I never comment. I'm old and cranky, but when you put out your personal racing content, I stop what I'm doin to watch. Fuel Tech is the only way to go when dealing with race only vehicles. Congrats on the MAJOR achievement and good luck in 2024!!!
this wasnt a ECU issue holley stuff is amazing with decades of R & D it was simply a shitty horrible dog shit tuner issue. He kind of dug his own grave he knew something was wrong he should have stuck with his gut its his money his motor he should have demanded it be tuned the way he wants
This is a tough one because as a customer the tuner should listen to your concerns.but you also trust that a tuner knows what he is doing next year tune yourself and seee what happens
I've been watching this channel for the last 5 years and you guys are as legit as it gets. Over the last 5 years you've inspired me to continue my automotive journey and start my own custom tuning company which I have. Keep up the great work RPM!
Hey I saw this comment and checked out your channel, seems awesome especially for gen 3 stuff... Keep posting on what your doing and learning and your trials and tribulation so we can learn and overtime you will grow, yt is not an overnight thing
7:24 not only what you said why you didn't tune.. it is VERY important that the driver only has to worry about driving and driving only. Regardless if it is 10 sec at a time or 500 miles in a circle or 24 hrs etc. Best case scenario the driver just needs to be in his or her zone!
Great video fran. Love that drag racing. It's a game that's won sometime by the other making a mistake. You realize that and you have corrected that problem . Good luck to you in the future my brother I think you headed for a great start. I will be watching.
Fran, you and your team kick ass and keep it real! Trust that gut, you know your shit. What a weekend that was, and such a great video, appreciate you sharing and best of luck in the new season!
Been watching this channel for years. Love seeing how far the car and shop has come. Sometimes life’s best lessons are the most expensive ones…but you’ll come back better than ever!
Fran, I have been watching you for several years and I am in no way at your level. I have been around racing for close to 60 years.(I worked at a race track when they push started the top fuel cars) Don't sell yourself short! You are unbelievably talented and always trust your gut. And I enjoy your videos.
One thing I will say is I do the same thing .. I own a shop I tune a lot of vehicles and I tune my own but at the level of my race program I also have people who help in the tuning side .. it’s just to much sometimes and i always second guess myself .. I been watching you guys for years
Congrats on your best racing season!! You could definitely see it in Matts enthusiasm jumping around and shit. And you could tell it in your voice once you ended each run. Here’s hoping your next season is even better!!
Solid and consistant passes brotha, hell of a final finishing just a tenth behind on a hurt/detonating motor. Situations like that suck, but lesson learned and you'll never make that mistake again. Sounds like the new tuner for 2024 season will get you into the 195+mph zone and help set some new pb's!
Congratulations on a great season! You will knock it out of the park this year! Have enjoyed watching you and your team do amazing work! Thanks for sharing your world with us. 🎉
cool to see you go up against Rhodes. Awesome race!!!! Been watchin him race at Cecil for so many yrs. Hard to trust other people when it comes to your own stuff but I understand. Live and learn. awesome videos as usual!!!!
Damn Fran... hate that happened my friend. Better luck this year with the HIT Man tuner!! Respectfully, Seth Ps... Length.was great! Class stuff is what we do... I'm in everytime RACEDAY!
Wow 399 deg IAT's !! I would imagine at those temps pre-ignition could be occurring, so it wouldn't even matter what your ignition timing is since it's igniting before the ignition event. Time for an intercooler maybe?
Fran you are looking healthy dude! I've been a fan of your channel and company for a while now and I have to say you have lost a TON of weight. Keep it up the good work!
Thanks for letting us know about this TOONER... He tunes many gm street cars so now we know thankfully. Good luck this year, we know your gonna kick butt 💪
Damn it Fran.....so fuckin close... im sorry for your loss of that badass engine. im yelling at my computer, when you were half track..i was rooting for you bro, god damn that is extremely frustrating. good job tho bro, and your crew. noone knows your car better than you. better luck to you this year hopefully, fuckin pissed, and i know you were too hence the 2 month cool down period before release of this video, and rightfully so. Stay strong, you are going to annihilate this year, i know it
8:29 I think he is a great guy and all... I just don't care for him. He annoys me. Probably because of how filthy rich he got off a dumb name. We'll call it jealously and leave it at that.
