LS Fest LAS VEGAS Day 1: The Auction Corvette's Fastest Pass EVER! (Testing & Qualifying)
What could be better? We're in Las Vegas with our favorite people and favorite two Corvettes. Holley performance puts on an awesome race!
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Cleetus McFarland
12961 44th St N. Ste B
Clearwater, FL 33762
United States of America
Cleetus you should wrap your fuel cell in ruby to look like a 24 pack of skeet
Dew ittt
Yess do it
That would be beautiful!!!!!!!!
The tank in the back is for water for the intercooler, not fuel. Agreed though.
@@Axaon7 I feel like you missed a chance at greatness. Should have been "dew It"
I love Coopers sarcasm. Its extremely obvious in a hilarious way.
Yeah Cooper has that Jerry Seinfeld kind of humor
He really does, especially when he said "let me how that goes" towards James at cleetus and cars. His subtlety is was makes hilarious and inconspicuous to those not aware.
This channel is nothing without coop 🤘
Extra virgin olive oil !!!!!😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😎😎😎😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Coop is the deadpan one liner king! Channel wouldn’t be the same without him!
8.3 @ 179... slow, but we can build off of that.... boy how times have changed.
Back in my day a low 10 second car would have been a world beater. Turbos have come a long way in the last 2 decades
Probs the 90+ degree track temps.
Yup. That was the Pro Stock winner in my day. When I grew up a true 13 second street car would whoop anything until the race cars came out.
So I guess its gonna take Ruby outrunning Leroy before you finally decide to add some aero pieces. A few pieces of clear lexan in the right places would do wonders. Go back to the wind tunnel and figure it out. Be like getting 400-500 hp for free.
literally
James might not win the race, but he'll win the unofficial burnout contest every time.
Lmao I know right.... He is sooooo hard on tires it hurts me every time
Noah Bird shoulda left the likes at one ☝️ hunnet
My work van is a Chevy express with the 4.8 but I couldn't afford the 2 step...or the power glide........or the turbo........but I got a tractor flap at a great price! Lmao
Randall Greer four point great
All you need is the tractor flap, that adds at least 500 horses at the wheels 😉🤣
Cooper doing his famous 'I'm just a Farmer' imitation!!
Coop's in straight dad mode lmfao, and the bad part is James is the dad lmfaooooo
That hat is HIDEOUS, doesn't he have a girlfriend to point that out? Lmao
But he is out standing in his field.
@@karmacyclewerks9640 Its our aussie style, he has learnt from the best !
Whatevere happened to "I wont race ruby without her hood" lol 🤘
Absolutely love that james is becoming a driver in your videos.... I can’t click on your content fast enough.
Just had to build a car he didn't break at the line every time.
Wish Cooper was the driver myself.
@@christopherflynn5359 Cooper will be racing by the end of the year. they should put a little time into the v but in cases like this they will have to take ruby, leroy, neighbour or the dale truck before they can add coopers car or even James 240.
I want to see cooper make a pass in Leroy
In another era, James would make a great bomber pilot. Always cool and always knows what's going on and how to get the job done.
Cleet: that guy loves burnouts Coop: can you blame him Cleet: no Thought that was hilarious lol
Well my wish for Y'all this weekend is to have a safe fun time and to return safely. My love of drag racing goes back to the late 50s. Many a good time but the changes are mind blowing. As a 1005 Disabled Vet my financials don't allow me very many side pleasures. Utah isn't far from Vegas but not to be this time. Gd Bless All Y'all and put on a show.
GEORGE GUTZMER You can do a lot with 3500 a month. My big turbo civic is a priority.
Atleast as a vet u can contact fasterproms for a ride in one off his cars
Thank you sir 🇺🇸
Ruby is gonna be a beast when they get her right. Cleetus: "We're the fastest qualifier, by a long way..." *A wild Camo 240 with an LS-Swap appears* Cleetus: "...This might get tougher than we thought"
That 240 is sickkkk
That 240 isnt ls powered..
If that 240 is there then that's a wrap
Yep the 240 is a 2jz. Such a bad ass car. To be fair the 2j is essentially the ls of Japanese engines
@@traphousegarage1251 I'm aware of that that's why included "With an LS-swap". Its obviously not going to happen but it'd make for an even more interesting LS-fest and funny coincidence.
Leroy still needs some more sway bar pre-load on the driver's side rear.
