Wish I had it to do over again.... I think about all the money I spent on my 92. Could have easily bought a C6 GS.

I personally wouldn't ever modify another C4 for myself to drive on the street.

Maybe we'll have ruined enough of them that they will become the mid-years of the future Corvette world.
Will

Man I am wore out!

Thursday I drove to Indy and walked the PRI show Friday and Saturday then got up Sunday and drove home.

627 miles one way.....

On the plus side my 2013 GMC Sierra Z71 averaged 18.4 mpg on the trip there and 19.1 mpg on the trip home. Loaded with auto parts both ways running 75-80 mph at most all times.

PRI was very good to us. Talked with a lot of people and cut some great deals on parts and other stuff for the engine shop. Both my brother and I are doing so much work with the engine shop we really needed to get to get those agreements in place for 2016. We have some very serious engine builds/projects in the works.

Made a somewhat significant (to me) decision this weekend as well. I am going to let my 92 6speed go....

With the race car, I just don't have the time, money or space to keep the 92 maintained and enjoy it like it should be. When I want to have a fun weekend drive, I honestly prefer to take out the 72....

The 92 means a lot to me.... building it up and racing it since 2005 has been a very fun part of my life but time has marched on and the car is going to waste away if I just continue to let it sit with only the occasionally good weather drive to work.

My brother expressed interest in the 92 and I know he will take care of it and enjoy having it, so we are going to work out something.

Of course I still have the 84 race car and 72 we just bought earlier this year so I don't ever plan to be totally without a Corvette.
Will

Couldn't help myself. Drove the 72 into work again today.... Probably going to do it tomorrow as well.

Supposed to be nice all week..... Got to enjoy the car before I leave to go to Indy Thursday for the PRI Show.

Weather will most likely take a turn for the worse when I get back and plus I'll be busy working on the race car once I get all them great deals sorted out on new parts at PRI.
Will

It's a beautiful morning here.

I had a meeting with the owners of the company this morning for about an hour.... just an intro get to know you type deal - even thou this contract started like 5 months ago. At least we had the past 5 months of work to discuss.

Drove the 72 in and I just can't describe how much I enjoy just driving the car.... even for mundane stuff like going to work. It's like stepping back to my childhood every time.

Have a good day fellow Guru's.
Will

It's a nice day here today. Still kinda wet from all the rain we've had this week but it's drying out fast and tomorrow should be nice enough for me to drive the 72 to work.

Congrats on hitting 200+K Andy!

FYI-
Trump was giving a speech at the Fairgrounds last night but it was so packed you didn't get there early, your couldn't get near the place... I mean traffic backed up and once you got on the property people were standing outside the building in the rain and cold in a line just to get a glimpse of the man.

The speech is on youtube already if anybody is interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5ErVH-Vn3E

He covered a lot of stuff and jumped around from subject to subject a lot... you could tell he was speaking off the cuff mostly. Everyone loved it.... well except for a small group of paid protesters in the back, it was a pretty good show.

I hope he comes back and does it again. With Virginia being a big battle ground state in the general election, I'm sure he will.

Will

Toyo Open Country AT II.

I had them on the Avalanche and got over 65K miles out of them... they were 285 75R16's BTW. They were great in rain, sleet and snow. Pretty quite on dry pavement and at hwy speeds. Mine were E load range and towed great. Good off road in sand and dirt but lets be honest about the kind of off roading you can do in a full sized 7K LB sport ute..... It was nothing serious. Very liveable as daily driver tires.... My MPG didn't take a hit like it will with some AT tires either.

I replaced the Toyo's with Cooper Discoverer ATP. They were a lot cheaper and the Avalanche had over 140K mikes on it at that point and I knew I was going to buy a new truck soon... The Coopers were also good tires. I ran them about a year before I sold the Avalanche, put 18K miles on them and hardly put a dent on the tread wear. Noisier on pavement than the Toyo's and the MPG took a hit compared to the Toyo's.

All in all I liked the Toyo's better and don't mind the extra cost. Not that the Coopers were bad - because IMO they were really quite good tires... the Toyo's were just that much better.

I'm buying new tires after Christmas for my 2013 GMC Sierra Z71 and I'm buying Toyo's. Currently the truck has the factory Good Years and they SUCK it big time.... just turned 20K miles and I have hated every single mile... They are noisy, no traction in the rain or snow (I'd be scared to take it off road even on wet grass) and the tread wear is getting chewed down already.
Will

Looks great Bill.

