Woodfin's SS GT/TB construction series

[Dwight Southerland]

Larry - I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that I have truly enjoyed following the story of the creation of the Super 10 through this thread. Please do not stop now! Let this continue to be a journal of the next phase in the history of this neat race car.

[Dragsinger]

Dwight,

We have only begun the journey!

When I began this buildup post I had no idea the interest and following it would create. I have completely enjoyed the sharing. Being so public and so visible has worked out to be a good thing.

Y'all stand by, I am just resting few days.

Our next round of post will begin the process of gradual weight removal as we move the truck into a competitive position in GT/T"B"

The next race outing will be the Lucas D 4 race at Thunder Road near Shreveport LA. September 18 - 20

[Keith 944]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Larry - I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that I have truly enjoyed following the story of the creation of the Super 10 through this thread. Please do not stop now! Let this continue to be a journal of the next phase in the history of this neat race car.

X-2 it has been a great build and a good storyline. best of luck with it and keep us posted.

[Woodfin]

up in the sky!

it's a bird, it's a plane,

No, it's a flying mirror Check mirror launch

[Kirk Morgan]

It is a great feeling to make your first outing without drama. You guys did a very good job. RJ and I built our CJ car from scratch and can share the same since of accomplishment. Our car fired off the first time and made it down the track the first time. Hope to see you at the races soon.

Kirk

[Woodfin]

The Super 10 will be sporting a new set of M/T radials for the D 4 Lucas race Sept 18 - 20

Also, last week during the first outing at Texas Motorplex my Son Jeff said, "the tailgate needs help" [or something like that]

I think decals help any tailgate

[Woodfin]

During our first outing we learned several good pieces of information.

First;
we have a very good basic package. Runs straight, handles smoothly, straight down Broadway from the very first pass. Everything about the package performed as expected and planned.

Second;
the Super 10 is about 165 pounds too heavy. Right away we began brain storming about weight removal ideas. At this time we plan to remove about 80 - 90 pounds before the next D 4 Lucas Race. Then over time, will whittle away more. For now, I am OK with it being about 80 pounds or so overweight.

The "B" index is 10.85 and we expect it to run easy 10.30 - 10.25 so I am good with that. In addition, to my knowledge, there is not another GT/TB truck in D 4 so no problem with heads up runs.

Third;
we learned the 327 combination likes RPM. Each time we let it have it's head it picked up. With good air and good track it will perform very well

Stand by for more updates and weight removal news.

[Woodfin]

I have backed off, rested and now it's time to update.

With the first launch out of the trailer the Super 10 had a stumble at the hit, that Friday night we had three runs and as we got more aggressive with the leave the stumble got worse.

In my overnight pondering I expected fuel was sloshing from the vent and flooding the engine. Saturday morning before running I removed the front float bowl and sure nuff, no vent baffle installed. Our temporary fix was the old rubber hose between the vent tubes and that cured the stumble and let us make the day.

The better fix, Quick Fuel sells a trick vent baffle that sits in the metering block and is captured by the bowl.

Later will show photos of the BLP closed top, open on sides vent tubes.