8.80s , sneakin up on it!
resurrecting an old post! Those that have followed this know the last two and a half years have been a bit brutal to say the least. I lost my wife to cancer Sept 6 2022, and caring for her kept me out of racing, along with multiple car problems. On inspection i found the torqueflite was hurting badly, needed a full rebuild. A rear caliper was stuck(never let your brake pads wear past 50 %!) and a steering arm was severely oblonged allowing a front tire to wobble side to side. Then i thought the block was cracked in the leaking cylinder. Turns out the cylinder head must have gotten hot or too thin, and caved in enough to burn the headgasket on #2 cylinder, up by the water passage. Over the next two years a new motor was built, using the original Crower cw crank and cam from Jones. 549 cubes, aluminum block by BMP, 572-13 heads, alky injected with a Terminator and ported 3x intake. On methanol the motor made 982 hp at 7600 rpm. weight loss from driver, lithium battery and aluminum block totals 170 lbs, so the new race weight should be 2852 with hood on, race ready at the line. With all that weight coming off the nose, i am going to have to do some chassis tuning i am sure. I never upgraded to 7.50 cert, and if the car goes sub 8.50 I will short shift it to kill whatever i need to. I hope to get out by May 19 at B I R in Minnesota.
resurrecting an old post! Those that have followed this know the last two and a half years have been a bit brutal to say the least. I lost my wife to cancer Sept 6 2022, and caring for her kept me out of racing, along with multiple car problems. On inspection i found the torqueflite was hurting badly, needed a full rebuild. A rear caliper was stuck(never let your brake pads wear past 50 %!) and a steering arm was severely oblonged allowing a front tire to wobble side to side. Then i thought the block was cracked in the leaking cylinder. Turns out the cylinder head must have gotten hot or too thin, and caved in enough to burn the headgasket on #2 cylinder, up by the water passage. Over the next two years a new motor was built, using the original Crower cw crank and cam from Jones. 549 cubes, aluminum block by BMP, 572-13 heads, alky injected with a Terminator and ported 3x intake. On methanol the motor made 982 hp at 7600 rpm. weight loss from driver, lithium battery and aluminum block totals 170 lbs, so the new race weight should be 2852 with hood on, race ready at the line. With all that weight coming off the nose, i am going to have to do some chassis tuning i am sure. I never upgraded to 7.50 cert, and if the car goes sub 8.50 I will short shift it to kill whatever i need to. I hope to get out by May 19 at B I R in Minnesota.