Thanks guys. Stay tuned this winter.

I have some more upgrades to the chassis planned and a rebuild/re-fresh of the engine to do.

Engine
Definite replacement:

Roller lifters
Valve Springs/locks/retainers
Valve Job
Rings
Bearings
Cam Timing Belt
Block Hone
Rebuild Vacuum Pump

May need:

Block Bored & Honed
New oversized Pistons & Rings

I know I just new pistons & rings in her and they only have 2 races on them but that was a patch up repair job to finish out the season and I want to make sure everything internally in the engine is perfect for next year.

Also looking at converting my Intake Manifold to a 4500 Dominator flange and buying a new 4500 Dominator Carburetor.

I've been running the smaller 4150 series carbs for 3 yrs hoping to get a weight brake (most other heads up classes give one) but the promoter just isn't doing it, so I'm not going to limit myself anymore.....

The engine picked up so much power on the dyno with the bigger 4150 C&S 1000 carb over the 950 QFT that I'm going looking for all the power there is this year....

Chassis
Going to remove the Panhard bar and go with an "X Link track locator" like Pro Mod cars use.

May remove the front leaf spring and convert to coil overs.... I like the idea of keeping the stock leaf spring but for some reason we have to jack a bunch of pre-load into the Left Rear coil over spring to make the car sit level and scale out correctly.... Everything in the new 3 link rear suspension is square and straight, so something in the front suspension must be causing it... and the car has always sat higher on the Right Front.... could just be a bushing or spring cushion but I'm going to check it out and then make a decision.

Defiantly putting a mid motor plate in to stiffen the chassis up. There is going to be a hoop and some additional bars welded to the frame and roll cage to support this plate which goes between the tranny bell housing and engine block and it will really stiffen the chassis up.

May put front motor plates in... I really like the stock appearance of the motor mounts, but a motor plate would help stiffen the chassis up even more in conjunction with the rear one.

Switching rear tires. Going to run a radial tire next season. Either the MT 275 "Pro" ET radial or (hopefully) the MT 28X10.5 "Pro Bracket" radial slick (if they allow it this year). The car has worked great on bias ply slicks for a long time but Radials are so much faster if you can make them work and it's about time I stepped out of 1950's tire technology. Every top car in the class is running a radial...

Will

WOW Bill... that's a abrupt change in weather.

I just got back from Charleston SC (work) on Friday and it was in the mid 80's F down there... Beautiful weather for the most part. We stopped in Roanoke Rapids NC for gas and I about skipped a breath when I got out of the car as it was like 50*F....

Well back to work for me. Have a good day guys.
Will

Well my racing season is complete. We ran the season finale on Halloween... And I WON!

We had 19 cars show up and by class rules whenever more than 16 cars show up we run a Quick 8 format where the top 8 qualifiers run each other (Quick 8 - Pro ladder) and the remaining cars run each other in what they call RS2 (in this case 11 cars in RS2 - also on a Pro Ladder).

My car ran well once I switched carburetors. Since the fuel corroding deal earlier this year my best carb has never been the same and after a huge backfire in second round qualifying I decided to just put my back up on and see what happens.

Did have some trouble and a good thrash between qualifying and first round eliminations to fix the starter (which unexpectedly broke while trying to crank the car to set the new carbs floats).

This is Q1. 5.67@117MPH with 1.26 60ft... FYI this pass was only good enough to qualify 10th.

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You can hear the car lay down in high gear about 100ft from the finish line.... that's the carb leaning out and that has been the major carb problem I have been chasing.... thinking it was high air pressure in the hood or whatever.... turns out the fricken carb is just plain old screwed up from the fuel/moisture corrosion deal. Once I put my back up carb on the car ran fine (it's a bit rich)and the problems went away.

During the race, I ran a best of 5.61@121mph with a 1.26 60ft, a 5.70@121 with a 1.28 60ft (got greedy on the starting power and shook the tires) and (3) 5.62@121MPH with 1.21 60fts in a row to win RS2.

This is the final round in RS2.



