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Originally Posted by davidhuff
WOW,you are having a tough time getting your new car to the track.Hope you get well soon!
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Eh sometimes its like that, Ive changed about 6 things for a better option, either now or later.....
Tapped a valve yesterday cant get a new one in or other heads I have done till monday. (Im having a Ford Prostock guy do my heads
Ironic eh....(and NO no cutting to the castings, 0 none....lol) No biggie like a .005 bang, I just dont have an abundance of spares yet. It could be cut straight if it was an intake Id consider it, but not an exhaust. looks like a tight guide and a bit of stem warpage hung it full open and a back smack , piston all good, and just a hair of a bend, we found it while doing a CR check and leakdown test through the tuning process. for a baseline. 3rd check I think
There have been 2 times we "could" have tracked it, but when it does I want no gremilins....none....so either now or later.....
All in all taking a car from bare chassis to finished in 3 months dosent seem too bad.....I dono....never done any other stockers, paint wiring, plumbing, everything just me and the old man...(most of Jan was off because of his and my sons hospital stays) 3 months would be good for a pair of bikes (I always do those in pairs an A and a B bike....usually the B bike ends up faster....go figure) Next time I do a stocker Im going to do it the same was 2 at a time.
Im not discouraged and too stupid to get that way , a little annoyed at myself for getting sick and slowing the pace, but what I have dropped down in the last 5 days or so the old man has taken up and then some, hes a machine......
Car is "offline" monday and early tuesday for its "Wrap anyway" so at least something is getting done.
I may add a second battery as well once I get her back on the scales on Tue, Ive got the weight to spare and I could use the juice for our electronics package.
Well see.....