It needs something that's for sure. Those Corvette rear ends are independent so there is no right to left driveshaft torque induced weight transfer to compensate for. It could be that the corner weights are off, with the right rear and left front handling more of the weight than right front and left rear, but the problem could be a bunch of other things too. With that particular rear independent suspension design there are essentially upper and lower ball joints and a fixed length tie rod at the rear. The rear alignment needs to be set right plus these suspensions often flex and introduce rear steering under hard acceleration. Some guys even replace the bushings with solid aluminum pieces, while others figure out what is flexing and either beef it up or tweak the alignment to compensate (so it is aligned best while under hard acceleration). Set up right these can run perfectly straight all the way down the track, even when at the limit of traction or beyond. Leroy is all over the place but I don't think Cleetus and crew are really seeing this for some reason. Ruby on the other hand goes straight as an arrow.
@@Slider68 Leroy was hit in the rear before Cleetus bought it. Perhaps something is tweaked a bit.
Cleetus banned from most major Rental Car Companies- i can't imagine why?..poor credit perhaps?..hahaha
Thats whut Coopers for XD
Poor Creditabilty, maybe !!!!
Cruise control burnouts
@@killeralltires at least someone remembers that it was wild
@@Twizz435 link?
Nice film of that huge KC-10 tanker plane, and cool updates of Ruby and Leroy.
Ahh KC-10, I knew it was from a DC-10 but could not remember its military designation.
Pickendi KC 10 is a tanker, delivers fuel. The irony is rich . . .
Ft Lauderdale air show Saturday and sunday
We all know the KC-135 is the better tanker ;)
Matthew Miller lol please! We can take off with more fuel than the 135’s entire max takeoff gross weight 😎
I think this has become one of the best automotive channels on youtube. The main crew has plenty of screentime involvement and funny personas. They don't rely on very misleading clickbait. And they actually *build* the cars day in and day out, great stuff guys.
I was at LS Fest West and these cars are something to see in person! Cleetus was also very cool. I was able to give him a few of my stickers and chop it up for a bit on Sunday afternoon when things slowed down a bit and he had a few minutes. Sometimes you meet guys from youtube or celebrities in person and its disappointing, well if you get the chance to meet Cleetus you should, he was a nice guy and cool to talk to! Thanks for putting on a show at LS Fest and I look forward to next years event. Hope to see you out agin one of these days man. -Dane
Its a good Saturday morning with a Cleetus video!
A little freedom before game of thrones
Hell yeah brother!
Yup
Sorry hoonigans and ken block, gotta be here for Cleetus
Ken is a legend, a great man, hooligans are wack
Yep,
@@joey4277 Ken is one of the founders of Hoonigan though
haha right saw Hoonigan and ken block video like oh yeah then seen Cleetus like yup everyone els has to wait
spoiler alert the cossie gets a flat and loses 6th gear lol
The aircraft you spotted is a USAF McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender, a areal refueling tanker station at Travis Air Force base in Northern California
I think it's time to re-do the collector on Ruby's exhaust manifold.
facts, open header feeding a twin scroll rear housing will definitely make it spool slower, if they employ a vband rear housing and swap the t4 flange for a vband they'll be in the money.
James ist the knowledgebase, good to have him in the team.... hes got a clever mind..... and he is worth gold .... Greetings from Germany
Bernd Neukirchen sounds like someone has a crush !!!!😂😂😂😂
@@jayhall4213 james is a whole stack
What happen to the Team Bartle Skeet jackets?
Pretty sure it was hot out
Wooot the desert happened...
Vegas heat happened lol
@@cmrnk3554 😆
That's so cool James getting to race Ruby. I know he's been driving but to let him race this event Clettus is one hell've a man. I like Leroy but Ruby is my favorite.
Mountain Dew needs to send Cooper a race suit with every flavor as separate sponsor patches.
Hell yeah brother. You're watching another bad ass video.
did I need telling that?
He'll yeah
jesus. ruby is taking an eternity to rev to the 2 step.
feel like this thing also need smaller twins instead of one hammer. might be also better for the trans lock in the long term
DxCBuG it needs compounds
needs some timing while on the two-step...should be ez with the holley system
Cleetus, if you think the mountains in the background of that track are majestic, you would absolutely be blown away by Alaska Raceway Park! Look it up and hopefully one day we can see you up here!
McDonnell Douglas (not Boing) KC-10A Extender air refueling tanker @ 11:38. I was a Crew Chief on those from 1985 to 1997. I crewed tail numbers 6031 and 5029 at Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC and Travis AFB, CA. That tail flash is Travis AFB. Chances are good I may have worked on and flown with that one back in the day. Nice to see it flying into Nellis AFB. My dad was stationed at Nellis from 1969-1973. Vegas has changed a lot since I was a kid. Good luck with Ruby and LeeRoy! Little trivia, the Extender can carry 75 troops, 160,000 lbs of cargo in up to 27 pallet positions, a total of 356,000 lbs (50,000+ gal) of fuel, and it's three engines have a combined rating of over 156,000 lbs of thrust for an aircraft that weighs 240,000 lbs empty or 590,000 maximum. Oh yeah, it can also carry deuce and quarters on the palletized cargo deck.
Man it's so cool how far Ruby's come as a project
Sweet! As soon as I get on the treadmill I was shooting for 10 minutes but 20 minutes wont hurt. Thank for the upload!
Dude that’s perfect. I was just setting on my butt watching this. Next upload I’ll be walking while I watch.
I just want to say your video editing is out of this world! Awesome job as always. Thanks for the great content.
I remember early days of cleetus shifting and everyone was laughing at way he was shifting and driving. Now he has the fastest manual corvette in the world.
Havent even finished waking up and im already clicking on the notification 🤷🏻♂️💪🏻
Keven Artiga Saturday vibes
I see a Cleetus Mcfarland video, I watch it.
Lazy ass bitch
I'd say Ruby has backpressure issues. That is why it struggles so much to build boost on the 2-step. Yes it has a GIANT turbo. But the piping is comparatively small. It is a restriction. That causes a good amount of the exhaust energy to be lost in the restrictiveness of the header piping instead of being converted into boost in the turbo. *I'd say they have to put on better exhaust piping.* -smooth bends in the headers, -smooth bends INTO the turbo -smooth bend to the waste gate -they have to smooth the diameter changes. Right now 1/2 of the exhaust goes into what is effectively a log in the turbo side cylinder bank. That makes a LOT of back pressure. That cylinder bank additionally goes through a quite sharp 90° turn which makes even more back pressure. The other cylinder bank goes into a rather restrictive (stock) header and then into a not smooth diameter change. That causes turbulence and back pressure. The rest of the line up to the turbo from that side is mostly fine. The way the waste gate is put on is also problematic. It creates back pressure too. They 90° T-sectioned it on instead of using a bend or putting the pipe to it at 45° to 60°. T-Section piping has a flow resistance value of ~8.5 kVs. That goes for flow that leaves into the 90°-section AND for the flow that goes on. 60° piping is ~5 kVs, 45° has ~2 kVs. Taking a bend section to connect the waste gate is a flow restriction of ~0.5 kVs for straight flow and ~1 kVS for the flow down the bend to the waste gate.
Youre not wrong but it wouldnt run an 8.70 at 160 then 9.50 at 147, etc. Ruby is all over the place not consistently slow. I would like to see them take advantage of the divided tang and run one pipe from one bank into one side of the tang and vise versa.
leroy gives me chills going down the track, i cant help but get hella hyped when you let er rip. hell ya!
I like how James is so calm rippin down the track 😂😂
Mom and dad taught him well. Proud of him and all the guys for doing soo well. Yes mama James here.
Dee Taal You sure did! You should be very proud of the man he has become. Such a respectable and hardworking group of guys.
That plane is a kc10 extender it refuels other planes in mid air
Yep, I used to live out by Nellis and the jets used to fly over my house all day long.
Is that a modified DC 10?
@@bugproductions9050 yes
Ryan Barrett there’s a KZheadr that knows something about those. I think he’s named Nutnfancy or something like that
Mitch Gordon I was thinking that’s a md10/dc10 from work then y’all said it was a modified one and I felt good cause I was right
Cooper rocking the replica Oz Bunnings hat at the end lol.
He's learned a thing or two about not looking like Ruby at the end of the day
Thanks so much for letting James run ruby makes us fans happy you both ran great keep up the great work.
I found this channel like 2 months ago. Now im checking every single day for a new video and have checked out alot of the backlog. I find myself saying twin turbskies way way too much even though my native language ain't english :D. This channel also led me to fasterproms wich i also love but man...Ruby. From the first day you got her i have been hooked to that car. All the changes/failures and improvements are so great to watch. Leroy is also in a class of his own for sure. Keep bringing out these fantastic videos about your cars and the crew. All the hard work you guys do will not be in vain! Im waiting for 8.50 and lower for ruby and the elusive 7s for Leroy. Bog deep guys!
