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Mike Walter · 03-17-2013, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby Brannon

Gators in the mid 80'. Chuck Nelson working the scale. After 1st round pulled up and weight ok. Other NHRA worker (Dave Danis spelling maybe off.. )with Chuck said we haven't took a Div. 4 car yet. Chuck said take me,he's will past. LOL valve spring tester was off. Got kicked out. Thanks to Red Anderson who fixed the valve spring tester. After 3rd teared down. Gary Russel was sitting in at a pizza restaurant in (Ohio) when I went to tear down. Before he finished eating I came back by, Gary said ( I think Mike Walters) who he was eating with, Bobby got kicked again. Well not true Dave came over and said I just need a valve spring if you can get it off without taking the head off. Hell I will give it a try. LOL Back in the day will digitnal spring tester. Stories an memories. That is all we have..

I remember that Bobby...at 1984/85 Springnationals. Me, Gary & Nicki, Bobby & Janine Griffith, and Jim Griffith. We passed you on I-70 on your way back. I think Bobby actually said "He had to pass this time?" LOL......Your car was red and you had the ramp truck.

My first teardown experience was at the same place (Mayo's AAmco transmission in Reynoldsburg) with Gary Russell. It was us, Matt Rover, and Howard & Greg Stanfield. Upon dis-assembling Gary's Q-jet, Dave Danish noticed a small baffle on the floor of the float bowl made out of the top of a Sucrets box. (Leroy Hoaglin did the carb) All Dave told Gary is to take it out.

We all ate pizza that night too.

mtkawboy · 03-17-2013, 06:47 PM

A friend who shall remain nameless was tossed for class at Indy for having 1 TRW pushrod that somehow got mixed in with the 15 Ford pushrods. Dempsy Hardy got tossed for class at Indy because he didnt know to put the Pontiac head in the ice cooler before CCing the combustion chamber & came up 1/2 short. In the Junior Stock days cars would have so many vacuum leaks that the motors would hardly run. We once painted a steel Doug Nash Muncie 4 speed case silver after grinding all the Doug Nash letters off then wiping it with aluminum filings while the paint was wet. I love this post, it could go on forever

FED 387 · 03-17-2013, 07:39 PM

I remember a guy who also will remain nameless Div 3 racer was about to get pumped and the tech guy asked the racer which hole he wanted to do. He said I dunno # 3 or whatever it was so he goes thru the whole thing pulls the plug, screws the P&G adapter in and removes the rockers and turns the engine over pumps up to whatever it is supposed to be and the tech guy said you are good to go--- only one problem the other 7 cylinders were .060 larger than the one they pumped---he always pumped that same cylinder till somebody protested him and he had to pull the head and they measured both the bores and stroke!!!!!!! How do you say OOOPS?

Jim Wahl · 03-17-2013, 09:37 PM

I remember in the early 80's getting tossed for having a sponsor decal that was "too many square inches big". Yup that's correct, a decal that was TOO BIG! Jim

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Bench Racer · 03-17-2013, 09:48 PM

I remember back in the early 80's my brother was running a 1958 Chevy wagon in IHRA Super Stock. It was a 283 econo modified piece with a 650 CFM Holly 2 bbl. Back then the head rules allowed only a port match with no polishing of the ports. The car always qualified well due to the soft index of the 2 bbl. (formula3) classes, that TRC prepped 650 Holleybflowed 730 CFM and was as quick as a 4bbl on the 283. We got pulled into tech at Darlington and was told to pull the intake, a header and two rockers and a plug. My brother and I were no engine builders and back then didn't have a clue but I mentioned to him that the exhaust ports didn't look legal. The floor of the ports on them 292 turbo heads looked pretty wide and flat from the casting line down and I was worried. The tech man (not Robert Leonard) done a visual of the heads and P&Ged the motor, and said looks good button it up. I told my brother "I hope that guy don't call little league ball games cause he can't see crap!. Don Jackson

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mtkawboy Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Billings Mt Posts: 282 Likes: 196 Liked 54 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there A friend who shall remain nameless was tossed for class at Indy for having 1 TRW pushrod that somehow got mixed in with the 15 Ford pushrods. Dempsy Hardy got tossed for class at Indy because he didnt know to put the Pontiac head in the ice cooler before CCing the combustion chamber & came up 1/2 short. In the Junior Stock days cars would have so many vacuum leaks that the motors would hardly run. We once painted a steel Doug Nash Muncie 4 speed case silver after grinding all the Doug Nash letters off then wiping it with aluminum filings while the paint was wet. I love this post, it could go on forever Last edited by mtkawboy; 03-17-2013 at 06:49 PM. Reason: mistake

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FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,429 Likes: 565 Liked 336 Times in 183 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there I remember a guy who also will remain nameless Div 3 racer was about to get pumped and the tech guy asked the racer which hole he wanted to do. He said I dunno # 3 or whatever it was so he goes thru the whole thing pulls the plug, screws the P&G adapter in and removes the rockers and turns the engine over pumps up to whatever it is supposed to be and the tech guy said you are good to go--- only one problem the other 7 cylinders were .060 larger than the one they pumped---he always pumped that same cylinder till somebody protested him and he had to pull the head and they measured both the bores and stroke!!!!!!! How do you say OOOPS?

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Jim Wahl Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Florida Posts: 5,845 Likes: 672 Liked 683 Times in 129 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there I remember in the early 80's getting tossed for having a sponsor decal that was "too many square inches big". Yup that's correct, a decal that was TOO BIG! Jim . __________________ Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess) 2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion 2009 NHRA D2 National Open Stock Champion 1982 NHRA D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association.

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Bench Racer Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Green Creek (Tryon) North Carolina Posts: 331 Likes: 69 Liked 99 Times in 21 Posts	Re: Things you were bounced for in the olden days when there I remember back in the early 80's my brother was running a 1958 Chevy wagon in IHRA Super Stock. It was a 283 econo modified piece with a 650 CFM Holly 2 bbl. Back then the head rules allowed only a port match with no polishing of the ports. The car always qualified well due to the soft index of the 2 bbl. (formula3) classes, that TRC prepped 650 Holleybflowed 730 CFM and was as quick as a 4bbl on the 283. We got pulled into tech at Darlington and was told to pull the intake, a header and two rockers and a plug. My brother and I were no engine builders and back then didn't have a clue but I mentioned to him that the exhaust ports didn't look legal. The floor of the ports on them 292 turbo heads looked pretty wide and flat from the casting line down and I was worried. The tech man (not Robert Leonard) done a visual of the heads and P&Ged the motor, and said looks good button it up. I told my brother "I hope that guy don't call little league ball games cause he can't see crap!. Don Jackson