I can understand the need for cooling, but it sure sounds like power is the
least of your problems!
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
www.gordon-glasgow.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Andy Cost
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 8:20 PM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Tetanus went racing too!
>
>
> Last weekend was the Grand Prix of Texas. I won E-Prepared in
> Tetanus. It's
> easy to win when you are the only one in the class. Nobody
> showed up to race
> against me. The new motor ran really well. The cam was off one tooth and
> thanks to the list I figured it out and timed it properly. It
> was like adding
> 100 horsepower or hitting the nitrous button. The new high
> compression motor
> was truly impressive. It would burn the 11.5 inch slicks in
> first second and
> third. I had to be careful exiting corners in third to not fry
> the tires all
> the way down the straight. The car broke on the second day of
> the event. I
> have come to expect something to break every time. This time it was the
> shifter fork. The tranny stuck in third. I finished up my
> autocross runs in
> my dad's BMW. The tires are a little old and not quite so sticky
> so my lap
> times were not real fast. The car did run very well and handled
> well since I
> monkeyed with the shock settings and swaybar bushings. I have pulled the
> motor and tranny. It looks like I have run out of good five
> speeds so I will
> be putting a four speed in. I also replaced my water pump pulley with a
> larger diameter one from a Camero. The water pump tends to
> cavitate at high
> rpms. The larger pulley turns the pump slower and also draws
> less power from
> the motor.
> Later,
>
> Andy
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