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Re: Thrashing!

To: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Subject: Re: Thrashing!
From: Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 07:34:01 -0600
Glad to hear you are working the "bugs" out
BEFORE speedweek, some of us dont
do that... I would say you are right ON
schedule......
thanks for the update
Joe :)

"Thomas E. Bryant" wrote:

> List,
> I know most of you are loaded or loading cars & trailers for the big
> trip. Many have been going nuts just waiting to go. I have an answer for
> all that time longing to get going.
>
> I wait until the last minute to get everything ready and then I am
> working right up to the wire, so no time for waiting on time to pass. I
> said in a previous email that things were on schedule, well all that has
> changed. I had the engine on the dyno yesterday with good news and bad
> news. The good news is that on the first pull we had 545 HP @ 7000 RPM,
> a full 30 HP more at that RPM than our dyno test last year. The bad news
> is that on a couple pulls later we had spun #3 and #7 rod bearings. (I
> had put it together with the bearings with the old bearings, they looked
> good, but alas, never again. The status now is that everything is apart
> again, hope to get the crank ground Monday, put it together Tuesday,
> back on the dyno Wednesday and hopefully leave here a day late on
> Friday. Oh well, maybe I am still on schedule for me. See you all on the
> Salt.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC

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