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Thunder Valley Dragways
Marion, SD
5/3/14


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Al, looks good, nice work....where the heck are those Camero's out of this shop?.....have not seen hid nor hair, tell Mike to get that green machine out and Steve to get to work on that white BB....I may have to come back and get those guys motivated.

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Hey, come on back for the June 7-8 Midwest Class Racers event at Marion. I need an 'advanced tutorial' on proper burnout proceedure!

Stay thirsty, my friend........ ;) -Al

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I don't think you want hadtobethere showing you how to do burnouts. You'll get this for a teaching.

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Al, you learned well years ago...wow about 40 or so years ago, I guess time does fly, anyway, you know those newer shoes need a lot less heat than I would give them..LOL

and you Mikey, I see you must have cleaned your shorts since one of your last wheel stands, but I still can teach you, if you want to learn???...keeping things clean is good for all.

Ah huh, now what was I doing? oh ya sunshine, 80 degrees, 8% humidity back in the pool

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hadtobethere. . . Don't forget your viagra.

If you get the sniffles, I'm sure those whitey tighties will do just fine. Talk about racing stripe.

I'm waiting for Old Injun to pipe in his 2 cents. . .?

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Came looking for you when I was in town ( was going to take you to the Tea Steak House and educate you ) I was told you went into hiding while I was there ! Your dad and I changed a few things on your car. You will need those clean underwear the next time out with the car.

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Have been out a couple of times and made some changes. Last weekend was the Midwest Class Racers event at my home track, Thunder Valley Dragway in Marion South Dakota. Went out in the first round both Sat. and Sun., but had a ball. :)

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(Last weekend was the Midwest Class Racers event at my home track, Thunder Valley Dragway in Marion South Dakota. Went out in the first round both Sat. and Sun., but had a ball.)
Al, the way you talk it sounds more like your on a ride at Disneyland than a drag race ! Let's get your sh- - together! RACE THE CAR DON'T DRIVE IT ! DB

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Gettin' to work for next season.

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Love these Chevy stocker threads, keep us up to date on your progress.
Thanks,
Tim

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Good deal Alan...we are doing the same here.

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On the pump to get a base line:

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..........and? ......... how did it do?

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Glenn, the power exactly matched the et's. Other than a change of headers for one pull, we didn't do any work....the plan was just to find out where it was. Disassembly showed some areas for possible improvements, so we'll go from there. -Al

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Al where did you dyno at ?

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At Victory Engines (Matt Steen) in Marshall, Mn. -Al

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AL, the 'lower Dakota Territory' .....and the old mill by the big sioux was where I got my start.

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I dynoded at the Macomba a couple times !!!

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ahh those were the days!!!! fuel of choice was CC7 aye DB :D

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I noticed during the process of building you changed from running valve cover breathers on each valve cover to running dual pcv vacuum lines.........can you explain the reasoning behind that ???? Pros or cons ???

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Rusty, it was actually the other way around. I started out with the dual PCV's with Volvo check valves inline. By mid season, the cylinder leakage had gotten to the point that there was too much pressure in the crankcase....that's when the valve cover breathers went on. -Al

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Monday was 'dyno day' with the freshened up motor. Sorry for the out of focus. Jason from Victory Engines attends to some details before we fire it to break in the cam and lifters.

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I'm curious Al ..... how high of RPM do they run your engine on the Dyno?

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7,000 (before freshen up), Glenn. -Al

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Winter has returned to Dakota Territory. This is the only internal combustion engine I'm working with today. :(

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Why clear the driveway...you actually plan on driving in that mess? :p

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Haha Rich that's just a normal snow storm in this part of the country. Clean it up and go about your normal day. Right Al?

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Like Jerry says, Rich....just a normal snow storm here in Lower Dakota Territory.

My neighbor "...knows a guy that knows a guy" ;) and this showed up at his place:

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Al...just happen to catch your picture of that white stuff, would send you a picture of what we have, but I am taking a swim in the pool, 75 today, 80 by Thursday....

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That is why I left that God Forsaken place in 86 and moved to AZ . You don't have to live there !!!

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Not much new to add. We decided the rocker geometry could be improved a bit, so a new set of Trend pushrods were ordered and plopped in. Will drop it back in over the next couple of weeks. Spring can't get here quick enough!

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The next stocker project? On second thought......... ;)

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The cool factor alone would be enough on that Corvette> ;)

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Corvette is no longer there, wonder where it went ? South maybe?

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OLD INJUN: The Corvette is still here, as of this morning. The only change is that now the passengers side door is flappin' in the breeze. :(

Motor in the Nova thinks it's working at that famous burger place in your neck of the woods.....In-N-Out. :) Some.....errrr....adjustments are needed so new headers will be happy, happy, happy.

Stay thirsty, my friend. ;)

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A new set of headers meant changing the steering box out for an early Camaro unit.

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Just waiting for opening day.

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Looks war ready to me Alan! I'll have the Camaro back in Stocker form hopefully before the end of the season.

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Well ? Opening day has come and gone and no progress report yet !!!

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Matt and Jason at Victory Engines managed to breathe some new life into it. Initial runs were in 3600-3800 air (corrected).

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Thanks for the In Depth report.. hehe A little more info would be nice, Alan...:rolleyes: