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Well the day finally came and the little engine ran pretty good but still have alot of tuning to do. The chassis that I put the engine in was setup for a big block and for the tq. and power of that engine. So the first run the engine bogged really bad from the tires hooking so hard, it virtually didn't over come it for the first 100 ft. or so. The first pass it went 7.60 with a 1.70 60 ft. time so it was hooking too hard, then I made some chassis adjustments and this helped but I can only change one thing at a time or you get lost in what worked and what doesn't. I figured that I would get 5 or 6 time runs but only had 3 and they went racing. The second run after the changes the 60 ft. time came down to 1.66 and the ET was a 7.54, still hooking too hard but better as the engine was now recovering about 60-80 feet out. So next I de-jetted the carb and found that what I had done to the intake made so much more velocity that the engine was too rich on fuel. This helped the 60 ft. times come down some more as it ran a 1.64 60 ft. time. At this point I ran out of time for adjustments and went in racing it as it was. All that I could hope for was that the car/engine would do the same thing each and every time.

Also too I had a new transmission in the car with a different trans-brake so between the engine, chassis, and the transmission I had a busy day trying to figure out the whole car. From the other car that I had the engine in it was down about 60 hp in this car, so it will get down to the low, low 7.0's or faster when I get it totally sorted out. But this hopefully will be in the next few weeks depending on the weather.

I have a good idea on what I have to do to help the situation out and these adjustments will be done before I go back. Then I still have a new intake manifold to try when I get the rest figured out. As the intake thats on the engine now is a old torker 340 which isn't the best of manifolds as there's so many better intakes out there and I have the new M-1 here but need to get the engine and car sorted before a major change is made. Just getting the 60 hp back that the engine is down on will make a major improvement and from what I can see it's loseing it in the chassis.