Had a great time this morning at Sick 66

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This morning, Jonathan and I zipped out to Amarillo Dragway to watch Sick the Magazine' s Sick 66.

If you don't know, Sick 66 is a drag n...

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Today, I took two carbs and made one presumably good carb.

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I was all set to order a 255LPH pump from Summit, but decided to check Rockauto first. Boom. They had a Carter 255 for $54. Yep.

Originally...

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I try not to drag home too many strays!

Engine seals arrived Saturday, tires will be here today, chain...

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Maybe if I dropped one on my head.

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Oof.

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Not a 4:40am party I wanted an invitation to.

Luckily it went quicker than the one I had 24 years ago, but dang, it was no picnic.
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Popped the crank seals out and pulled the wheels off.

Seals were hard and cracked so it's good that I decided to replace them. New ones...

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She's pretty hammered!

You'd think someone would make refurbishment sleeves for old clutches. Similar to what Rekluse uses in their...

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New/used carburetor arrived today. I had a mild moment of panic when I got a "delivered at front desk" notification but USPS was nowhere to...

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I finally put the intake back on.

It took me forever to find enough bolts that were long enough to go in the newly drilled vertical...

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Jake has the key.... somewhere.....

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Drove it around some more and logged it. No matter what numbers I plug into the tune, I can't get it to stop going lean under boost. It is ok-ish up...

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Pics of the clutch stuff.

I did some research and discovered that 1980-1983 IT's use the same clutch basket. Surprisingly, I found a...

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Got the cover off and it didn't look too bad inside. The clutch plates were all stuck together and the clutch basket has quite a bit of wear. Not 100%...

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I drained the oil yesterday and was less than thrilled.

There was brown water, black oil, then finally gray oil. The phillips head...

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That's cool!

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Okay that could have been bad.

Here's your friendly reminder to always check fuel line fittings for leaks after you've messed with something....

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One major part I was missing was a complete carburetor. It came with most of a carb, but was missing the spring, slide, needle and clip, at least. I *could*...

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Back in 2003 or so, the local YMCA brought him in (for $40k) to do a fundraiser dinner and baseball clinic for the Y-ball kids. Showed up drunk acting...