Congratulations, on your best season yet! Glad to hear you got another tuner, especially one that your super happy with. For sure Fran, trust your instincts next time! You been doing this a long time, and you probably need to remind yourself that next time!
Knock Sensors, Knock Sensors!!1 And Oh, Fuel Tech does not have them! HOLLEY, Dance with the one that brought you! More money sent out of the country, SMH!
@RaceProvenMotorsports Holley supports 1 wire and 2 wire knock sensors. 2 wire units are more accurate. In the ignition ICF, the sensitivity is adjustable, the rate of ignition retard is adjustable, the rate of ignition return is adjustable. I use them on my high horsepower Drag and Drive engine, 572 CID, ProCharged iron block with a 1500+ hp progressive nitrous system. I am aware that Holley assembles their stuff with foreign parts.
Damn I would hate to see the bill for all the broken pro chargers . Your stubborn I would have put a turbo on that thing and thrown the broken pro chargers in a lake by now
YOU do the tuning Frankie, stupid to let someone ruin your shit when you're smart enough to do this. Plus you get all the credit for the win, tuning and driving.
Was the tuners name Eric gold? I’d like to know because he also tuned my car and not sure if that may explain some stuff that was going on with the car…
"Not for sale in California. That's how you know it'll work." 😂👌
I never comment. I'm old and cranky, but when you put out your personal racing content, I stop what I'm doin to watch. Fuel Tech is the only way to go when dealing with race only vehicles. Congrats on the MAJOR achievement and good luck in 2024!!!
this wasnt a ECU issue holley stuff is amazing with decades of R & D it was simply a shitty horrible dog shit tuner issue. He kind of dug his own grave he knew something was wrong he should have stuck with his gut its his money his motor he should have demanded it be tuned the way he wants
This is a tough one because as a customer the tuner should listen to your concerns.but you also trust that a tuner knows what he is doing next year tune yourself and seee what happens
Way to overcome all those Broken parts and get it together with a small crew and go rounds. Great job RPM
I've been watching this channel for the last 5 years and you guys are as legit as it gets. Over the last 5 years you've inspired me to continue my automotive journey and start my own custom tuning company which I have. Keep up the great work RPM!
Hey I saw this comment and checked out your channel, seems awesome especially for gen 3 stuff... Keep posting on what your doing and learning and your trials and tribulation so we can learn and overtime you will grow, yt is not an overnight thing
7:24 not only what you said why you didn't tune.. it is VERY important that the driver only has to worry about driving and driving only. Regardless if it is 10 sec at a time or 500 miles in a circle or 24 hrs etc. Best case scenario the driver just needs to be in his or her zone!
This video was a burner.
I couldn't stop watching It. It was great to see you as well as your crew smiling from ear to ear.RPM
Hats off, your the bigger man at this point. Mr Miller let's get Fran ironed out and put em in the winner 🏆 circle
Great video fran. Love that drag racing. It's a game that's won sometime by the other making a mistake. You realize that and you have corrected that problem . Good luck to you in the future my brother I think you headed for a great start. I will be watching.
Fran, you and your team kick ass and keep it real! Trust that gut, you know your shit. What a weekend that was, and such a great video, appreciate you sharing and best of luck in the new season!
Hell yeah!!! Excited to see the success this season. 🙌
Congrats bro on the finals ! Glad to hear you got a badass tuner!
Wow I have been watching you for a long time and this is one of your best yet. Very informative.!
Been watching this channel for years. Love seeing how far the car and shop has come. Sometimes life’s best lessons are the most expensive ones…but you’ll come back better than ever!
So true my friend
Fran, you and Matt are legends!! Good luck this year team RPM!
Can’t wait to watch.
That was so cool 😎
Congratulations on the final 👍👍👍
Good luck next season.
Thank you 😎😎😎👍👍👍
Fran, I have been watching you for several years and I am in no way at your level. I have been around racing for close to 60 years.(I worked at a race track when they push started the top fuel cars) Don't sell yourself short! You are unbelievably talented and always trust your gut. And I enjoy your videos.
One thing I will say is I do the same thing .. I own a shop I tune a lot of vehicles and I tune my own but at the level of my race program I also have people who help in the tuning side .. it’s just to much sometimes and i always second guess myself .. I been watching you guys for years
Another 30.min upload hell yes ..Fran you always go with your gut man either way you guys went hard and did great cheers .RESPECT
Great video, lessons learned. You sound jacked about next season.
