Tech Inspection stories?

Bob Gullett · 02-09-2024, 12:13 AM

At Indy in I think 2013 I was selected for teardown. First the carb. The guy before me they questioned his carb as to the screws in the butterflies were shortened but they let him pass with a warning. Then they looked at mine. Kept pointing to things on it and shaking their heads. I asked them if there was a problem. They said no as they said this is how the screws are supposed to be. Then on to the intake. Said it wasn't correct casting number. I said its a superseded one that's allowed. They were give only the one number after checking with Bruce. Problem #2 corrected. Then the combustion chamber was poured. Was 57.7 cc's. Said it was too small. Was supposed to be 61.2 according to the info they got. I said that's for the 350. This is a 327 which is 57.5. After all said and done it passed with flying colors but not with its moments.

02-09-2024, 12:13 AM	#11
Bob Gullett VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,106 Likes: 57 Liked 507 Times in 116 Posts	Re: Tech Inspection stories? At Indy in I think 2013 I was selected for teardown. First the carb. The guy before me they questioned his carb as to the screws in the butterflies were shortened but they let him pass with a warning. Then they looked at mine. Kept pointing to things on it and shaking their heads. I asked them if there was a problem. They said no as they said this is how the screws are supposed to be. Then on to the intake. Said it wasn't correct casting number. I said its a superseded one that's allowed. They were give only the one number after checking with Bruce. Problem #2 corrected. Then the combustion chamber was poured. Was 57.7 cc's. Said it was too small. Was supposed to be 61.2 according to the info they got. I said that's for the 350. This is a 327 which is 57.5. After all said and done it passed with flying colors but not with its moments. __________________ 68 Chevy11 327 F/S