Coop is starting to look like he's got 3 kids and grills a mean burger
"Extra virgin olive oil" lol
I use a little coconut oil. Smells like victory.
gotta have that olive oil with your spaghetti
Seeing the entire buildup to the first rip in Leroy was great to watch. Great shot
Even though I moved up to Michigan to race funny cars, Vegas was and will always be my home track! Love that place. Glad you made the trip
Waking up on a Saturday morning to coffee and Cleetus awesome👌🏼
Love to see James doing more passes!
I was just in Vegas in February visiting my Sister, the mountains are really amazing.
Leroy needs a drag race chassis setup specialist, 7’s will be the norm after a proper setup. That car has so much potential. Keep up the great work guys!!!!!!
Hell yeah brother, I’m tuned in to the Cleetus Mcfarland KZhead Channel. Glad everyone made it out safe!
Were they in danger?
I would certainly hope not
Hell yeah brother😆 if you guys could get remote microphones when you're talking in the drag cars "leroy&rubey " I love to hear you guys talk about the Run😎🙌🙌🙌🙌
I've been saying that they should get a microphone in at least Leroy that way in case anything happens out on the track, Cleetus can report back immediately so that they know that he is alright
@nick payne A neck microphone? I was more thinking of a radio system like Nascar uses. A mic put under the front padding of the helmet and 2 ear pieces also put under the padding on both sides. Then have it all connected to a radio with James or Cooper wearing a headset connected to a radio
GREAT to see James racing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gotta say video quality is👌🏽 and im pretty impressed how for you and these cars have come, From Leroy vette kart and Ruby auction Corvette. Both holding up really well.
Unsalted butter is the way to go! Perfect tan, every time!
When you smell meat sizzling, time to turn over and tan the other side!
Keep a lookout for Rob Dahm i hear hes got a nasty cammed Ls corvette
😆 sure he does.
Just a stock ls with a cam job
Drift Performance “sure he does “; I think your wording was slightly off I know you meant “ he sure does “
idk if he made it...
I hope he made it if not that thing will be pushed to the back burner and never get done just like the 4 rotor
I look forward to these vids everyday after work. You guys keep creating great content and we dig it! Bog deep gentlemen!!!
James has the best mechanic job ever.
There needs to be a new shirt that says: "Ruby is Red, Leroy is Black, Stacy the Stacker, Keeps the horses in the back"
How do we make Monica rhyme with spaghetti...
*keeps the bald eagles in the back
monica is ready for coopers moms spaghetti
Really need t6 for ruby ... t4 really holding it back , tons of backpressure ! Sweet vidja
Hereinmissoula it has a hard time getting up on the 2step a bigger hot housing would most likely make that worse. A set of twins like Leroy would fix both issues.
@@jasontruman1215 not true, just because a t6 is larger doesn't mean it can't get on 2 step. It will flow more efficiently. And they might have too tight of a converter as well. I have seen many sbe 5.3's spool s475's, s480's, 7582's and much larger and not have problems
this was a great video, thanks for putting in the work guys everyone did great.
Houston Coffee & Cars and now a little Leroy n Ruby action. Been a great Saturday so far.
No view crew!! HELL YEAH BROTHER
Leroy runs 7s Ruby runs 8s Unicorns takes selfies on Instagram ....
Unicorns are just a horse with a horn sticking out his head hehe 😜
I'm enjoying every video everytime a new one comes in I cant wait to view it.. keep up the good work fellas.
Y’all are Ripping!! I’m having fun watching y’all have fun !! Your my hero ! A vett stripped to the bare bones then Ruby!! I love it
Man Ruby's turbo takes forever to spool up.
I think McFarland Fab needs to look over it. Yo-Yo's spool faster.
really though, how about a compound turbo setup? works for diesel, similar setup to jet engines. put ruby's old turbo behind the new bigger one. Leroy might get scared though. #bodypanels
Rick Shaw if they went with that setup they might be better off with a turbo that is slightly smaller than the original. The small guy should be sized for full spool right around the launch RPMs. It doesn’t need to make a lot of boost, just enough to make “compound boost” for the bigger one. Think more boost makes more exhaust, which makes more boost, and more exhaust, etc…
Turbo the rental van!
I dont know why thats the funniest thing ive heard of all year but I really wanna see someone do this. Like really badly.
NOS Banner over James right shoulder 6:10 sign of the future ?😤 James needs his own class nostalgia
That's my boy.
Will be right here for EDC in two weeks! This is a nice little way to get excited about it.
