Tuning for Cleetus Mcfarland

A look into the tuning process behind Cleetus Mcfarlands recent wins at FL2K.

[@anthonynapolitano7754]

Pete you're tuning on Cleetus El Camino for World Cup was just nasty bro, you are one of the best tuners I have ever seen you had mullet dialed in 110% mad props to you brother your intro to your videos are 110% true you are the real deal congrats on World Cup I'll be subscribing to your Channel hitting the notification Bell and giving you thumbs up brother as long as this channels is up and running!!!👏👏👏👏 KING OF TUNING!!!

[@freedomfox8183]

Man it was awesome not watching the traction control stuggle and kill his times you could hear it before now you can't even tell it's working .. and nice tuning this weekend... Your a master for sure

[@cunnyrunts]

It's going to be a totally different car on drag and drive events with worse prepped tracks. Last drag and drive was pulling so much timing on tracks it sounded hurt almost. Hope the new system does wonders.

[@justal8784]

It was a new traction control system.

[@justinoliver1984]

6.47 @ 222 WORLD CUP 🏆 champ!!!! Letsss gooo! Hella good tuning on that Freedom Bringing Machine!!!! Well done sir!

[@boojoe1989]

Here after Cleets last World Cup video, you are a god on that laptop!!

[@allxdup1909]

There is a whole lotta race car there in Mullet, and a lot of effort by some very handy tradesmen to get it up where it is. But Pete I gotta say the icing you put on that cake was like witnessing magic from this side of the lens. You have the master overview on the "package" & understand every system involved well enough to take huge strides. It really was an impressive progression to watch at FL2K, outfuckenstanding. Nobody so far has been burned through working on Mullet, I'm sure you will ever remain well received by that team.

[@tomahoks]

Half a second off his normal ETs!

[@aciid_0]

He just won Mullet the World Cup Finals Import vs Domestic

[@allxdup1909]

@@aciid_0 Yeah was shit hot what they did.

[@reesemadere2545]

Man im here from world cup videos. And dude you're a wizard getting a 3500 lb car down to a 6.4 at 222mph. Its incredibly impressive

[@DullBoyJack]

It was clear the difference you were able to make, helping him get the car where it ended up. Props to you for taking that car to the next level, and props him for making the right moves!!!

[@tomsmith897]

I hope Nate and Kevin watch this video, good information.

[@HDRAus]

Finn and Blasphemy brought me here…so I knew some magic was going to happen to Mullet!!! Bravo sir!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 that heavy monster with the aero of a brick is flying now!!!!

[@allieandbo]

Here' from Cleet's channel. I gotta say, major respect for you in your craft. I've watched those guys struggle and struggle and struggle. And when you get in a car of Mullet's level, it's time to bring the pro's in....not your buddies from down the street. I just hope folks understand the level of difference you made in this car. I guess it helps that the car was so far out of whack when you first put hands on it that your changes really turned into huge gains. Again, much respect Pete.

[@neilstuart9727]

They aren't done yet

[@allieandbo]

@@neilstuart9727 No doubt. He's going to World Cup with them so I fully expect Pete to do what he said...put it in the 40's and maybe even 30's. Gonna be fun to watch.

[@aaronpreston47]

I have give respect to Nate too, he did the best he could with the knowledge he had. Mullet was just getting too out of his league, once it got down to low 7’s it was pretty out of his experience. Pete has that knowledge that pushed Mullet the extra half second.

[@PlasticAssasin8]

@@aaronpreston47 Well Nate can only learn from this

[@neilstuart9727]

Think about it though Nate who is local and in there club already With the help of Steve Morris and cleeters team Have had a lot of time to grow with mullet wow mullet while working lots of bugs out and making the upgrades so guys like Steve Morris and Pete Are putting icing on the cake That is already well tested and loved

[@Sauerbrew777]

Great video! I'm still impressed that you guys got that 3550lbs brick to go 220+mph in the quarter! Gotta love crazy horsepower! 🦅🏁

[@neilstuart9727]

Lol have you seen boostmaster

[@pmiller7886]

Pete, it's the accent, can't make American cars go fast and not sound like a good ole' boy, just plain facts. So happy to see you straighten out Cleetus and the boys and give Mullet the tech it needs. A pleasure to subscribe!

