Finishing the racecar blog. Yes?

[Pat_in_L.A.]

Whose flywheel and clutch? Tilton? Quartermaster?

[Horsewidower]

Quartermaster Pro 5.5 double disc. Quartermaster flywheel.

[Horsewidower]

Been almost a month, time to get back to work. Last time we were blowing up the mule motor, taking it out and putting a new motor in. Well, it's time to finish yanking the engine out of the "red turd" and get it into the racecar. I've taken four days off next week to make sure this thing is put back together and ready to go to the dyno, and Rog is coming over on Monday to make sure everything is put back together. Unfortunately, the dyno guy is out until the week of the 15th, but maybe we can get the car back together and take it on a little run around the block in the mean time. We'll be finishing a lot of odds and ends and I'll post pictures as we go along. We got to get to the track this year. Reno-Fernley has open track testing every Wednesday so we may try to get up there before the snow flies. We better hurry!!

Bob

[Ken Potter]

Bump...

Waiting on update? I know it's coming...

[Horsewidower]

Just for grins, here's the National Championship Race for one of the series we will race in:

http://drivenasa.com/championships/American-Iron-Championship-video-flash.html

[Horsewidower]

Here are some pics of the work we just got done.

1. Yanking the motor out of the "red turd"
2. The old and the new.
3. Roger "resizing" the pickup tube. A little heat, a little hammer, a little heat, a little bending with pliers. Repeat until satisfied.
4. Engine settling in.

This engine is a full boogie Bo-port iron head, big valves, 2277 essy cam. Bottom end is Crower sportsman rods and 9:1 JE flat top pistons. Studded main caps and head. Should be fun when its running well.

Bob

[Horsewidower]

Just a short update, the hotside is on the engine, the radiator is back on and all the plumbing is done. I had to make up some more oil lines as I wanted to plumb the engine side for the accusump. We ran into some wiring that wasn't up to our standards (various wiring ends fell off when we inspected them , glad we found them before we hit the track, I'd like to shoot the guy that did the work).

Its suppose to rain this weekend, so I'll spend the time in the garage. Hopefully it'll be running by Monday.

H

[Horsewidower]

Well, I'm starting to think this f...ing thing is jinxed. I spent all day finishing up the plumbing and wiring issues. Charged the battery, hooked up the computer, pressurized the oil system, turned the master electric switch on, turned on the ignition switch, heard the fuel pump charge the system. Pushed the start button and ..... the starter button fritzed. ARRRGHHHHH!!

Come hell or high water, the car goes to the dyno on the 26th. Screw this bull****, I want the damn car on the track.

Bob

[Horsewidower]

Strange deal, the ignition switch and solenoid showed a close circuit when we tested. We changed both, and it still wouldn't turn over. I rewired the starter so that we used the solenoid on the starter, it stopped the starter from trying to throw out even though the switch wasn't on, but it wouldn't do anything. So I went and had the starter tested, and it was BAD. So I put a 5.0 starter in it.

So it turns over now, but we can't get it to start yet. Last night we determined that one of the injectors is hung open (an injector that was recently balanced and cleaned!!) So today I'm changing out an injector. Hopefully its started by this evening.

Two days to the Dyno!!

[Raven855]

Two days to the Dyno!!

This is getting exciting! And its almost Christmas too! Going back and looking at the project its just been over 9 months and you are about to deliver. Don't know what you are shooting for on the dyno, but I will give the first guess. Looking at the build, morgan shortblock, boport head(stage IV?) big valve, Essy 2277, 1000cc RC injectors, Haltech, Bobs log, ported intakes, no CAC, first pull......363HP 389 torque. Best pull 395HP and 410 torque(you did say you wanted reliablity).You get 2 guesses first pull and best. Guiness to the winner...... I'm confident you won't let me down Bob!

[Horsewidower]

Whoa there hoss. We aren't dynoing for numbers. He has been told to do a safe tune to no more than 275 horses. We've changed back to the 35s to get an idle. With that done, then we'll go test the chassis at a couple of open test days, and then come back, install the 96s and tune for power.

As thrilling as it would be to run up to the numbers you posted, I don't want to do that on an untested chassis. I tend to be cautious on a new car, breaking at 100 mph is different than breaking at 150.

By the way, fixed the low oil pressure problem. Apparently on an aftermarket remote oil filter adaptor, IN does not mean in to the engine and OUT does not mean out to the filter. Bob's law of aftermarket parts strikes again!! I did make a pretty nifty oil pump spinner out of an old distributer. I love doing that kind of thing.

[NavySVO]

what's the weight on the car?

[Horsewidower]

2450

[Horsewidower]

IT'S ALIVEEEEEEEE. AGAIN (in best young frankenstien gene wilder imitation)

I don't have the full blow by blow, but Shad called at 5:15 and said "Well I've got great news, and um, uh not so good news. I got it running, but it was on 3 cylinders, and the dead cylinder was because of a lack of fuel. So I swapped in the RC injectors and ... the starter crapped out."

I knew that was going to happen, he called earlier in the day and while he asked questions, he kept pushing the starter button, grinding on the starter. So we have a new record on killing a high torque CSR 5.O starter, 2days!!

I'm getting a Tilton.

I'd love to post a bunch of pics, but at the moment the attachment manager won't let me post from the Photobucket URL. I'll get it figured out and get back to some more interesting updates.

Oh and Raven, I told him to go ahead and tune for numbers if he used the 96s, just as long as he marks where I need to turn the boost controller to knock it down to 275 whp.

We are going to get on track this year, there is a free test day at Thunderhill on 12/23. Hope it doesn't rain.

[SVOeric]

just post the url..