Going to be an interesting week. Lots of decisions to be made.

Well yesterday during the first round my transbrake didn’t hold when I tested it behind the line as I always do. So needless to say I footbrake it and redlite ending my day. That’s the second time this year so my other transmission goes on the stand today. Plans where to stay loaded up and attend Michael Beards big money race at keystone but now I gotta unload today so I can rebuild and change the transmission. Problem number 2 is this thing is smoking real bad. I’m by myself but it appears to clear out once I leave the line. I bought these heads used and damaged pre 2008 and after I fixed them with new bigger valves and ported them they have been on probably 4 different engines getting new seals and valve jobs so I’m thinking the guides are shot. So that’s not a quick fix and this weeks race is surely out if I get into both jobs. The car just ran five 6.0-6.03 passes this weekend so the performance isn’t affected. I have a better set of heads started that are new but I’ll have to look today to see how far along I am. I could just replace the transmission with little downtime and finish those heads and change them or finish the year puffing smoke. Decisions decisions.


IDK John, if it’s not pushing oil out everywhere and it’s only doing it at the line I think I’d just swap in the new gearbox and go.

Pretty high vacuum right there so it may be getting some oil by the guides there like you say. As long as it’s not so bad you feel like it’s so bad you think it will kill the valve and destroy everything it’s probably ok.

Now that I typed that out it doesn’t feel as good lol.

It wasn’t that long ago almost every Pro Stocker smoked at the hit. Watching yesterday I didn’t see it nearly as much.

Obviously they are doing it for very different reasons and because for them it’s a ring/vacuum thing I always didn’t care for letting oil into the chambers and the increased possibilities of detonation.

Seems like it never bothered those guys and evidently still doesn’t because I saw it yesterday.

That was always my biggest concern about that.

It’s probably not a big deal if you don’t think it will fail a valve or guide.

And how do you know that if you don’t take it apart?

Ok, I don’t have any good thinking on this.

I’m back to a solid I don’t know what to think lol.

One way is more work, and one way increases the risk of killing a valve or guide (which would be both…I need to go back to bed!) and then hurting the engine and possibly crashing the car.

Ain’t I a ray of sunshine and knowledge today???