There is a pic of me on the class Facebook page in the winners circle with the car and my buddy Chris who helped line me up and keep the car running good all race.... He broke his car on the first pass and stuck around to help me.

https://www.facebook.com/MPCRealStreet/?fref=ts

My friends Rob Falcone and Jamie Lindsey won the points championship for the season but crashed the car competing in the Season finale Quick 8 "Shoot Out".

Dave Guy won the Season finale Quick 8 "Shoot Out".

I personally did not qualify with a fast enough time to earn a spot in the quick 8 Shoot out (I was 10th so relegated to RS2) but hopefully next season I can get the car fast enough to run with those guys when we have more than 16 cars.

Once again - Guru's thanks for giving me a place to post about my racing exploits, show off my car and hard work.

Will

I run the regular 51069 on the race car. I'd rather have the better filtration.
Will

I fully admit that I buy my oil and filters at Wal-Mart because of the price but... it's pretty shocking how cheaply most of the AC Delco and Fram filters are built...

The Purolator Classic filters they sell seem still to be of quality construction.

I just went thru this last weekend when I changed the oil in my 92. The AC PF52E that fits the 92 is a scary looking POS. I ended up buying a Purolator for it.

I order/buy 6 Wix 51069's from Amazon in April for the race car. That gets me thru an entire season of racing. Looks like I'm going to have to order more of them now for the 72 because it took a hot min to find an equivalent filter at WM when I changed the oil in it week before last and they only had one (a Fram TG). I needed a filter and didn't want to go to 2 places but I won't buy another one.

They do carry the correct MOPAR brand that fits the wife's Jeep and it looks like a quality filter (same construction as the Purolator) so I use them.

As for not running Diesel oil.... LOL. Yes there is "better oil" out there.... but not a $11.25 a gallon, which is what I pay for Mobil Delvac 15W40. Been working great in my bike, the wifes bike, the 92, 79 and 72.

I was running Delvac or Rotella in the race car for a long time but recently switched to 15W50 Mobil 1 after I had a rocker gall a roller tip... turned out to be something else causing the problem but I had already stocked up on the M1 when it was on sale.

I do run Mobil 1 or Valvoline Synpower 5W20 in the Jeep but that's because of the MDS and deactivated hyd lifter system the Hemi's have... plus I can get 5,000 mile O/C interval easily. I run Mobil 1 or Valvoline Synpower 5W30 in the new Z71 for the extended O/C interval.
Will

For whatever reason I decided to drive the 92 to work today.... I think because I had a meeting first thing that I really didn't want to attend and I thought maybe it would strand me again.... Anyway the 92's just been sitting in the driveway for a few months after I fixed the Opti and ICM harness.

Man the front tires are flat spotted to heck.... no fun on the hwy at 80mph....

So whatever the issue I imagined it had, with it not running right back in the summer (after I fixed the Opti and ICM harness), seems to be gone. Car ran great. I forgot just how fast this bad boy is....

Gonna stop by the parts house on the way home and buy some oil, filter and new plugs for it.... treat it right - change the oil and plugs this weekend.

I also forget how easy it is to shift and operate the clutch.... HUGE difference between the 92 and the 72. The ZF6 and hydro operated SPEC Stage 3 is almost not real feeling compared to the 72's Muncie and manual Z Bar operated clutch.

I got my NO2 controller for the 84 race car back in the mail from the mfgr last night. Still waiting on a few wiring upgrades to ship from Amazon so they won't be here till next week. Hope to have it back together in time for next weekends final race of the season.
Will

Got the day off so I changed the oil in the 72 this morning.

I haven't done much except add oil when it was low since buying the car and the oil was looking bad on the stick and it's burning quite a bit depending on how often I got on it. At least now I know how far off in left field the chrome Mr Gasket dip stick is.

Will

Bill's right on.... Grand Sportish restomod.

Also hints to orginal BB car is the rear diff. BB cars have caps on the inner yolk instead of U bolts. The codes for the gear ratio also differ between SB and BB.
Will

I know - Hard to believe mid 5's in the 1/8 mile in a 3180lbs car (totally street legal BTW).... is slow.

But it's really hard to go fast when the lean condition is totally killing MPH and the controller messing up is always at the worst possible time and I don't learn anything from the changes I made....

It's coming around slowly. Heck I'm still on a 31N jet in fogger which is the baby tune up.... the class mandated maximum 36N jet is going to give it a big jump in power.

You got to crawl before you walk and I just don't feel like we have enough info about how the current tune up responds to changes to put the big tune up in her yet.

