Keith,
Sounds as though you will hammer the record this year...but then, we all
know that it still requires some luck!!!
At this point, I will be lucky to be there at the start of the meet...Did
get a pre-entry from Russ Meeks. The body is still sitting on the ground
and the engine is waiting for pistons (had several that had galled pin
holes, from the overheating I suppose) and my trailer is in Bend OR where
I have made several trips this year trying to get a property ready to
sell.
The chassis looks good though and I am almost ready to put the body on.
Primer is the color scheme again this year for Speedweek.
Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/FCC
>Since I haven't updated you guys on my junk for a while I figured it was
> time...
>
> Basically this year we're going back to speedweek to do the same thing we
> did
> last year... Ted Wenz my engine builder is driving the car in C/FMS...
> We
> set the record last year in the 252mph range and lost it do to a paperwork
> snafu.... So it's pretty unexciting overall... Except that when he set
> that
> record we lost the motor.... rebuilt it and went back to the WOS and lost
> another piston on the first pass....
>
> Dave and Ted have spent the winter trying to sort out the problem and they
> settled on the EFI system not being the greatest... as well as some other
> issues associated with the fuel pressure not increasing with the scoops
> added
> air pressure at speed...
>
> So anyway we got a new Motec M48 controller from Dave and they got off the
> Dyno yesterday with about 40 more HP then we had last year. Seems they
> also
> found some problems with a couple of injectors not being as happy as they
> should be...
>
> Motor is on it's way and should get here Friday... be in the car on Monday
> and
> away we go...
>
> So that's what I'm doing... what are you folks up to?
>
> Keith
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