Entries from December 2009
Listen to this video… you’ll see what I am talking about.
I took off the drums, ground down the edges of the weights on the drum so they won’t touch the Cragars any more. Put the drum back on. Ran the car – crap – still squeaks. I took the drum off and [...]
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Over the past several weeks I have been ordering parts to build my 340 / 418 stroker motor for the Dart. Some of the parts have started to arrive. I also downloaded and installed the CamQuest6 camshaft selection software from Comp Cams. It is pretty neat. I entered all the information [...]
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My first race is in a couple of weeks. I’ve taken the Dart out yesterday to go to the store and did a couple of WOT sprints on the back roads and she seems to handle it ok. The carpet interferes with the pedal operation a little bit at WOT (its bumpy in [...]
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I just took the Dart out for a brief spin – its real warm out and I could not resist. Then I decided to try something. I held the brakes hard and pushed the gas all the way to the floor. The brakes held and the car didn’t move… good! I [...]
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I am tied for #7!!! Woo hoo. They say they have never gotten a tie for any of the top 10 positions before. Hmm.
In the photo sitting in front of me is Robert G… and yes BOTH those gigantic trophies are his. One for being #1 in Pro and the second [...]
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I get in my car after work, warm it up, and then pull the headlights switch and… nothing. I think I blew a fuse somewhere. My left turn signal stopped working also (right turn signal is fine). I’m going to have to hunt for the fuse box and see if any are [...]
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