Last race of this season is in a few weeks on Oct 31. I might throw a few hail Mary's at it then, since I have to tear the engine down over the winter anyway.
Will

This has been a tough year for me with all the changes to the suspension, nitrous system and transmission.... So far we have torched every piston in the engine, NO2 backfired so bad it nearly burned to the ground and had race fuel corroded the carbs into nearly junk.... Been down on power so bad we couldn't make the field and at other times made so much power, the car tried to crash itself or blew the tires off at the hit.... Car has also been running hot and very hard to crank after a few passes....

So everything is back together and we went and tested Thursday. Then raced Saturday.

My brother came up from Ga to help me out and we figured out a lot about what has been going on with the car.

First I changed the car over to a 16v battery and alternator combo.... I have been struggling with cranking the car hot using the 12v set up for a while.... really since I relocated the battery to the back and went to a mini Denso style alternator....

All I can say is 16v on a race car is money well spent. My battery came from XS Power and the alternator is a mini Denso style 70 amp from Classic Chrysler.

First off please excuse the video... I haven't figured out how to rotate them yet.....

Here is a video from the Thursday night test session. This is a local track on test and tune night - So the track was a skating rink past the starting line.... I made 4 hits. 2 were total blow the tires off at the hit.... then we took ALL the power out for 1 second to get it down the track pretty good. 5.69@122mph.

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On Saturday I hooked my in car Go-Pro up and used it to see the WB02.... been having problem with the car surging on the big end and I knew it was going lean but couldn't prove it because who can watch a WB02 at 125MPH.... It's pretty crazy how the AF is right on 12.2ish for most of the run then creeps up to over 15.1 just before the traps.....

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These passes are my test hit and 1st round qualifying.... 5.69 and 5.79. The car chattered the tires in Q1 and you can see I have to drive the car all the way thru low gear.

2nd round qualifying was a total bust as was 1st round eliminations.... Car blew the tires off at the hit.... however it was not total loss. We 100% got proof of what was happening and figured out why the car randomly blows the tires off at the hit....

My progressive nitrous controller which has been working flawless for going on 3 seasons, is going bad.... and hitting a 10.5 tire with over 1100hp is not going to work. I noticed the controller switching screens and going crazy while I was in the burn out box preparing for my E1 pass....

I have already been in contact with the mfgr and he is going to fix the controller for me.

Now I just have to figure out the lean condition at high speeds. I think it's a pressure differential problem with my cowl scoop which is not sealed to a air pan (it's just a big open hole in the hood above the carb.... but since the scoop is flush with the windshield.... maybe air is coming up from the engine compartment and backing up against the windshield.

I really need to get my act together here.... Next year is going to be crazy judging from what the top cars in the class just did at the last race. 2 cars went 5.17 and a number of guys are in the 5.20's and 5.30's already....

Will

Matt
Sorry to see that. Glad it didn't hurt anything too bad.

Usually it's detonation that causes a broken land but you can do it hydro locking and engine or from butting a ring (not enough end gap).... Take the top and second groove rings off and look at the ends to see if they are shiny from butting together as they expand.

Will

I don't know about the front. I run a 26X4.4 on the front.

I do run a 28X10.5 slick and fits fine but that's about the limit without some trimming to the inner fender on the rear.

I still had to trim the inner rear of the inner fender a little because of tire growth in the burn out box and at the big end on 1/4 mile tracks.

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Will

Damn Andy. Sorry to hear. Prayers sent forcyou and your family. Wish I could do more.
Will

From what I've seen you can rarely touch a nice driver SB mid-year for less than 35-40K today.

I take it that the numbers matching 427 BB engine is never going to be found?
Will

Nice weather today.

Really sucks to be indoors working for the Govt.... but at least I'm working and to boot my Company just gave me a $100 on spot award...

Plan to stop by my buddies place and install the new 16V alternator on the race car. Then fire her up and make sure everything with the engine is good for Thursdays test.

I still got to find time to make some adjustments to the rear lower control arms and shocks before Thurs. Weather is supposed to be good all week so maybe tomorrow or Wed.
Will

My worry is about how the AC system works...

Specifically on my 92 which has the automatic climate control option. So I assume something in the ccm has to feed the factory ecm/pcm to run the compressor. At least on the cars with the high dollar optional AC system.

