Joe Newbie, 20 Builds a "Stocker"' in 2023

Cglrcng · 08-23-2023, 11:12 PM

Lost the login again...dangit.

Rough weather here again in N.W., AZ, I will continue the story in a build thread if anyone has an interest...

I get the thread fully, life is hard, the class racer game is hard, money is still king, not much has changed, building fast legal class cars is harder...But, please do not take the fire outta my pipes, as I just got em lit again (and that 1st time start up, going from (bwop, bwop, bwop, to a true Big block cackle true NHRA Stk. Elim. Sound), after a quarter of a century layoff was downright amazing!

It made this 66 yr. Old Crazy Fool feel like 20 again.

The car is 3 miles from hitting 93K, it has a correctly re-built and improved bullet in the chamber, still plenty of room for planned improves.

It has only 3-1/8th mile shakedown and ring sealing passes on it so far (Has not seen a quarter mile true prepped drag strip yet), but for an engine in its first 93K miles never saw more than 5,600 Rpm, the first 3 passes just attempting to find the new shift point, was Street Drive tires 6,400, 20" tall 6"X14" MT E.T. slicks second pass and 6,400 again 2/10ths quicker, and last of 3 passes back on the street drive tires 7,000 Rpm when at 662' I was outta track (in low gear and still pulling hard, and forced to shift and lift, due to a short shutdown).

A lot can be said for proper balancing and machine work (even with doing so in accordance with the allowable ruleset).

I know what it ran before, and what it could and could not do, it is much improved now. Vegas on the 8th I plan and hope. It is still a work in progress, and eventually some younger person's toy.

But in the meantime, I am going to finish the mission of a 2nd try with it.

08-23-2023, 11:12 PM	#11
Cglrcng Member Join Date: Aug 2023 Location: Kingman, AZ Posts: 410 Likes: 1,571 Liked 334 Times in 185 Posts	Re: Joe Newbie, 20 Builds a "Stocker"' in 2023 Lost the login again...dangit. Rough weather here again in N.W., AZ, I will continue the story in a build thread if anyone has an interest... I get the thread fully, life is hard, the class racer game is hard, money is still king, not much has changed, building fast legal class cars is harder...But, please do not take the fire outta my pipes, as I just got em lit again (and that 1st time start up, going from (bwop, bwop, bwop, to a true Big block cackle true NHRA Stk. Elim. Sound), after a quarter of a century layoff was downright amazing! It made this 66 yr. Old Crazy Fool feel like 20 again. The car is 3 miles from hitting 93K, it has a correctly re-built and improved bullet in the chamber, still plenty of room for planned improves. It has only 3-1/8th mile shakedown and ring sealing passes on it so far (Has not seen a quarter mile true prepped drag strip yet), but for an engine in its first 93K miles never saw more than 5,600 Rpm, the first 3 passes just attempting to find the new shift point, was Street Drive tires 6,400, 20" tall 6"X14" MT E.T. slicks second pass and 6,400 again 2/10ths quicker, and last of 3 passes back on the street drive tires 7,000 Rpm when at 662' I was outta track (in low gear and still pulling hard, and forced to shift and lift, due to a short shutdown). A lot can be said for proper balancing and machine work (even with doing so in accordance with the allowable ruleset). I know what it ran before, and what it could and could not do, it is much improved now. Vegas on the 8th I plan and hope. It is still a work in progress, and eventually some younger person's toy. But in the meantime, I am going to finish the mission of a 2nd try with it.