Woodfin's SS GT/TB construction series

[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.

[Woodfin]

Thanks goes out to Dick Ullrich [aks FED387] for a factory air filter base that works with the side hung float bowl.

Dick sent a full service package with attaching hardware and instructions. I like it when racers help racers.

[Dragsinger]

Question - how do you remove about 60 pounds from a Super 10?

Answer - remove factory seats and console and replace them with aluminum race seats.

In this photo the seat looks oversize but with the black cover installed it looks good and fits good. It is actually smaller than the factory seat.

A slightly smaller seat of the same style goes on the other side. The tall seat sides and bright finish make it look larger to the camera.

[Dragsinger]

An accounting of the weight removal project

*seats account for 60 pounds
*changing the rear bumper to a roll pan removed 35 pounds
*work on both doors amounted to 16 pounds total removed

About the Mark Williams front brakes. I am still pondering/questioning if I made the correct decision in that department. My reason for changing from factory brakes to aftermarket brakes was to save weight. The factory brakes are completely able to safely stop the truck, no issue at all with safe brake performance.

My "reservation" about my decision to install Mark Williams is not one of quality but I question the weight savings. I will know the answer soon when I remove the factory brakes and weigh all the hardware. The Williams set I bought is the above 3000 pounds system with four piston calipers, heavy duty hubs and heavy duty rotors. I will be surprised if there is five - six pounds difference between the two.

I am also considering returning the set I have now in exchange for the next lighter system. At this time I think the cost is too much for such a small gain.

What ever the outcome about the brakes the truck is at least 120 or so pounds lighter.

[doglover44]

How much did this project cost ?