I'd love to update the engine management on my 92... I really think my car would benefit but I got to keep the creature comforts working as designed.
Will

Pouring rain all day.

I wanted to get to my buddies and finish up my 16v conversation on the race car but not working in a down pour.

Hope this hurricane and bad weather is past us by Thursday. Supposed to be testing the car Thursday night and points race is on Saturday.

All of the Gurus on the east coast in its path take care and brace yourselves.
Will

4spd reverse ignition lock cable?

Nice cool morning near in the Nations Capital. It's great having the windows open and the AC/Heat turned OFF.

Yesterday was 100% suck on the roads with the Pope visiting... they had the National Mall roped off and everything within 2 blocks of where he was sight seeing closed for hours. Those souls that wanted to catch a glimpse of him had to go thru security check points early in the morning to get in and then weren't allowed to leave for hours.

No coolers or drinks were allowed to be brought in.... you had to buy it from the cleared vendors. What a racket. Everything is corrupt crony capitalism in DC. Even the Pope's visit.

Down here on MCB Quantico we have the Modern Day Marine Expo going on today. All of us contractors have our currently fielded and hopefully soon to be fielded future equipment on display. It's fun blowing smoke with Politicians, Marine Generals and Foreign dignitaries from our allies... but really the best thing for me is the young Marines that actually use our stuff occasionally get to come and talk with us about how much they love/hate our gear/training/support.

Have a good day guys.
Will

Enjoy the cruise Tommy. That ship looks much nicer than the ones I was made to cruised on in the Marine Corps.

Spent most of the day working on the race car. Carbs back on and its running good. Fits on the new trailer great... Exhaust is no where near hitting. I do stillhave do a little welding repair where it tore the rear hanger off last time but that can wait a few days.

Got to decide where to take Elsie for dinner.
Will

Long drive to pick up my new trailer. Forgot that traffic was going to be a pain because of the Monday holiday.... Just got home ans washed it up.

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Will

Today started out great with me driving the 72 to work. Beautiful day, tops off and I got a few nice comments about the car at the gas station while I was filling it up.

I go out to get in the car for lunch and it's leaked about half a gallon of antifreeze out on the ground... far as I can see it's the lower passenger side corner of the core on the radiator.

Got my buddy to drive and I picked up 2 gallons of antifreeze at lunch. I should be able to nurse it home on that.

I see Dewitts has mfgr'd some private label direct fit radiators for ZIP and at $399, it's less than a new copper/brass radiator for the car but more than an imported Champion which I used on the 79 (it works great).... I just want to put something a bit nicer on the 72 and don't mind spending a hundred or so more. Reckon I'm going to pull the trigger on one from ZIP. I know it's quality and ZIP is right down 95 in the Richmond area and I'll be able to have it in a few days.
Will

Great Pics.

Haven't been in a few years but I plan to make it again next year.

Will

Let me tell you. That lead salts stuff was a nightmare to clean out. Mineral Spirits just turned it into a spreadable but non removable paste. Same with carb cleaner.

I ended up drying it back out and attacking it with a dremel and wire brushes.

The trailer is 2 3500lb axles so 7000lb total GVW. Seems expensive to me because I only paid 1800 for my current trailer but that was over 10yrs ago.... few other racers have the new one I'm buying and it's a nice enough trailer and well built. Would be nice but at this time I can't afford an aluminum one or an enclosed.

I really like Mason Dixon. Beautiful place to race. They also put in the work to make the surface hook. Elmer and his track crew give us a great place to race at.
Will

Just wanted to update this a little.

We got the car back together and tried to make the August race but the car just wouldn't run right.... idle was iffy and the C&S carb needed constant adjustment, basically adjusting it around and ending back to where we started from... then it would run ok for a few mins and start acting up agin....which is very odd.

I got the track and unloaded, tried to drive it over to the tech shack and was having serious drive ability problems at part throttle and idle so I just turned around and loaded it back up rather than go out there and hurt something.

Once home I pulled the C&S carb off and took it apart.... Holy crap was it screwed up. Reckon there was some fuel left in it at some point that evaporated and according to VP race fuel what happened is "Lead Salts" were left behind and stopped up the idle and transition circuits of the metering blocks.

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Talked to my brother and he was going to send my old QFT 950 up here and before he shipped it, he checked it out and it was the same way.... bad thing is it had only been run on the dyno this year.

