To bad the fine dude (blue hair) didnt ask of an upper east coaster like Mr.
Timney, "can I sing for you", I can clearly see the reply from Timney:
"yooooos
tawkin to me!!", it seems Keith was much more abliging, blue hair was likely
drawn
to Keith for good reason, plum colored driving suit and matching plum seat
upholstery.
Joe :)
Joe Timney wrote:
> I think Keith should tell us MORE about 'old blue hair' and the serinade!!!
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
> > I don't know if I have actually done this or not... so I will Pick up my
> > adventures after Speedweek...
> >
> > Went 218 at Speedweek and burnt a small hole in #2 piston.... on the 4th
> > run.... So called Ross and ordered New Pistons with More meat in the Dome..
> > and put the motor on a Stand and started concentrating on what I really
> > wanted to run... the Rodeck Based D Motor... a 4.125 bore 2.8 stroke Pure
> > Nitrous Motor with 18degree Nascar Short Track Heads... Sorted Through all
> > the issues of sticking the motor together and finally Got the Thing Home the
> > Week before WOS.... Monday it went together with all the custom made Parts
> > on a Stand and got it in the car Tuesday... Tried to Start it on Wed and ran
> > into the Oil Restrictors being Un Drilled.... finally got good oil flow to
> > the Heads and Made a litte Noise on Wed.... Thrusday I am warming it up and
> > the Trash goes through the Crank Bearings.... Loses Oil Pressure... FRIDAY I
> > oil Down Miss Kathy....( significant Event in my life.... Still wondering
> > JUST how much That Oil is going to cost me in Emotional Grief ) Finally
> > give up on the Motor on Friday afternoon and Cancel all my plans... worked
> > to damn hard to this point and it's honestly a Relief to think I am not
> > going to have to make the Trip....
> > So I go up to the House.... Start cleaning up....and it dawns on Me... Geez
> > wonder if Ross Sent those Pistons and if they got there .... Call the
> > office.... Yep Big Black Box with Ross on the side.... WAY COOL... Off I
> > go... took the Pistons home and called the Motor builder... Saturday
> > Thrash.... They Rebalance the crank fit the Rings... and assemble the
> > motor... mean while I am at Home installing the New Cabinets in the Bread
> > Box and sorting out some of the little stuff I need to take... Get the Motor
> > Late Saturday evening.... Stuff it in the Car... and crank it Sunday Morning
> > as soon as it was Respectable...
> >
> > Get a Call From Ole Blue Hair... Tell him to be ready 1pm the next day....
> > and he is a 1000 miles from me in Oklahoma... Brad Drops by and helps me
> > Fire up the Motor Run out of Gas... but it runs... stick it in the Trailer
> > and OFF I go....
> >
> > Picked UP Blue Hair.... Quick Lesson in how to drive a Truck with a
> > Trailer... and I am off to NAP land.... absolutely exhausted... I let him
> > Drive and I slept the Better part of Monday.... until the 2am serinade....
> > Get to Salt Lake Tuesday Morning at 8am.... run around taking him to the
> > Harley Dealer... and working with Competion design on some of the Last Min
> > Nitrous fittings... Pick up a Mother Bottle of Nitrous at Praxair.... and
> > then go over and Nap at the Airport waiting for Dave... Got no Clue what
> > flight... but I have an arrival time... Get on the Salt around 6pm
> > Tuesday...
> >
> > Sneak through Tech.... Hmmm and Dave explains to a Fella that Nitrogen is
> > NOT an Oxidizer... Wow very different Tech then anything I had ever been
> > through... but we pass.... Get all the Little adjustments to the New Fuel
> > system done and make our Two Passes on Wed... both turn outs... no
> > Nitrous...
> >
> > Thursday we make another 4 passes always finding something wrong... and
> > Still no Nitrous.... Dave Hangs the Nick Name.... " No Nitrous Turk " on
> > me.... and asks Permission to Cut the Wires in a Very Formal way.... Yeah
> > Right.... Cut the car in Half... just make the Nitrous come on... Meanwhile
> > I got Ed Van Scoy Holding Jets and adjusting Motor Chains.... and Mayf doing
> > my Tool Sorting and working .... Dave decides he don't like the Look of the
> > Nitrous bottle Mount... ( a three day event to make back home ) so Mayf and
> > I took out the Box and rebuilt the Mounts redrilled it and reinstalled it...
> > Joe Amo and Jon are over and Help with the Ballast Shifting and Beating into
> > Place....
> >
> > Dave set about a very Methodical Test Procedure on his New Wiring Harness
> > for the N2O.... and we go to bed Thrusday Night saying if it don't come on
> > this time we are going to BURN the Car..... It's gotta be right...
> >
> > First Pass Friday... we Got Nitrous and LOTS of it.... Car hits really hard
> > and runs like stink to the 4 and then can't go any faster on the Hp
> > avalible.... a 226 pass.... OKAY FINALLY have something to Tune on.... Dave
> > ups the Nitrous to 200hp and off we go.... car runs better then Ever and
> > Pulls Hard to the 3 1/2 and I start seeing water on the windshield.... NOT
> > GOOD... finally let up before the 4 and go through at 228.304 on a 230
> > record....
> >
> > Friday afternoon we snatched the Head thinking it might just be a Head
> > Gasket.... ahhhh NOPE.... got a Valve seat and Mayf and I stick it all back
> > together... nothing fancy just set the Bolts in Place... and then do the
> > Picture thing with Adrenilin TV .... Take Three Days to get home and arrive
> > on Tuesday.... Leave Friday for Maxton.... and the Rest is History....
> > Except Dan Wright Was Kind enough to figure out where I got the Mother
> > Bottle and return it to them....
> >
> > Great Time... Great Friends.... What can I say.. I Tried... NEXT YEAR i know
> > what my car needs to set the record... but you still gotta make it
> > happen.... and as we all know there are no Given's in this Sport....
> >
> > Keith ( oh did I mention Breaking the Trailer Axle on the way into the State
> > of Alabama... Got cut off in a Narrow lane and hit a curb.... Wow..)
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