Good ideas, all, Paul... hadn't thought of any of that!
I have precious little spare time, for a retired guy though, so I'm going to concentrate on the easy (quick) stuff for a while, and see if I can get a 1.55 60-footer this year. I have a group of friends who all run turbo V6 Buicks, and some of them run high tens, when they're running. IF they're running...
If I can get this thing into the 11.20s or .30s, they'll still be able to outrun me, but they'll have to crank up the boost into a "DANGER ZONE" (25+ pounds of boost) to beat me, and they may not want to waste an engine on shaming my old clunker.... They're a proud bunch, these Grand National guys.... LOL!
I'm limiting my boost to 10 pounds, which doesn't seem to hurt the motor.... so far. I have band aids aplenty, with an MSD Bootsmaster Timing retard, alcohol injection from a Snowperformance Boost Cooler, Av gas (100+ octane) and an Air Gap-style intake manifold to help provide a cooler charge. It's just a 1,000-foot strip, where I run, so that helps keep engine temperatures down, too.
I don't run it over 6 grand (though it easily goes 6,500) in the interest of longivity... its, AND mine! LOL!
Thanks for the good advice; I'll probably get one of those pocket warmers....