Great content. It's great to see and get the back story on your year.
Congrats on your best racing season!! You could definitely see it in Matts enthusiasm jumping around and shit. And you could tell it in your voice once you ended each run. Here’s hoping your next season is even better!!
Solid and consistant passes brotha, hell of a final finishing just a tenth behind on a hurt/detonating motor. Situations like that suck, but lesson learned and you'll never make that mistake again. Sounds like the new tuner for 2024 season will get you into the 195+mph zone and help set some new pb's!
Congratulations on a great season! You will knock it out of the park this year! Have enjoyed watching you and your team do amazing work! Thanks for sharing your world with us. 🎉
cool to see you go up against Rhodes. Awesome race!!!! Been watchin him race at Cecil for so many yrs. Hard to trust other people when it comes to your own stuff but I understand. Live and learn. awesome videos as usual!!!!
The intro says, "A 50 thousand dollar dollar mistake" lmao
You a bad mf man. You drive that car with no fear. Respect.
Man this story kills me. Can't believe it. Next season is going to be great for you though I just know that car is going to fly with the right help.
Hey!! Midwest Magic Cleaning said you will be working on his Camaro. I have a 2016 SS convertible and want to see what you cam do!
Damn Fran... hate that happened my friend. Better luck this year with the HIT Man tuner!!
Respectfully, Seth
Ps... Length.was great! Class stuff is what we do... I'm in everytime RACEDAY!
Great video. Makes sense.
Sucks to hear and sounds like you got it alll figured out. Long time fan.
Damn That sucks Live and learn sorry to hear it was so costly I was pumped as you went rounds
Learned 1 thing from this, Never letting a honda racer tune my LS
Very cool video, thanks
Thanks for filming all the racing action!
Wow 399 deg IAT's !! I would imagine at those temps pre-ignition could be occurring, so it wouldn't even matter what your ignition timing is since it's igniting before the ignition event. Time for an intercooler maybe?
It’s on M1
With your knowledge and a little effort you got this Fran. Never too late to up your game.
I might be a little slow but wondering who he was using for his tooner?
😂 want me to go get you his autograph, not sure why people get so excited about cleetus, keep up the awesome work its going to pay off
very cool man! i thought that you tuned it yourself....399F iat's is wildddd.
Damn sorry about your engine failure. This was bad ass racing I really enjoyed the content!
Looking forward to more!
Tuned your car and it blew, does not say a word, then turns around and sends you an invoice?? Karma will find that jackwagon. No doubt.
Midwest magic cleaning sent me over!
Bad ass vette, always been one of my favorites out. GL next season, that semi-final run was nutty u cut his head off the tree lol.
8:53 thats Justin Reggio. Coolest dude in drag racing in my opinion. Made us all sandwiches that morning to start the day off right
He’s an awesome dude. That was my first time meeting him
Who was tuner? And whats the new tuner information
Fran you are looking healthy dude! I've been a fan of your channel and company for a while now and I have to say you have lost a TON of weight. Keep it up the good work!
Thanks man.
Great job! Good luck next year! I love my stage 3 Camaro y’all did last November.
Fran, you and the team are great. With the Fuel Tech God, '24 is going to be killer.
What torque tube modifications are used on your drag car
Couplerless DS
Fran sometimes it takes a Malaka point you in the right direction
Man the car was running so so well 😔
He doesn’t miss on the tree 🌲 good shit !
Love the explanations and in car Fran
Thanks for letting us know about this TOONER... He tunes many gm street cars so now we know thankfully.
Good luck this year, we know your gonna kick butt 💪
Congrats on a good season. good luck in the next one!
Costly lessons suck, hope next year is easier on the car and you.
To invoice someone after blowing up their engine, without even acknowledging it, sucks. Sorry bud. Next year though!
Damn it Fran.....so fuckin close... im sorry for your loss of that badass engine. im yelling at my computer, when you were half track..i was rooting for you bro, god damn that is extremely frustrating. good job tho bro, and your crew. noone knows your car better than you. better luck to you this year hopefully, fuckin pissed, and i know you were too hence the 2 month cool down period before release of this video, and rightfully so. Stay strong, you are going to annihilate this year, i know it
I really enjoyed this video 🤙
Can’t wait for next Season Fran!!! LFG!!!!
