't there real attendance figures published?

Meanwhile, Blueprint Engines was showing a new, robust SBF block, and seemed interested in expanding their product line.

[TomP]

One thing i've read said 50% but some of the pix and video, especially Tuesday, look like 10%. Still, a LOT of people and Friday appears to be a good turnout. Booths about half as many as usual. Where Superformance was inside used to be about ten booths, Mooneyes, Brembo, etc. Superformance would usually be outside. That West Hall was being constructed in 2019, looks huge. Can't imagine how much walking distance that would add if you tried to cover every booth each day. I think I walked 50 miles each year before.   How about FE's.... the white 64 Galaxie was a Cammer but in tthe SEMA Crruise parade the announcer mentions a 57 Ford with one and I can't find any pictures. Actually coverage is way down, all I see are videos of 4x4's and ricers. It would appear that half of all C8 Corvettes and new Broncos have been blinged out and were there.

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FE's

[Falcon67]

>Like this?
1.21 Gigawatts!  Yep, that.  I have an older AEM data system I'm putting on the dragster.  Seems I always buy last years (decades?) product LOL.

I'd like to see how they tie the engines together - side by side, gear box, tandem, etc.  Lot of dual motor setups. 

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Lot of companies working on it...
Ford rep said their $3,900 crate electric motor, with integrated open diff (currently sold out), can be installed in longitudinal series.

Though I don't know what'll happen when a blip of the throttle just produces a louder hum; sound-effects "muffler" systems?

[TomP]

I assume Ford doesn't supply a battery pack... so i'll stick wih FE's    those two Galaxies look good.