The notification sound woke me up 😂
some people get banned from a race track....some people get banned from a drag strip....only cleetus can get banned from a car rental company xD
Ghost Prospecte what did he do to get banned from car rentals?
I just left vegas last week. Seen the track and it is majestic! LETS GOOOO!!!
Hells yeah!! Loved seein the KC-10 flying in, made me miss the ole girl!
Look out for Rob Dahm's LS RX-7 and Cammed Vette
I was there today and didn't see any sign of him. I looked real hard :(
@@trentnolan8982 Bummer. Hopefully tomorrow.
majcrash yeah, I can’t go back tmw, but I’m hoping they let him in... it’s too cool!
He has the vete ready
Worried James is gonna run off with Ruby like that mechanic did to Seinfeld. He got that look lately
im pretty sure he just finally got comfortable in front of the camera.im glad more fun to watch
Cooper's one-liners are on point! 🤣
Damn good content, you all have such a great chemistry. I await part 2
"So, this things an absolute ripper! If you guys didn't know this... I'm banned from most major rental car companies, so Cooper rented it." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I wonder why?......🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
REDBIRD95 Holy emoji
@@Sbf347 When you do something, you gotta let 'er rip tater chip!!!🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍
cletus rubby is leaking something from the bottom left of the bumper 14:02
That looks like wheelie bar chalk from a different race car.
Maybe the water tank in the back
Definitely wheelie bar chalk
@* JayGie * yeah you are propebly right
Egzon Kaadrii nope, that’s wheelie bar chalk from someone else’s run.
Awesome video , Good luck at LS Fest and go rounds !!!!
I love when James goes into pro driver mode when he's breaking down a slip haha
Maybe sand got in the blow off valve.. just a thought
A wild brent from Pfi speed/boostedboiz @ 13:00 Boiz
Didnt leroy's record pass happen on brent's tune? They need him to get in their and clean that stuff up.
2 years later lol just noticed the eagle reflections in the shades on intro banner wow. sick. omg. legend.
Ya'll are the best. Love the racing but honestly at this point i'm just here to see ya have a good time regardless of activity.
Is the track as downhill as it looks? Or does the camera make it look like that?? Anyway great video! Pure entertainment while at work
It's flat, has a uphill runout.
Most tracks with a uphill shutoff that is easily seen look like that. The NHRA has requirements for tracks at a national Event level, I can speak for Seattle it does the same thing and is table flat over the strip itself. Except for the bump in the left lane. Come on guys i raced there 12 years ago and it was there.
Got it! Thanks guys
Maybe the reason Ruby is so inconsistent is it's just that time of the month for her and all she needs is a midol sticker .
Leroy is getting so fast i love it this car has come so far! garrett and everyone at the McFarland crew congratulations on your guys's success on this channel ya'll deserve it keep the videos coming! stay safe out there
I was out at Las Vegas motor speedway for the exotics racing experience less than 2 weeks ago. Tons of fighter jets and military aircraft flying over. Funny to see fighter jets flying by when hitting the back straight in an f430😂
Haha Cooper with the witty jokes today I see!
Remember what happens in Vegas stays there except for STDs and pregnancies. Have fun out there guys!
& police records
100% Cooper is gonna get knocked up.
You guys should come race here in Alaska! The low temps plus low altitude at Alaska Raceway Park (~25 ft above sea level) really makes the cars produce the horsepower, also the track is literally surrounded by 7000 ft mountains so it doesn't get much more majestic!
Best car channel on youtube hands down. Ive been watching since you started the channel and the content just keeps getting better
New video from Cleetus, time to beetus my meetus!
You dirty bastard
Macktasticslick you sticky bastard
I think you may be a dweebus..
Wait until rob brings the rotary Corvette In LS fest😂
Giannis Boo that bitch boy will get jumped out on the highway!! He will match his Vette with all the black and blue!!
A rotor Corvette is gay
Isn’t one of the requirements to participate in LS Fest, you know, having an LS engine?
JMD5 Gaming lol some people are soo stupid
@@Jmandude5 maybe...I mean that why it called LS fest he said that he will go
that view from your pov inside leroy and the mountains is insane.
Welcome to Vegas Cleetus!
I’ve never clicked on a notification so fast before.
How fast did you click?
What was the RT on that click?
I would put Leroys drivetrain in Ruby should go faster
The mountains are awesome there. Thats my home track where I've done all my racing. Great place to be. Nice runs.
It was awesome to see both cars run this weekend!!