Live from Maple Grove-NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[Tom P]

Wow on that underhood shot! If there is an Academy Award for best depiction of a belt tensioner in an action film you are gonna be up on stage making a speech.

I notice the Canadians in SS are all in the top third of the field. Go Canada.

[Bill Harris]

Holy smokes... that shows how violent it is for an engine to be on a two-step, especially a blown engine. That can't help the reliability of that setup.

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by Bill Harris

Holy smokes... that shows how violent it is for an engine to be on a two-step, especially a blown engine. That can't help the reliability of that setup.

I wonder if that had anything to do with all the head gasket issues that were reported on the four bolt heads?

[Ken Miele]

Were are still racing, clean ups should start soon for the late comers. Looks like a great turnout for this week , and the weather has been
cooperating. In fact its been down right pleasant.

Here are some random shots, I have two more in car cams coming up.... stay tuned.

[Ken Miele]

Here is David Barton on how not to hit the two step at the other end. David had accidently hit the two step at the end of the run.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8LwenMQGz4&feature=share&list=UUIPkN6w3aT8XGT1a4QTqU6g&index=1"]1965 Hemi Coronet CC SA David Barton Maple Grove Raceway 2014 May 23 Div 1 - YouTube[/ame]

[Ken Miele]

Here is Mike Ficacci driving Anthony Bongiovanni's 2012 Cobra Jet. This is the same car I drove last year in G/SA. It now has a blower motor in it. The car is a blast to drive, on this pass he went a 9.05 at 149 in SS/CA. At etown it will be back in stock. Dang, I should have waited another year to get the Shelby done.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKASAJWkq-Y&list=UUIPkN6w3aT8XGT1a4QTqU6g&feature=share"]Cobra Jet Mustang 2012 Mike Ficacci Maple Grove Raceway 2014 May 23 Div 1 - YouTube[/ame]

[V M Kauffman]

The reason for the Head Gasket Recall was poor engineering, LS engines including the LS 7 only has a deck thickness of 100 mm which =s .394 thickness the head was bending which caused the failure. All Dart and World heads are at least 5/8 ths (.625)! The LX head is about the same as the production LS but gets the 2 extra head bolts. Hence the Recall on Heads for the S/C engine. Just look at a print of the Cylinder Heads.

Originally Posted by GUMP

I wonder if that had anything to do with all the head gasket issues that were reported on the four bolt heads?