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My dragweek isn't going as planned, can't get a decent 60'. The first day the fan starts acting up and it's the nice 75 amp relay for the fan. Next I shorten up a push rod by a 1/4" with a "S" bend but it did come out in one peice.
I was the last car out of the lot at Tulsa after fixing the pushrod, only to have the laptop go dead and slow me down trying to make the fuel changes back to pump gas for the drive to Ennis. Only 380 miles, yes 380 miles of mostly decent roads that must have followed a goat path. Didn't have a temp gauge to check the temp on the 9" but with a spool and all the curves I could smell the hot shock proof gear lube.
Drove all night with the engine temp hovering just a hair over 205 but having sealed up most of the air leaks around the radiator, the heat under the hood and coming through the firewall was amazing. Missed a turn which added about 40 miles to the trip, ( no smart phone, map or GPS here) and leaving one gas station I didn't latch the Bikini top back down and it left the car at about 30 MPH, odd what happens to the mind thrashing on a car in the heat and no sleep. A little duct tape and the hole in the top was fixed, back on the right road and at the next fuel stop the credit card is denied, knew I should have called but didn't.
Thankfully I had cash and it was off to Ennis, a little fun fact is if you spool the turbo pulling a fairly heavy trailer while running regular rubber tires they will spin at 60 MPH quite easy.
Got to Ennis and they were already racing, while changing to the drag radials the threads on the new 5/8" studs were starting to go bad, found out you shouldn't run them without some never seize. The first pass I spun and the engine didn't run clean out the back door so I lifted. Came right back around went a shitty 1.67 60' spinning again and with a bit of rough running went 150 MPH which wasn't to bad for the lower boost I had it set for. track time was up and while changing back to the street tires I wrecked a 5/8" stud. My copilot looked bad, I had been up for about 33 hours, so with only 4 studs on one wheel and the car still running I pulled the plug on Dragweek. Drove down to Georgetown Texas about 120 miles to recover a bit at a good friends house. Plan to make the now 500 mile trip back to Tulas on Thrursday, Grand Prix speed shop will have studs for me and I hope to rejoin the fun Friday night.
Dam this is fun. LOL
I was the last car out of the lot at Tulsa after fixing the pushrod, only to have the laptop go dead and slow me down trying to make the fuel changes back to pump gas for the drive to Ennis. Only 380 miles, yes 380 miles of mostly decent roads that must have followed a goat path. Didn't have a temp gauge to check the temp on the 9" but with a spool and all the curves I could smell the hot shock proof gear lube.
Drove all night with the engine temp hovering just a hair over 205 but having sealed up most of the air leaks around the radiator, the heat under the hood and coming through the firewall was amazing. Missed a turn which added about 40 miles to the trip, ( no smart phone, map or GPS here) and leaving one gas station I didn't latch the Bikini top back down and it left the car at about 30 MPH, odd what happens to the mind thrashing on a car in the heat and no sleep. A little duct tape and the hole in the top was fixed, back on the right road and at the next fuel stop the credit card is denied, knew I should have called but didn't.
Thankfully I had cash and it was off to Ennis, a little fun fact is if you spool the turbo pulling a fairly heavy trailer while running regular rubber tires they will spin at 60 MPH quite easy.
Got to Ennis and they were already racing, while changing to the drag radials the threads on the new 5/8" studs were starting to go bad, found out you shouldn't run them without some never seize. The first pass I spun and the engine didn't run clean out the back door so I lifted. Came right back around went a shitty 1.67 60' spinning again and with a bit of rough running went 150 MPH which wasn't to bad for the lower boost I had it set for. track time was up and while changing back to the street tires I wrecked a 5/8" stud. My copilot looked bad, I had been up for about 33 hours, so with only 4 studs on one wheel and the car still running I pulled the plug on Dragweek. Drove down to Georgetown Texas about 120 miles to recover a bit at a good friends house. Plan to make the now 500 mile trip back to Tulas on Thrursday, Grand Prix speed shop will have studs for me and I hope to rejoin the fun Friday night.
Dam this is fun. LOL
Hope to see you on Friday.
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