9s for $9k

Made it to the hotel. Maple Grove was on the way, so we stopped by to complete today's drive.

Beautiful country out here....

 

Squirrel, if you get to the Hershey area look me up. I am close to the AACA museum.

 

I have no idea what tomorrow holds, the weather is threatening rain most of the day..


Today's data log.

 

Did the running issue clear up after the the plug wire change?

 

Afraid scattered rain tomorrow, worse on Thursday at Cecil & Friday even worse unless storm pass

 

It's hard to say.

I had lost one of the springs I had on the exhaust flapper, and it was making some extra noise on the drives, but I got a new spring and that part is quiet now.

I get hyper sensitive to little changes in how the car sounds, etc, and it really seems to be doing just fine. I don't know for sure if it was misfiring before, it could have been...but it seems to be working great overall. I'm just not quite used to it yet! it's still pretty new.

 

Having lived with those old Yellow wires, being a smog tech and having to tune thousands of cars, a plug wire like that will start out jumping only under high load, not idle or light load. Highway will get hot too, but it's when cylinder pressure gets high that the spark decides the pipe is an easier jump.

You could have the Missus power brake it in gear and load it, looking/listening for spark before a run. Not exactly a full test, but better than nothing.

Hope you both have a great, safe time.

 

thanks

I'm just not going to worry about it right now...we get to deal with on/off rain today, so that will keep me busy. Looks like it will start about the time we're supposed to start racing, then let up for a few hours, then start up again. So it's not likely that every car will get to make a pass, which means that no one has to turn in a time slip, and the day does not get averaged into the times for each car.

 

???
Friday is calling for mid to upper 80s and sunny here in Southern MD. Rain should end tomorrow by midday, so I expect Friday should be GTG.

Only caveat is that I DO have my own personal black cloud that follows me around...

I'm close enough to MIR to FEEL some of the cars, lol.

 

So far the weather is cooperating

 

Fun pit location

 

Is that Finnigan next door?
Good luck Jim.

 

Finnegan's had some wild rides this week

 

10.91 for Cheep

 

Yeah we were next to Mike this morning.

 

It was fun meeting Amishmike today.

We got into some rain, first time in this car. It did fine. The wipers work, and it doesn't leak much.

 

Have a safe journey, Jim.

 

Good job Jim. All my friends are impressed when I show them pictures. And the results you got.

 

Is that the Vette that went 8.36 on all motor, SBC?
That thing was FLYING!
Good luck and safe travels!

 

Ha HA I see your wife remembered the wheel chocks.

 

Yes it is. I think he drives on drag radials, he was only going 35 when we were behind him.

 

To quote @Moriarity .... GOT IT MADE!

 

C = Consistent.
H = High.
E = Energy.
E = Exceptional.
P = Performance !

Bravo @squirrel ,
Simply magnificent !

 

Five over? That's a ticket!
Carry on, Jim. We are following the progress just like you did with Cat and others.

 

I seen when set record , Does anyone know engine combo ,I did not hear that ,
Just SB Aspirated .

 

He was driving 35 in a 50 zone

 

This

 

My first pass today. I plan to try again. Right lane. It was a good run

 

No OD?
LOL, I have 4.30s, I feel the pain!

 

Looks Sb2 ?
Or custom head on Ls , can not see front & low of engine