New project

[hotrod 80]

Went to Pine Valley raceay last weekend . I was .005,.007,.005 and first round it rolled in 2 " i was .-031 red . Bought back and set up .020 in the long throw i was .031 and didnt drive the strip and broke out . Truck has been spot on most of the time , but would rol in nw an then and b .050 late every once and a while . Pulled he trans out hda ook atit . .035 loose in the reverse clutch pack Missing one o rig on the inpt shaft and part of the other . Reverse pack apply springs were mixand match . Dump chamber passage got messaged to get the fluid out faster. Total reseal inside . clutch pcks looked great . I have nevr had his trans apart , i just bought it and threw it in . Pics .

[hotrod 80]

Ran a 7.0 index race since the season was over and i was actually able to do well . I was number 1 qualifier with a 7.008 . My lights were in the .050s on .4 proo tree . 3 rd round i creamed the guy on the tree , but it spun when it came down from the wheelie . I drove it out to a 7.24 loss . Slicks where bald and to the cords . Just thought i had enough left to run on more race . Cords showing . Oh well .

About done for the season . Division 4 bracket finals this weekend in Ennis, Texas . Of coarse i have to change up the truck to try and footbrake it at this one race . I am putting the slicks off the S-10 in it just for this weekend .

Plans for the winter are to buy a block and a set of pistons and build the "new" motor that i broke first of season . Looks like im going around 410-412 inch and 11.5-12 to 1 . Also swapping to E-85 with this change . Alot depends on the rules for next year . Im going to ask the Div 4 director at the bracket finals how the 2015 rules are going to be and build from there . Either No box or footbrake . I ought to put a delay box in it and move to electronics for the weekend .

[hotrod 80]

I got the heads back from Ricky at slick ricks racing heads in magnolia . He did a great job on the repair . They look like new and have 3 new valves and valve job . Damage for head repairs $690 .

[djracer]

ouch

[hotrod 80]

Div 4 bracket finals , ended up finding my footbrake spot . Long story . I ended up brending the brake pedal away from the gas peddle , adjusting the rod into the master cylinder , and geasing that pivot point , readjusted the bars and went for it . I was late at first and was moving around on the launch rpm . I finally found a good spot at 2000 rpm . I could stage the truck with the brakes and they would hold . I also figured out the bump in pretty quick as last year i won a race off the footbrake . Ended up with 3-.036's and a .035 . Lost on a double breakout as i only had 11" to back up . Pretty tough at 100 mph . The more i loaded it up on the converter the less it smoked . Guessing the rings were seating in . Good outting none the less . Had a great time anyway .

Guess the next question is if we will have a footbrake or NO-E class next year . That will decide how things go . Definatly going to concentrate on the S-10 and getting to know it during the winter teardown .

[hotrod 80]

Been more of the usual . Passengerside axle seal leaking . Pulled the rear fenders and mounted a set of 29.5 x 10.5 slicks . Need to remount the rear fenders . Been working alot lately . Not much drag strip time .

Things are not looking good for 2015 . They posted the calender and it looks like i would need to take 16 days of vacation just to run the season . Not good for me as i dont have that much time . we will see . Last year they posted the sechedule , then changed it which worked in my benifit . we will see .

[hotrod 80]

Well the girls were in town and im a pian for them when shopping . "You might as well go racing" . Loaded up and went to the nitro jam deal in San Antonio . Had a good weekend . Ended up breaking out in the final friday night by .004 . The sun went down and the track was less than stellar . Truck started to drift to the right and by the time i noticed i was out of the groove and headed to the centerline . As soon as the driverside tire got out of the left groove it made a pretty hard left , i drove it out and never lifted and it landed right back in the groove and took a set back . I thought " no way i can break out now" well i was .004 under .

Saturday was kind of a different day . Alot more cars and more of a show . Track was better Got dowen to 8 cars and had the truck in a position to be .00? on the tree . Their wasw a young guy on a street bike that was killing the tree . during the draw i was in the last 3 cars and got a challenger , but the rush was on and left the set on kill set up in it . Should have just taken some out . I was .002 red and dead on 8 with a 6.90 dial to a 6.908 . I was my own worst enemy and it was my race to win .

I ended up getting into the money both days and had a great time . Came close to free racing . Not bad for the first time out on 29.5 trues and a newly adjusted chassis .

[hotrod 80]

Cause updates without pics are lame.

[hotrod 80]

Random shots from last weekend :

[hotrod 80]

Well im going to try this . Forgive the poor editing as im learning how all this works . I also sound like a hillbilly on camara . Going to do some different angles next year . I also forgot the camara alot of last year and sometimes forgot to turn it on and such . Here goes nothing .
http://youtu.be/QE-2s-c8p7E

[regan wilson]

You do sound like a Hillbilly but the video is cool!

