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[MadMike]

Thanks,reply sent

[MadMike]

I was talking to my buddy Ray Covey down in Arkansas a few weeks ago,,
seem he's right, I washed down the rings from to much fuel pressure regulator set to high and dropped the floats sidedraft DCOE
smart guy on turbo stuff,, no more drip out the Aux vents :)tid bit: a few years ago,he was at a well know turbo racer shop a little north of him(some of u know him)
his buddy wanted this guys 'Turbo' cam,, so the builder ask him Big or small motor?? he said small 2 liter,, he took a cam off the shelve,, ground the number off it an charge the guy 140 bucks of something stupid for a FK8 (checked) as for the big one fk10
I'm still going with a DCOE on the 1915 this time with a T3 turbo
and going to try Clintons old 4 barrel Holley on the 2276 w/T04
Boost is addicting!! probably gonna sell all my N/A stuff

[MadMike]

I've been collecting drive train parts
just got the 181 axles and Drive flanges & stubs
Still need a good 10/15 super diff

[MadMike]

Santa was late , Nos Autocrafts 1:25's

[MadMike]

should help load the turbo better going from a
23" to a 26" M&H Slicks

[MadMike]

[MadMike]

Installed the new Rockers yesterday and helped Matt build some much needed shelves in the Garage
Also drilled some front shocks to drain the oil out, This will transfer the weight to the slicks when it launches
testing come
'spring'

[MadMike]

found some real 90/10 front shocks
slapped in the 1915 yesterday and fired it up with the T3 & Carcraft header, fuel issues on the REGulator gonna sort this soon

[MadMike]

I alway thought I had a 'Red' Holley fuel Pump on this car
turns out it's a 'Black' now wunder I had fuel issues
swapped the spring out of the red one I had and 'presto' 3 1/2 lbs instead of 7 lbs and
no fuel blowing pass the needle&seat/ dripin out the stacks and hopefully no more cracked cylinders

[81pumagtc]

Mike:

When you talk about cracked cylinders, are you talking about hydroshocking the actual cylinders?

Hope not! I have seen this happen with Corvettes a couple of times, where the car went through a deep puddle and large amounts of water splashed over the radiator directly into the air cleaner.

Water then went into the cylinder, and damaged, or broke the connecting rods. Not pretty!


Dave Riedle

[MadMike]

Hey Dave,I was lookin for u at the show ,I have a little trinket for ya,a Dizzy cap kind of a sideways plug connections, fiat maybe? free to you,lol
as for hydro cracking? didn't have 'Chevy rods' so didn't hurt them (rofl)no,, I had too much boost I'm thinkin

[MadMike]

CarCraft called said my new Coated Header will be here today
trans is almost done ,, waiting on drive flange seals
really didn't want to retain the fine 3rd & 4th but i don't have a lathe to turn down the shaft
Oh'well they worked last season ,,

[MadMike]

[vanapplebomb]

Nice Mike!

[MadMike]

Header arrived un-coated sent it back to get ceramic applied
drive flanged seals were too wide took a bit of trimming with a cut off wheel .
trans is done will install today
also installing the staging brake
too hard to hold back on the line with just a E-brake, feathering clutch to 'pre-load the 4 puck gets hot 'expands' then even harder to hold back ,I ran new brake line along side the org. so the next owner can just eliminate the staging brake and return to 'stock'