Not for Nuthin' But Close!

[Marty Knox]

Originally Posted by BigBlockBill

Marty, is Milan going to be open in 2022???

The Judge was supposed to rule on the sale October 1. I can't find anything that says what the ruling was. The alleged purchasers said they would open next year.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Marty Knox

Back in March I bought a 2007 Malibu to see what it would do.
My Granddaughter got her learner's permit about the same time and claimed the Malibu was hers. I have taken her driving in it, but with the covid closures I didn't get to the track until November. I took it to Milan and sat in the staging lanes for about 3 hours. I did make one pass and turned an 18.55.

Hey Marty, that Malibu is looking pretty good for DF/S next year. It may be time to repo it.

[HR3128]

Originally Posted by Marty Knox

The Judge was supposed to rule on the sale October 1. I can't find anything that says what the ruling was. The alleged purchasers said they would open next year.

https://www.facebook.com/ckiwradio76...35133651738531
Some info here. The track has been sold. Judge has approved the sale. I haven't seen anything about closing.

[Billy Nees]

Another season comes to an end with the S/SS race at M/D. I was a 1st rd victim of a trip-zip light (and a FFFord of all things) but the car ran well (15.20s in DF/S).
Winter plans involve getting some kind of a torque converter built and maybe "playing" with a cylinder head. I have another complete car with a good working engine and transaxle (car's bad) that I might take apart and play with or I might just try and find a Malibu to run in the new DF/S depending what the index winds up being.

Early in this build I was raving about how easy this combo is/was to build and how I would recommend it to anyone wanting to go Stock Eliminator racing on a strict budget. My thoughts on this haven't changed. I would also like to add that for a small-engined, low HP car it is incredibly consistant!

Hopefully, I'll see you all in the spring!

[Billy Nees]

With the 2022 season coming up and "Not for Nuthin'" becoming a one-class car I decided to treat it to a "little something" that will hopefully get it into the 14s.
CF/S (at D wt.) here we come!

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

With the 2022 season coming up and "Not for Nuthin'" becoming a one-class car I decided to treat it to a "little something" that will hopefully get it into the 14s.
CF/S (at D wt.) here we come!

Well, I had a "Frankenstein" torque converter built for the Cavalier. I didn't want to go for a "full race" converter because I want to be able to hook this thing up. I reached out to a converter rebuilder that I've done business with before (with good results) and he mixed-and-matched a pump, cover and a modified stator from different stock applications that should be good for "at least" 600-800 more stall speed than I have with my "turbo Sunbird" converter. If this all works out as planned, I should have about a 3400-3500 stall speed which should pick the Cav up a bunch and still let me hook it up.

[Billy Nees]

I got the new converter in the car, went to Atco and wasn't too happy with it UNTIL I got home and started looking back at my records and realized that I had forgotten that I added 220 lbs. to the car. I'm happy now! Oh, with the car. The driver should be flogged!

[Henrys Toy]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

I got the new converter in the car, went to Atco and wasn't too happy with it UNTIL I got home and started looking back at my records and realized that I had forgotten that I added 220 lbs. to the car. I'm happy now! Oh, with the car. The driver should be flogged!

Good morning Billy,
We'll let the floggings begin.
Can we call you bad names as well?
All kidding aside, factoring in the weight that you added did the car pick up?
We can all be accused of such crimes, mostly just being human.
Have a good day and keep thrashing Bill, I'll give you shout towards the middle of the week.

Respectfully,
Henry Kunz 1534 H/SA

[Doug Hoven]

On a slightly unrelated but also quite related topic, there seems to be a bit of a competition emerging. All of last year Billy and I had been neck and neck for qualifying positions at each race we went to. After qualifying above me this past weekend at Atco, we both have some things we are going to try to make each of our cars faster before the next race at Cecil County in May. Here's the riveting saga emerging. Can an 18 year old engineering student with a recently self-rebuilt 6 cylinder nova outqualify a well seasoned racer in a junkyard fresh, clapped out, turd brown cavalier?(or vise-versa). Only time will tell....

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Doug Hoven

Can an 18 year old engineering student with a recently self-rebuilt 6 cylinder nova outqualify a well seasoned racer in a junkyard fresh, clapped out, turd brown cavalier?(or vise-versa). Only time will tell....

Youth and vigor will always lose to old age and treachery!