[@broc2238]

Congrats on the World Cup win !!

[@micahbuchheit1283]

I can't say that I've ever seen a car's performance improve so dramatically from one pass to another. Incredible!! Awesome Work Sir. Safe Travels!!

[@Blackpillinduced]

Agree it was a totally diffrent car it only went faster and faster, instead of having to get lucky the power holds to make a fast pass here and there.

[@quickdeuce]

Couldn't agree with your comments more. Pete took a powerhouse that was struggling and CREATED A MONSTER! Pete's Midas touch was the missing ingredient Cleetus has been looking for. My guess is that the relationship between our buddy Cleetus and Pete will be VERY LONG LASTING. Very much like Garrett and Kevin's relationship. Those two fellas have helped Cleetus take his Mullet into a realm only a few REAL, GENUINE 'STREET' CARS are. Just how quick and fast can Mullet go? Can he break into the 5's? We'll see won't we.

[@micahbuchheit1283]

@@quickdeuce absolutely!! Safe Travels Bro .

[@redhackershittycoder]

From barely able to do 6's to doing 6's whenever you want to. Imagine if they had a custom frame and fiberglass body parts, it would be nuts!

[@chuckh8800]

It's finally great to see Garret get the help that he needs and love the content finally someone that can tune

[@blanejr1]

AWESOME JOB!!!! Mullet running faster than ever and sticking it every run! World Cup Winner!

[@adaml.8300]

Congrats on the big win at World Cup! Just saw the Cleetus video and came straight here to sub. Can’t wait to see what’s to come from this team.

[@stern12akachris32]

Mullet has had a problem getting off the line since day one. Seeing it come around 6 second cars was unreal and it looked like there was more there at the top. I have a feeling we are going to see more of you in the future in Cleetus Videos and Mullet going to be getting a faster cage. I know Leroy about to get faster I think you are going to be a Huge part of it

[@lilbitofjoy6130]

OH........ I was hoping for a video on this. WELL DONE SIR !!!!!!!! Now that I got that out of the way I can go watch the video :) ETA: now that I have watched the video, again, you are the boss !!!! Mullet has NEVER shined like the diamond it is until now. SO GLAD to hear, this was not a one time deal and you will be working further with Cleeter.. THIS MAKES ME HAPPY !!!!! What a power house this has the potential to become with you onboard. THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seeing the struggles basically evaporate before my eyes was very surreal. Cleets last video on the race was chair gripping. I was on my feet clapping, cheering and just outright excited. One of, if not the best race weekends I have watched those guys participate in. again.. THANK YOU !!!!

[@stevemarr9295]

Was going to say pretty much the same; thanks for the excellent insight into how you went about improving things. Amazing how the times came tumbling as the event went on.

[@kraig7777]

I wasn't going to say it, but I was thinking the same thing!

[@bigfun4212]

Your spoiler was the summery of my hopes in this video.

[@spanaird09]

Thx Pete for helping Team McFarland bring home their First World Cup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dehaviland7645]

Came over from Cleeters channel and found a solid dude speaking in an interesting manner. Subed.

[@888HUSKERS]

Here because Cleetus sent me, congrats on all of the excellent tuning on Mullet! 🤘🤘

[@clancy2277]

You did an amazing job for the World Cup for Cleetus! Congrats on the win!!!

[@randallfranklin2548]

Just watched you guys win World Cup!!! You my friend are Incredible at your craft!!! Thanks for being part of the Best You Tube channel Ever!!! Love Cleeter and the whole Crew!!!

[@johnanderson8916]

Thank you!!!! World Cup finals!!!! Let’s go!!!! 🎉

[@leesanders8824]

I suggested to him a while back(not that it was the reason he did) in the comments to try to get with you on tuning mullet. Really glad y'all got together. I think it'll be beneficial for both in the long run. I'm ready for another polishing turds video. 👍

[@mndronenut5109]

WTG your tunes got mullet a world cup win and fastest run it has ever made Cleetus owes you big. Glad to see him get the right people in his corner to get him the win he deserves it. Congrats Cleetus WTG Mullet you one badass El Camino.

[@Jnichols77]

Congrats Pete…..your experience is exactly what McFarland racing needed!!!

