That update you sent is just plain great reading!!
The fact that you would take the time to let us in
on the happenings with your project is really nice.
Some of us are at different points on the trail to speed, and
hearing about anyones stuff is cool, it is just nice to read
about it, and contemplate bits of it, to extract what we can
from it.
Joe :)
Nafzger wrote:
> List,
> I seem to be good at starting riots so let me give you all something to
> read at least.
> Going to have a new and hopefully competitive motor in the streamliner this
> year after a year of debug and my son's licensing runs. Supposed to have the
> motor off the dyno several weeks ago but you have heard that before. Made a
> 200 mile round trip today to take the race car headers in so we could get
> the proper length spark wires correctly routed. Not much room for them in
> this car.
> While I was there the engine builder decided I should put the engine in the
> car, build the airbox to the new scoop, mount the supplemental fuel tank,
> nitrous bottle, fuel pump, regulator, Hobbs switch, etc. and then take it
> all back out and take it to him so he can run the complete package on the
> dyno including the race car headers. Probably not a bad idea. Minimizes
> surprises.
> I guess I knew this would be labor intensive when I started. Six years this
> June and don't dare tell my wife how much money.
> Last Saturday we started the annual thrash at the NASCAR track where I work
> and I was hoping to have more done on the car before that started but what
> good is the last minute if you don't use it for something?
> Now that you are bored to tears, you at least have something to read.
>
> Howard Nafzger
> 448/CFS
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