Best part of the in car camera is Fran still has power windows
Absolutely love it 😂
I THOUGHT the same thing!!
8:29 I think he is a great guy and all... I just don't care for him. He annoys me. Probably because of how filthy rich he got off a dumb name. We'll call it jealously and leave it at that.
At least you're honest. I can respect that.
Y’all should what TH-camrs do with car giveaways. Instead of buying merch to win a car, you win like a heads cam package for your ride.
Very good video thanks
Dam!
Midwest Magic Cleaning sent me over
Fran a question is the reason why you broke so many prochargers because of the tuning or is that just a whole totally different thing
2 of them were from mistakes he made
Matt is a beast.
Awesome video
Ole Cleeters 🥴 jk ❤ for both channels!!
Kinda off topic but what happened to kitchen?
Sold it.
Nine times out of 10 you’re good in steak is dead on the money
I need to be friends with you'll. I'll take the trashed 24 lb capable procharger
That story at the end made me mad, and it's not even my car.
Jamie miller from proline ?
Yes sir
Can’t wait for the vette to go 6s now 😉
looking forward to 2024 and thanks for keeping Eric's face out of this video.
Congratulations, on your best season yet! Glad to hear you got another tuner, especially one that your super happy with. For sure Fran, trust your instincts next time! You been doing this a long time, and you probably need to remind yourself that next time!
I forgot the camera man's name I think it's Kyle wright did he get a picture with Cletus
Knock Sensors, Knock Sensors!!1 And Oh, Fuel Tech does not have them! HOLLEY, Dance with the one that brought you! More money sent out of the country, SMH!
😂😂😂😂 knock sensors on a 2500HP supercharged car on M1 huh? Yeah let me know how they work
You think holley has ANYTHING made in the USA?
@RaceProvenMotorsports Holley supports 1 wire and 2 wire knock sensors. 2 wire units are more accurate. In the ignition ICF, the sensitivity is adjustable, the rate of ignition retard is adjustable, the rate of ignition return is adjustable. I use them on my high horsepower Drag and Drive engine, 572 CID, ProCharged iron block with a 1500+ hp progressive nitrous system. I am aware that Holley assembles their stuff with foreign parts.
Well when you try knock sensors on a solid engine on M1 let me know how they work for you
@@RaceProvenMotorsports ok, will do.
2 damn pretty cars in the final. Sorry but in that category Randy gets the win on looks by a fender.
Lookin forward to watching you this new season, all the way from San Diego CA. Hope you will have a FuelTech dyne tuning video
I love how your teammates work super natural and funny
Damn I would hate to see the bill for all the broken pro chargers . Your stubborn I would have put a turbo on that thing and thrown the broken pro chargers in a lake by now
Still proud of u boys!🤛
ouch
Fuck man...congrats on a job well done. Lesson learned and good luck next season.
That explains your tuner issue . You let a Honda guy tune your car . They blow their shit up every round .
Really sounds more like sabotage. instead, of genuine tuner knowledge and the graphs and damages prove that.
Facts because numbers don’t lie.
I believe fuel Tech headquarters is here in Georgia
YOU do the tuning Frankie, stupid to let someone ruin your shit when you're smart enough to do this. Plus you get all the credit for the win, tuning and driving.
You need Pete Harrell from HED to tune and apply the power. The funny thing is he tunes Cleetus' cars.
Yeah I called him…..He took 5k dollars from me for parts and I never heard from him again after numerous calls and emails.
@@RaceProvenMotorsports Well that sure is very interesting. Is shipping not in the realm of stuff he is real good at doing?
I got the parts. But I only bought them bc he said he was going to tune my car
@@RaceProvenMotorsports Ahhh. Makes more sense to me now (I'll own that confusion-- on me).
@@RaceProvenMotorsportswere you ever compensated? Did you get all of your parts?
Pete Harrell is an amazing drag racing tuner if you are looking for a different person.
He’s also amazing at letting me order 6k dollars in parts then never hearing from him again
@@RaceProvenMotorsportspete got me for parts about a month ago.
These dudes are way to cool for cleetus 😂
Dam love what yall do but this video is 3 months late
Was the tuners name Eric gold? I’d like to know because he also tuned my car and not sure if that may explain some stuff that was going on with the car…
Yes it was