8-29-10- We changed plugs and oil yesterday morning, before heading to Crandall. There are a few things we still aren’t happy with, but at least we’ve gotten somewhere with it. It ran just as consistently as it did at Kennedale, but was .02 seconds slower consistently at the start, .04 seconds slow consistently at the 330 timer, and .08 seconds at the top end of the track. So we believe that either Crandall’s clocks are long, or Kennedale’s are short.

Kennedale
Pass 1:
RT: 0.145
60: 1.337
330: 3.843
660: 5.955 @ 114.01

Pass 2:
RT: 0.107
60: 1.334
330: 3.833
660: 5.941 @ 114.74

Pass 3:
RT: 0.039
60: 1.354
330: 3.852
660: 5.96 @ 114.54

Pass 4:
RT: 0.042
60: 1.332
330: 3.829
660: 5.933 @ 114.32

Crandall:
Pass 1:
RT: 0.006
60: 1.363
330: 3.879
660: 6.023 @ 114.34

Pass 2:
RT: 0.006
60: 1.359
330: 3.875
660: 6.015 @ 114.57

Pass 3:
RT: 0.002
60: 1.358
330: 3.876
660: 6.021 @ 114.16

Pass 4:
RT: -0.003
60: 1.352
330: 3.862
660: 6.004 @ 114.42

Pass 5:
RT: 0.019
60: 1.385
330: 3.906
660: 6.052 @ 114.26

Aug 27, 2010- Just got in from Kennedale. Made 4 passes, all in the 5.94-5.96 range. We were hoping to be in the 5.70′s with the new engine combination. A few things aren’t to our liking, and could be contributing to lost speed. We will be taking the oil filter off tomorrow to check for metal, then may possibly head over to Crandall for the Automatic Pro-Mod show. Pictures are online HERE.

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Aug 18, 2010- We’ve had a couple setbacks with the assembly of the engine but the schedule that we are on right now, says that we should be able to have car buttoned up by Sunday. We’ve measured all the bearing tolerances, assembled the rotating assembly (less one piston due to ring issues), measured valve-piston clearance on 2 different cylinders, and done everything else it takes to get an engine together. Right now, the main question mark is whether or not the torque convertor will be too loose for the newly built power.

Below is our tenative schedule. It can and will change based on the performance of the car, weather, and other anomalies.

Fri, Aug 27 Test and Tune, Kennedale
Sat, Aug 28 Pro-Mods at Crandall (Dallas Raceway)

Wed, Sept 01 Test and Tune, Kennedale
Fri, Sept 3 Test and Tune, Kennedale
Sat, Sept 4 Pro-Mods at Crandall (Dallas Raceway)
Sun, Sept 5 ALL OUT at Kennedale

Fri, Sept 17 Pro-Mods at Kennedale

Sat, Sept 25 5.80 Index Race at Crandall