So note to self - VP C-16 will do some bad stuff to your carbs if you let them sit.... not sure what I'll do here since we only race once a month but wow what a mess made out of 2 pretty expensive carbs. VPs recommendation was to turn the pump off and run the car out of fuel after each race or go and start it more often between races.

So I've gotten both the C&S and the QFT carbs cleaned out and fixed. They are sitting on the bench at home waiting to go back on the car for the Sept 12 race.

I'm also done with my car trailer... that SOB has caused me as much grief as everything else in the last year... tearing the exhaust off every time I load the fricken car up. 16ft box, 2ft beaver tail and 3.5ft ramps.... just can't jack it up high enough to clear the exhaust now that the car sits lower in the rear with the straight rear end and 3 link under it. I've had this trailer a long time and it tows well and is well built.... Just not designed well for low ride height cars and here I am - Multiple Corvette owner......

Driving 2hrs up to PA this weekend to buy a new car trailer. New one will be an 18ft box with a 4ft beavertail and 5ft ramps. Almost $2500.00, I didn't need to spend right now but I just can't stand to use the old one another weekend.

This is the new trailer I'm buying.

http://www.americantrailerllc.com/tra ... y-diamond-deck-car-hauler

So next race is Sept 12 at Mason Dixon Dragway in MD.
Will

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Yes he did and no one stole it.... Milano Maroon 66 427 425hp 4spd.... Roadster.

He did put one of those $25 Wal-Mart covers over it.

Won't ever sell it. A family member left it to him. He doesn't really have a clue what it is or what its worth other than it's old rare Corvette.

He's a great guy. Just doesn't know that much about cars. Now he knows better than this and he knows he needs to keep it inside... he just need the garage space for other stuff and kinda let it go on for too long. I finally badgered him enough about it and got him back on track.

He also has a 76 Corvette that has a front pump seal leaking like crazy in the transmission.... someday when I have time I have to help him get the tranny out so I can take it to my builder.
Will

Started the day off good. Took Elsie to breakfast at the VFW in the 72. On the way home get chased down by a guy that wanted to tell us how bad ass he thought the 72 was.

I thought I was just going to relax today but my next door neighbor was trying to fix some wiring on his 66 427 by him self.

Now the last time he did something to it the wiring harness caught fire.... hence why it was broken... of course he left it outside parked on the street for like a year... I finally convinced him that he's a criminal for doing so and he cleaned up one side of his garage a few weeks ago. Then goes to start the car and battery is junk...he puts in a new battery and burns the harness up.....

So I crawled around under it and found that the positive battery cable had shorted out burning the main interior harness power wire near the starter. Cut it off and put a new ring terminal on it, new battery cables along with a little bit of rerouting of the harness. Shrink tubing on all the terminals. Cleaned everything up real nice.

Got it running and sure enough carb is slightly screwed up from sitting so long. Accelerator pump not working. Going to order a kit and fix the carb when it comes in.

I did pick up the water pump gasket for my 92 but after fixing the 66 on top of every thing else, I'm too tired to work on it. Maybe one night this week after work.

It's been a tough weekend. I'm looking forward to the relaxation of regular work.
Will

Race car is back running. No fuss no muss.

My repaired MSD Opti for the 92 came Fedx not 15mins after I walked in the door.... so I figured I go ahead and get it fixed up as well. Got it on and realized I never ordered any water pump gaskets... gaskets won't be here till tomorrow. I did however fire it up for a few mins and it runs better than ever. So crisp and responsive to the throttle.
Will

Worked all morning on the race car. Had to knock off at 3.30 this afternoon.... i was just plain worn out. Car is on a hill, outside in my buddies driveway... it like 90*.... crawling on the ground, man handling the cherry picker and engine really sucked... Still we Managed to get the engine installed and 90% done. Elsie helped alot and withstood my occasional fustration outburst.... lol.

Need to install the mufflers/exhaust, carb/fuel lines, fill the radiator and adjust the valves tomorrow. Then ready to fire.
Will

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Sorry I'm an old dirt bike fan so I mean Husqvarna....

I forget Home Depot sells "Husky" brand tools.
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That's a nice push mower.

I have used a similar model since 2009. Has the Kohler engine instead of the Honda. Only mod is I installed a fuel cut off valve in line. I put in a new air filter, sharpen the blade and I change the oil with Rotella every season.... wash it off after every use.

