How many weeks to the first points autocross?

Steven Carter · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 9:43 pm

Rally caps on!

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

JamesShort wrote:

Git 'er DUNNNNNNN! You have 5 days!

Yeah, I suppose if I took the rest of the week off it would be possible, not really though, even if I got it all back together I still need to break it in and get a dyno tune. I'll be doing great if I can even have it at the June event. That's probably not going to happen either since tornado/tree clean-up work is still in progress.

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 11:07 am

The trees will still be there when the car is running.

Not like they are gonna fall a second time.

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

jeremy gast wrote:

The trees will still be there when the car is running.

Not like they are gonna fall a second time.

Well, the neighbor is getting a bit ansy about his back yard where my tree debris is currently lying. Of course legally clean-up is his responsibility and he knows that, but I want the firewood/mulch.

JasonWatts · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 3:56 pm

jeremy gast wrote:

The trees will still be there when the car is running.

Not like they are gonna fall a second time.

So wont the engine... and the longer it sits on the pallet, the longer it stays non-busted. ::ducks for cover::

joking aside, what happened to the old engine? did it just grow old?

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 5:05 pm

Glad to see it finally showed up. Was pretty worried that you'd have to fight with the builder/CC company to get your money back.

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

JasonWatts wrote:

jeremy gast wrote:

The trees will still be there when the car is running.

Not like they are gonna fall a second time.

So wont the engine... and the longer it sits on the pallet, the longer it stays non-busted. ::ducks for cover::

joking aside, what happened to the old engine? did it just grow old?

Actually the old engine only had 55K miles on it. It was an over-rev last fall that broke a bunch of valve springs, I guess you could argue that age was a factor there potentially since they have been in there since before some of our members were born. I think the bottom end is likely fine, I just wanted to do a 383.

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

JamesMilko wrote:

Glad to see it finally showed up. Was pretty worried that you'd have to fight with the builder/CC company to get your money back.

Well, lets just hope it is all that it is supposed to be, they certainly have spent enough time on it.

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

Well, absurdly overdue, I'm actually finally ready to drop this thing back into the engine bay and hopefully try to fire it up tomorrow. Anyone who might have some free time tomorrow afternoon a second set of hands would really come in handy?

Steven Carter · **Posted:** Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:27 pm

Working this weekend, but glad you are close tothe end..good luck!

JohnByers · **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:51 pm

Verdict?

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

JohnByers · **Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:22 pm

Congrats!

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

JohnByers wrote:

:sing:

Congrats!

Yeah, seeing it run was pretty sweet, unfortunately its not all good news as the belt popped off after about 15 minutes of running. The harmonic balancer and crank hub which have been a big pain in this project are the culprit and may require removing the engine again. But it least it ran and didn't make any bad noises, in fact quite the opposite.

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:36 pm

My favorite part is when the camera shook when you rev'd it.

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