What a great pic!-Al
What a great pic!-Al
Finished up the season with a semi final round showing at the NHRA Division 5 National Open in Kearney, Nebraska last weekend.
Off season work begins right away.-Al
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Pretty shot Al.... caught that rear window rake just right.
This was a good year
This is a buddy from school. I was home on leave with no wheels and he drove my future wife and around. It wasn't made for 3 people so it was real cozy....that was good because he didn't have the top for it.
He pulled the the 6 and the trans and replaced it with a 283 and 3 on the floor.
Al- congrats on the good season
Mort
Well....it had some peaks but also some pits.
I squandered three opportunities to get deeper into the late rounds: in the quarter finals at Rock Falls, the quarter finals at Thunder Valley (that one hurt...would have been a bye in the semis to get to the final round) and the semis at Kearney, Nebraska last weekend. Those three mistakes left several thousand dollars on the table.
As tough as it is out there, those opportunities just don't come along very often, let alone three times in a season. Failing to capitalize on them exposed some areas that I need to address in order to improve.
It's very similar to BR shooting....we're trying to be perfect in a game where's it's impossible.
Last edited by Al Nyhus; 10-11-2019 at 03:47 PM.
More powder and watch your wind flags, Al.
You could special order the 426/425hp Hemi.
Glenn
And Redford Chrysler Plymouth is gone; in it’s place is Snethkamp Chrysler Jeep.
Apart and making plans for the new season. Disassembly showed it was starting to hurt several lobes on the cam. This is an area we always keep an eye on as the square nose cam lobe profile, combined with the stout valve spring pressures, take their toll on the leading/trailing edges of the lobes.
Good shootin'.-Al
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Yesterday's project on a pals supercharged Cobra Jet drag car:
Out with the Roush engine:
In with the B.E.S. engine:
Full disclosure...it wasn't exactly 'out and in'. These car are extremely complex and downright hard-azz difficult to work on. The good thing about them is once their up and running, you don't really do any work on 'em except with the laptop.
Al
The laptop thing is really cool, but if you need a backup system I can send you one of my files for dressing points.....I'm always here to help.
Mort