Well to say Speedweek wasn't successful would be an understatement.
Got there early and helped lay out the courses..... but when we opened the
trailer to get the car out..... one of the rear leaf springs was broke in
Half.... hmmm So off we go to rebuild it in Salt Lake city....
Get back the next day and get the car through tech..... go out the second
day and the car is UGLY to drive.... this is a first for the car.... Hmmm
218 mph at the 1 mile and the car is alternately looking at both north and
south sides of the course..... Hmmm ahhh okay we fix the tire stagger issue
( not realizing the junk yard springs have different rates at this point )
and off we go again.... Somewhere out there at the 3 mile marker the Rodeck
aluminum Motor lays down.... YUCK.... not good smoke in the car.... Try a
compression check... and you guessed it.... Bad Gauge.... barrow a buddies
Compression gauge and .... geez it's Bad too....but it's only bad in 3
cylinders.... hmmm okay.... we got a spare...
Dave Freiburger ( new editor to Hot Rod Magazine ) helps me snatch the
Rodeck and stick in the Ole Reliable cast iron motor....now this motor is
down 100hp on the rodeck but it's good for the number... all it's gotta do
is what it did last year..... FAT chance.... it's got a cracked block after
the first pass with NO nitrous..... oh and as we turned off the course the
trans wouldn't come outta gear..... great.... hmmm ( simple deal just a
new 5-6 Slider assembly)
So after a week and two day's of struggling We packed this junk up and I
headed back to Alabama..... somewhere in the middle of Nebraska I have a
trailer tire go away and it takes out the fender and inside floor of the
trailer...... Hmmm
All and all I would say it was a rather miserable week on the salt.... But
ya know what..... I was racing.... I had my buddies around me... and I
tried. what else can ya ask for.....
I am rather pig headed.... My goal is to get this Junk Camaro in the all
four Two Clubs and then build the Healey to do the same only maybe get in
the 300mph club at Bonneville.... So I am going to do that..... I wanted so
desperately to put the Camaro away after this season.... but it's just not
ment to be..... Maybe Next year...
I just can't afford to run two cars or even to build two at the same time so
the Healey is just going to have to wait another year.... oh well I'll get
to it.
Fun stuff now that I am home.... but that dang salt stuff out there can sure
be humbling .... wow.
Keith ( http://downtown.ala.net/~kturk I'll update it in a couple of
weeks)
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