Never a problem out of it until this season when I started letting my step son cut the grass.... he hasn't been cutting the fuel cut off and running the bowl dry.... ethanol fuel crystalized and stopped the carb up 2x this season already. Of course he doesn't wash it either.

Also have a Husky Trimmer and Chainsaw. Love Husky lawn and power equipment. Given reasonable care it last a long time.
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I have the same one and it fits LTX fine. Actually pretty decent piece for how little it cost.
Will

Just found this pic of the Hooker Super Comps I ran on the 84 back in the day and how well the plugs and wires cleared everything (when the wires are routed from under).... these were Dart Pro 1 230 angle plug heads.

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Very clean and no chance for the wires to get hurt and no access problems (of course removing the Heater box helped immensely with plug access on 6 and 8).
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Straight Plug Heads?

I hate chip burning.

When I built the 92 we used the Moats adapter for 27SF512 chips.... of course now those things are almost impossible to get.

So if I do this - once I'm into an Ostrich and cables that's like another $200.....

Guess I'll just wait and once my 27SF512 chip takes a dump spend the money then....
Will

They will fit fine.

I have a set of Hooker Super Comps on a customers 91 with AFR 195s.

Only thing that was a PITA was routing the plug wires around the AIR tubes for the Smog stuff... buts that only because he wanted the wires run over the rocker covers where you can see them - instead of my standard practice of behind the heads and up to the plugs from the bottom.
Will

Made a short video of it running.

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Yes it's a good reprenesation of how loud it is and those are the factory GM mufflers and factory GM crush bent pipes all 2.5" except the muffler exits which neck down to 2". Sounds great to me and I'm not sure if I'd care to have it any louder. Really quiet in the car and riding down the road.
Will

Put 35 miles on it tonight.... ran great.

Other than my paranoia setting in when txting drivers were around, no problems.
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Hey Josh
Its a custom built 2 solenoid direct port fogger with Annular nozzles. Dave Vasser at Nitrous Outlet built it for me.

Orginally the tune up he gave me was a 31N and 24F@7psi.... after flowing it we now have 31N and 22F@7psi... but I'm going to put it on a chassis dyno and verify before it hits the track again.

I've been struggling with it this season big time.... Just made too many changes to the car over last winter and none of my previous data is very useful.

I'll get it sorted. Engine is all fixed. Just got to put it back in the car and get it to the dyno.
Will

I talked with the stations manager yesterday and I also called WAWA corporate to let them know.... they both said that they would look in to it but had received no other complaints.

Here's the kicker it was the Monday just after 4th of July weekend (so they sold a shit load of gas) and it rained like a monsoon on Sunday. the in ground tanks were probably low and I just picked the worst possible time to fill up it up......

Of course they will just wait until they get a fresh fill up - test the gas then and say they found nothing wrong.....

It is what it is. I'm out $41 and 2 evenings of work to fix the car. I just won't go there for gas ever again.

Will

Car is back running fine.

Took 3 hrs to extract 15 gallons with a little Mr. Gasket electric pump running off a jumper box.

I mixed 2 gallons C16 from the race car and 6 gallons pump gas for it. Primed the farb with C16.... fired right off.

Now on to the important things.
Will

This gas is junk. So far evacuated 2 full 6 gallon cans and its all been half water. Working on can 3 now... almost to the bottom.

Carb is back together and on the intake.

Oh and the gas tank looks brand new inside.
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It would have to be bad gas....

I have had the car a week... it's been run and driven (around the hood) about every night except this weekend... not too far mind you with the rear caliper leaking but just so the wife can get use to driving a 4spd.... Also it's been kept inside the garage and no problems what so ever.

Last night after I installed the new caliper, we drove it 3 miles to the gas station and again it ran great... we were just going for a short ride but the gauge was down to like 1/8th tank and (since I don't know how accurate it reads) I thought better safe than sorry......

After I filled it up, I pulled it out of the station and started driving up the road.... engine started bogging out and dying not even a 1/4 mile away.

Since water is heavier than gas - If the car had water in the tank to start with, the car would never have made it to the gas station IMO.

Plus on Sunday there was a huge rain storm that flat drenched us....

And yes... I hope to save this gas for lawn mower duty but if it seems like bunch of work to get it separated - I'll just feed weeds with it.
Will