[@xgnarchangel9506]

I’m here from cleets channel. And I’m really interested in getting into the tuning side of things, this video confirmed exactly why. I wanna understand how everything works, and why it works the way it does.

[@tugstanboat779]

You're a magician. Excellent work on Mullet in FL2K and at WCF! Keep it up!

[@1BigNateTV]

You gained a subscriber with me! I like listening to the technical part of it, really wish I woulda got into tuning when i was younger.

[@CanadianArchaeologist]

Congratulations on the winning tune at World Cup!! You are awesome 👌

[@trentherring5640]

Gotta say. This was fascinating. I'm sure you just taught a lot of people things.

[@danmyers9372]

I posted on Dr Tune em All’s video that if I were him I would be pouring over EVERY SINGLE DETAIL of Pete’s tunes. It was like a gold mine of experience and information was basically dumped in his lap. I hope he took the advice.

[@chadchoate]

I'm glad to see this video come out. I didn't want anyone taking credit for your hard work.

[@lilbitofjoy6130]

I never thought anyone tuned Mullet last weekend except Pete. Cleetus was always saying in the daily videos etc, "Pete just sent us this tune" thanking him and sending his followers to his channel. I was super excited when the video dropped with him there mid week working on practice runs. For me, it was obvious Pete was the master mind behind Mullet last weekend and man what a job he did.

[@chadchoate]

@@lilbitofjoy6130 Pete is an awesome guy and I'm glad he got the credit he deserved.

[@dhatchett6030]

Thanks for laying it out there. your comments on control strategy VS weather very helpful

[@mushiriderchannel9087]

Your tune along with Hard work from Cleetus and his team was incredible to watch

[@aaronwynn6564]

Just subscribed...from cleetus channel...what u did to mullet was amazing still can't stop smiling...

[@kennethhecht3354]

This channel is going to blow up. Amazing work getting his lock up and tune done to perfection.

[@jcnpresser]

Fastest that car has ever gone, on a small tire! You sir are truly good at doing stuff!

[@jcnpresser]

Maybe he’ll get you back out to help that 60’ too, that car has never been real stellar in the 60’ department. I’d think that car could go 1.0’s?

[@240sxRule]

Your amazing. After seeing Cleetus' problem for so long with mullet. You absolutely nailed his world cup. 👏

[@thenotoriuosbg7372]

Brilliant work Pete, any haters on the 60ft time quickly got shut down when the times just kept dropping and dropping!!

[@bfoz3730]

Here from cleetus... your explanation of what you did is awesome! Way to help him get down the track!

[@thebadassbuickfromcamrose8541]

I seen you helping out beer money .... But didn't know you had a channel....tell Garrett...did a shout out.... Have watched some of your videos....love it ... keep coming.... Bye from Camrose Alberta Canada

[@michaelk617]

Come here from Cleet. Just learned from your video there is a great deal of other things to consider when trying to get faster ET's. Adding more boost and timing doesn't always solve those problems. Great work! Mullet still has more in her I believe.

[@onelove1329]

Came over from Cletus channel and I'm glad I did. You're phenomenal with your timing Pete. Thank you.

[@79tazman]

I've been a big fan of Cleetus for years and have been watching you for a while now but I think it's great you guys hooked up because he needed some help and that car is doing things it has never done before so I can't wait to see what goes on from here but I think he will be winning more races at those big events.

[@yorkenworthy]

I follow your channel for beer money, found out you were tuning for Garrett and knew mullet was in for a few pb looking good

[@meathawkarmy1679]

Thank you! It was a blast watching Mullet progress under your tune.

[@justinrupert7233]

I, personally, love the technical detail. Thanks for providing the details you use to resolve the issues you were seeing. Low level fruit is always the easiest!

[@split150]

That was fantastic information for anybody, great upload. It is scary to think about what's possible with you guys combining forces.

[@stuffandjunkandthings364]

I never thought about the timing being pulled to help with the launch actually doing the opposite. In retrospect, it makes perfect sense. I think that's precisely how my brother is trying to get his turbo truck to launch (with heavily mixed results) A phone call is in order.

[@Akestler]

This is next level drag race tuning. So many variables you can adjust for fractions of a second.

