Hot Rods XO/PP Bonneville project

Tks Stogy

 

Dave, Lee and Sam came to the shop and we loaded the hauler for Arkansas.
Thank you guys you are appreciated more than you know.
Dave, Lee and I will head west for Arkansas tomorrow around 6:00 pm .
1 more day to go....

 

Good luck and safe travels!!!

 

We are here in Blytheville ready for tech arive around 10:00 am

 

God Speed, @john mullen
And you too, @D-Russ

 

In line for tech

 

Funny looking tech booth!

Go get'em guys!!

 

My spirit is with You Team 640 and it's closer than you think because my fingerprints may be on several of those MD80 series aircraft as I worked for years building wings for them...interesting Strip for go fast and it's not uncommon from the past history I understand...640 looks ready to deliver...

I hope your taking some video...can wait to hear the monster...

 

Only tech? I was thinking Dave needed to "hit the can" after a blistering run!

 

Finally met Steve and CJ today really great people looking forward to runing tomorrow

 

Go FAST and have fun!

 

Photos from today

 

That front end sure has a lot of “air catchers”. Probably not legal for Bonnie but could try taping some over tomorrow.

 

That’s a good looking truck. Good luck….

 

Looks like a active airport, you running on the crosswind runway?

 

Gotta say I love the new stance! Looks like two fingers of good whisky from the ground.
Good luck....go fast!


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'New stance is quite the opposite of the "Carolina Squat." Looks great; will be interesing to see how much speed it adds. Go Man Go!

 

Is there a live feed or stream for results?

 

I continue to like the looks and sound of your good-look'in pick up!
Prolly need a good video (with sound) AGAIN! to keep our juices flowing!
NICE
6sally6

 

ECTA has a starting line camera. They show speeds in the upper right hand corner. Search for ECTA Spring Fling 2022 on you tube.

 

They make a pass at the 55:00 minute mark.

 

OK guys now that I have had some sleep to clear the fog from my head after only less than 8 hours of sleep in 3 1/2 days.
We arived on Thursday and finally got through tech around mid afternoon we were told that we had a mandatory 1/2 mile pass as we had no runs there prior to this event.
Friday we made the rookie pass and ran 99.834 at the 1/2 mile
Passing the rookie test.
Got the OK for full pass and ran that at around 2:30 kicking the rods out the side of the engine.
It was catastrophic damage leaving a hole from the head to the oil pan basically blowing the engine in half. Suspect it was rod failure.
We left Friday around 6 and came home and pulled the front off the truck for a better look see but gave it up to go get some sleep.
I'll post more later once I get the engine out.

 

Oh and I might mention we were pushing into a 12 to 14 mph head wind on that rookie pass and still ran the 99.834 at the 1/2 mile

 

Ouch!

 

No, running due south with a 12 to 14 sustained head wind all day only one runway and a taxi no cross runway that I could see.
The airport is very old and is now used as a bone yard and storage for old plane's
But still used but not much traffic. Looks like a old Airforce base decommissioned lots of military housing around that falling down. Looks like a goast town

 

Looking for another 262 Ford six block and crank.
Call or text me at 757 645 7828

 

Sorry for the misfortune John but better than towing twice the miles to Bonneville and not making it to the 3 on the first pass. I hope you have time to prep another block, crank, any get other misc parts….JD

 

What a heartbreaker! The truck sure looked fast sitting low....

 

We truly feel like we found a more powerful combination. Just needed stronger internal parts to handle the new found power. We will bounce back but it might take a while as everything has to be made. Nothing on the shelf for this engine.
Not sure what's left inside that's OK yet.
I'll post more when I get it apart

 

Now that you've made your sacrifice to Mercury , he should bless you with a record on the salt. Those pictures made my heart drop , hope you can get it back together in time for Bonneville.