Kudos to Ford

[Damn Yankee]

Originally Posted by Tom P

The Mod Motor seems to do OK, not a SS car but 6.19 at 235 is stout.



And that's not even the big 5.4 the CJ has, it's the smaller 4.6 with a factory block, crank and heads.

Tom, John & George Klass have been tweaking that 4.6 Mod Combo for several years now. You wouldn't know it based off the ET's they lay down, but they use the Ford OEM Factory Cobra block which has been reinforced, stock lifters and valvetrain pieces, and factory ported heads

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Damn Yankee

There's nothing Comp Style about a manley shelf rod, regular forged pistons, and steel valves. If these things wore Bowties, it would be like chirping crickets when it comes to all of the hating going on

Keep dreaming. It is not just the GM racers who are unhappy.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Capri

The oil pump pick up broke off. When that happened it burned it up and left a quater sized hole in the pan. There was oil completely covering under the car, and all over the rear end of the car.

Glad to see they took the time the change motors and go race this weekend.

What broke it? And when? Because it was sitting on the starting line, he spun the tires real hard, and stayed on it until it let go. There was never even any sort of remotely violent move.

[johnny shot]

Originally Posted by Casey Miles

I'm disappointed with the Mopar racecars, two of them that I know of broke with serious problems, yet the Fords stayed together. You have to give Ford credit for building a reliable piece that goes very fast in any class you put them..... Casey Miles
248H Stock

From what I know about engines, you have to run them hard to break them. Give em 10 years or so when the AFHS catches up and see how well they stay together.

[Capri]

Alan, He assumed the couple of wheelstands and bouncing around. You could see through the hole in the pan it was off. Dont know if they have a light that says "HEY DUMMY" or not in there. I dont think it would have helped save the bottom end from burning up though. Kinda needed some oil flow. I was more curious to see what put the hole in the pan.

[Alan Roehrich]

The question is, did it fall off first, or did it get knocked off when the engine broke? The only way to know if it fell off first was if he knew it did not have oil pressure.

[Sean Cour]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

What broke it? And when? Because it was sitting on the starting line, he spun the tires real hard, and stayed on it until it let go. There was never even any sort of remotely violent move.

Alan, I thought you said he stood it up twice, before finally blowing it up? Maybe he smacked the pan, leading to the pick up being broken off?

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Sean Cour

Alan, I thought you said he stood it up twice, before finally blowing it up? Maybe he smacked the pan, leading to the pick up being broken off?

Sean, he stood it up twice, one time in each of his first two time trials. Then the third time trial he spun. The next pass was the first round, his opponent went red, then he spun, and drove it through wide open until it let go around 900 feet or so. If it fell off during or after one of the times he stood it up, he would have had low or no oil pressure for the third time trial and the first round of eliminations.

[KMachine]

Originally Posted by Damn Yankee

Tom, John & George Klass have been tweaking that 4.6 Mod Combo for several years now. You wouldn't know it based off the ET's they lay down, but they use the Ford OEM Factory Cobra block which has been reinforced, stock lifters and valvetrain pieces, and factory ported heads

I think the only work, Geo does is answer the phone. Any building or tweaking is done by,John.

[KMachine]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Keep dreaming. It is not just the GM racers who are unhappy.

Alan, why are you not at Indy?