[@JoshuaHowley]

Here from Cleeters channel and must say, really like the way you broke down your methodology on tuning, and it makes a lot of sense. Thank you for this breakdown!

[@vehdynam]

Very informative ! I am here from Cleetus' channel and I really appreciate this explanation. Mullet really woke up that week end. Apparently you are " real good at doing stuff " !

[@gullreefclub]

I seriously hope you and Cleetus continue to work together and you tune on his car(s) at Wold Cup at MIR. Many moons ago I was crewing on an all motor car at that race and the was just outrageously good. Like usual at that time of the year the weather was cool but it had rained for several day before the race and had just stopped when practice/qualifying started. The track to start with was very average but by Saturday was like a table at IHOP (super sticky) but ice cold and a front had moved in dropping the ambient air temp into down right chilly with basically zero grains of water and a correct altitude of negative 2400 on our weather station. Trying to keep a injected nitro motor happy in conditions like that as well getting it to stay hooked up was definitely interesting. In competition we went up in smoke in the second round and watched a lot cars go home with hurt engines because of the tuning challenges

[@mrsmith2475]

Congratulations you were a big part in helping that team move forward and collecting a bunch of wins and PB's

[@kalei43]

You did a amazing job setting that big girl up. Best I’ve ever seen it run!

[@almostthere2024]

Dropping by to say, great work and congrats on the world cup win. Love your work, Pete.

[@randalltufts3321]

Great job. Really enjoyed watching him get like 3 pb's in a row practically and what you gave the tune up was exactly what it needed. Experience and patience is hard to come by and you brought both to the table. Drivers patience isn't long enough to do the right things with a tune lol Thanks for a job well done. It made all the difference. The 6:50ish run says it all. I'm guessing that mullet is maxed out except for some small tuning work, track conditions and atmospheric restrictions. These items decide many of the tune factors and you hit every one on the money. Thanks . It was a pleasure to watch the can not struggling.

[@riverguy988]

You guys have the best video introduction. It’s perfect!

[@michealarburn9861]

Absolutely awesome video man... I've seen you tuning Cletus's cars but never expected to find such and in depth explanation of every thing you did! I absolutely love it!!!

[@cjhott]

What a wealth of knowledge that Cleets team needed. Nothing against his crew but you are next level. Good work.

[@freedomfox8183]

He is a master of his craft and mainly the profiler traction control system that was killing his times so much was finally working right after Pete fixed it , you couldn't even hear it working this weekend at fl2k... Normally it's killing his times bad and you can hear it pulling power or timing all run and just hear him losing et... from now on with the car working how it is it's a whole different monster..

[@amplifex4134]

Awesome man! Here from Cleet and Fins channels....this is killer stuff man! I noticed the toontracks icon and the Jackson with the fret wrap... this screams of all manor of metal rippage! Glad to be here man!

[@mikeearle5121]

You've taken mullet to a whole new level. So fun to see these guys succeeding with your help. Well done sir!

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Just here to say that you did an absolutely amazing job tuning that car for both FL2K, AND world cup finals! It actually got ya in the feels, seeing ol Cleet struggle with the Elco. Instantly, you had that car doing things it never did before. Also, the way you explained what you did here, (I know there's a lot more to it) was great. Had to be easily understandable for even the most casual racing fan. Great job, Pete. You are the man!

[@realbigveggie]

Well done with Mullet and WCF 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@randaltucker2981]

Good stuff. Clearly, you know what you are talking about. Glad you are assisting McFarland Racing Team. His stable is getting better and better.

[@chuckjenkins1968]

Every video reminds me of a really good day back in high school! Thank you Mr Pete

[@RustyWells2]

Out of the all the post race downloads I've watched this is the only one I have ever watched from the beginning to the end and enjoyed every second of it and understood everything that was said thank you Pete for doing this.

[@justRD1]

Thank you for dialing his car in! Glad to see it live up to its potential.

[@ValiRossi]

Awesome channel! Thanks for helping our boy Cleetus get that 6.5. Love the intro song.

[@thesquirrelchroniclesakare7808]

Hope you are going to World Cup with him. That will be amazing

[@omacastro1231]

Glad you were able to help that boy Cleet. I thank you good sir

[@deweydecimal1446]

Your popularity is about to grow. Steve builds a great engine, you are an amazing tuner. I'm very impressed. I think Cleetus will be giving your name to everyone.