[hotrod 80]

Originally Posted by regan wilson

You do sound like a Hillbilly but the video is cool!

Gee thanks LOL , I actually like that program Marv refrered me to I will be putting more of these together as im learning . Im going to work on different angles also .

I am already ready to race . The off season is tougher than i remember.

[Marv D]

I just got my new window net, new header teathers new steering wheel / quick release, picking up the glide from Hughes tomorrow after a re-cert/ freshen, have to put current belts in the car and renew my physical / license ,, all before January 16th and the first ADRA race. The end of my 'off' season is coming TOOoooooo QUICK!!!

[hotrod 80]

Well we have a test and tune in late febuary , but it will be here and their races until the season opener in March . Motor is fairly fresh , trans was freshed higher up on the page . Belts and cert are new. Could probably use a set of front tires . Im pretty much ready .

I bought this Camaro and got a decent offer on the S-10 , so it will probably go . I have a nice pile of parts to build a street car class Luv if the right body comes along .

[leftcoast66]

GVWv

[hotrod 80]

Originally Posted by leftcoast66

GVWv

Hummmmm..... I don't know what that means . Just thought id throw up an update . I am having Eric @ horsepower Innovations build me a carb for next season . I am also upgrading to an Aeromotive pump and regulator to keep up with the extra needs of E85 . My big cartridge filter will be going away for a stainless screen type . I also have been testing local pump E85 and it shows to be 85% dead on . We will see how this works out . I have exhaust temp meter and im looking into a o2 data logger .

[hotrod 80]

[JJLT1]

gross vehicle weight v??

wtg, good video, keep it up Hotrod..

[hotrod 80]

2880 with me ( we could both lose some weight ) and thanks

[hotrod 80]

Quick update : I got the fuel system lined out . It is now set up for pretty much anything . It is -10 from the tank to the filter . Filter is on the pump inlet . Pump is Aeromotive SS which is good for 1000HP . -8 from pump to regulator which is a Aeromotive return style . -8 return to the tank and 2 -6 lines to the carb . Fuel pressure is rock solid . Started the truck up on pump gas then drained the tank and did the swapped the new carb . Got the fuel pressure lined out @ 7 psi . I am really happy with results although I didn't get to test Friday night due to a bent pushrod and broken rocker stud . I have no ideal what happened , went bang and lost #4 . Started with compression test which yielded 85# . Pulled valve cover and found this .

Did a leak down while I had it down and all cylinders where low 90's at 100 psi. I had worries I got a head gasket or a valve , but I got lucky . A buddy of mine had a stud and we were able to pull the piece out of the poly lock . Bought 2 new pushrods and got it back together . Just kinda set the carb to the best running settings . Plans are to get it on a chassis dyno with an o2 or temporarily set one up and test at the drag strip . Pretty happy with the whole swap . Went up one heat range on plugs cause it was acting like it would load up a bit . That seemed to stop with hotter plugs . I added a good bit of initial timing also moving the curve to 20 with all the timing in by 2000 with a total of 36 . This took a lot of cam lope out .
http://vid47.photobucket.com/albums/...ps178b8013.mp4

[hotrod 80]

Well , went to start it today and it bucked . I pulled the plugs and it had water in a couple of holes . Looks like it got both head gaskets . Heads are off and going to be surfaced tommorow and gaskets are on the way . Also bought a wideband for it and will be moving the gauges around so i can see them better .

[hotrod 80]

One of the heads was pretty bad off . Had both surfaced and got some real head gaskets . The ones i used when this motor was thrown back together were cheap out of a builder kit . Anyway got the heads back on and torqued today . Have the plug out so the pan can drain tonight . Trying to finish up assembly tommorow .

[hotrod 80]

Thanks for the tips . I run a hydraulic roller . well I got the head gaskets replaced and everything is back together . Changed the factory dash , as all it did was temp gauge , oil light and alt light anyway . set it up where the back light for the volt gauge excites the alt . This means when I turn on the key the volt gauge lights up til the truck fires . then the back light goes out . I will know I have a charging issue it the volt gauge is lite after the motor fires . I added a A/F meter in Lambda scale . Mechanical temp gauge vs the factory unmarked gauge . Oil pressure gauge vs light I had before ( never paid attention anyway) . The speedo doesn't have a cable , but this dash has a lot more info .
Added a carb pan and sealed it to the cowl hood . Lot of off season work .


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Just thought id take a picture of these as they may be rare now .
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f151/hotrod80/IMG_20150212_185653_zps073da068.jpg[/IMG]

[hotrod 80]

Had a good test session last night it was within .03 for 3 passes and still a touch lean at WOT , which may have been the air .

[JJLT1]

dam the luck

think its time for some guide plates maybe??
with them no chance of the rocker jumping off the valve..

retork the head after a heat cycle..

wtg Hr