[@Chukkie1967]

ill admit, im here from seeing you on cleets channel. You are exactly what he needed in his program. killer job on tuning his rocket ship. going to enjoy checking out the rest of your channel. im old school racer (before all these cool electronics) and have been tapping into my programmable 7 msd box for my nitrous street car. not quite on the level of anything serious but im trying before i step into the boost world with it. thank you and look forward to learning from some of you video's.

[@noobster965]

Just wanted to say thank you for helping our boy!!!

[@GaryLX870D]

Thank you!!! He needed your help badly!!. Lol no disrespect, but as a diesel mechanic I always knew mullet could be faster.. I Really Hope you keep at it and let's do it for Dale 🇺🇸👍

[@robanderson4137]

Congrats on your channel blowing up...well deserved. you're gonna make it dude.

[@williamdundon9770]

Thanks Pete I was hoping you would show us these changes. Really enjoyed this.

[@i1advice486]

thx for getting our boy through world cup finals!

[@HappyHarryHardon]

It’s been very difficult watching these guys struggle with the cars. I been cheering them the whole way but also super frustrated that I knew they weren’t understanding it. It was obvious they have been in a rut tuning wise. Thanks for giving them the guiding hand passing along such valuable knowledge. I’m excited for them to take that and make their own moves to make that car work. Awesome.

[@slugmctuggin419]

Just to think you won world cup with this car. Congrats

[@willpenland8505]

WORLD CUP CHAMPS!!!!! Congrats Pete, you got a new follower.

[@MrGixxer1300r]

I came here from Mike Finnegan's page, but I am also a Cleatus follower as well. after years of racing, and building cars and motorcycles at 57 years of age I get my racing fix from you tube thanks to stage four cancer in my bladder that has spread to my spine and lungs. It's guys like you I watch as a learning experience in case I can ever build another car or bike for racing at the track or in Mexico. Thanks for all the great content, and I really enjoyed Polishing Turds. I feel I'll be watching this with several of my younger friends to help educate them.

[@stoichiometry147]

Brilliant. This fills in the question of “ comparatively, what’s changed?”. Thank you

[@johnsch2957]

Finally Cletus got someone tuning other than Dr Blow Em Up!!!

[@rob183]

I have recently come across your page from a couple of others that I view, and I am currently binge watching your videos and had to stop briefly to leave a comment. I love the tech side of your videos, as a machinist myself but I have to say the best part is your character and terminology, every video so far makes me laugh especially throughout the polishing turds series. Keep up the awesome work you do and I look forward to your new videos, Thanks.

[@CHRIS_S54]

Congrats on the world cup win Pete. WELL DONE team McFarland.

[@skysthelimit866]

When Cleetus gets other people to tune his cars they become beasts. Lets hope he lets you mess with Leroy and bring back the Savage

[@benrossbach6501]

Thanks as always for great Info. Can only imagine where mullet can go with on board. Not to mention how much the guys involved will learn.

[@FenderFingers72]

There’s no better sportsmanship than in competitive drag racing where your rivals help you with your car. Good show.

[@LiveDyno]

Great job tuning Mullet for Cleetus MaFarland and the McFarland Racing Team ! We need some LIVE DYNOS !

[@888HUSKERS]

Loved listening to the thought process on tuning big spicy for this race. Can’t wait to hear the same on the tune for World Cup.

[@StreetRacingChannel]

After watching this and the changes you made it’s no wonder you were able to pick the car up so much. Sometimes we take for-granted that everyone knows the right way to do things.

[@CoastalRacecraft]

Thanks for taking the time to go over this. Not many people are so open about it. I learned quite a bit!

[@judgemally5034]

Let's Gooooo what a tuneup you smacked on Mullet. Glad to be a new subscriber

[@95turbostang21]

Awesome thank God you tuned Garrett's car Because I didn't know about your channel Now I got some new videos to sit back and watch

[@some1else155]

Thanks Pete! I love watching your data videos.

[@yarrdayarrdayarrda]

So much knowledge. Thanks so much for giving us a taste of what EFI can do and the many ways you can manage the car during a pass. You are a God!

[@JS-.-]

This is pure gold! I love the details behind the scenes!!!