Speed Reader - Amy's '91 Camaro C/GALT

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Captthundarr

#135
July 14, 2013, 07:26:18 AM
Thanks Wade, P M  me any time. Always glad to help if I can.
Live,Laugh, Love /  Jack Scratch Racing /ECTA   
Amy Hartman-Driver, Frank Hartman-everthing else.
C/GALT 137.65 Ohio Mile check that 144.12 2013, AA/GALT 159.34 Ohio Mile 2014. B/GALT 180.577 RECORD 6/15

Captthundarr

#136
July 22, 2013, 07:04:37 PM
Well after a rain delay or two we finally got the car to the drag strip for some shake down runs. I ran it first, crash test dummy I guess. It ran smooth and straight with no surprises and the breaks are true and tight. Amy ran it twice, back to back, without coming back to the pits. The track is lit but as the sun sets the track requires "a tail light" to run. Ain't got no working tail lights. :? Learned a few things. 1. The carb is a wee bit lean. The A/F meter I installed read 18:1 on the top end (1/4 mile) according to Amy. Me thinks me needs to fatten it up a bit.
2. New manual steering is nice and tight with no slop, Thanks for the parts hook up T-man.
3. Got a scrubbing noise under neith. Gotta hunt that down.
4. The new shifter seemed to do the job, will double check everything anyway.

All in all it was time well spent. Amy is in Buffalo, NY to see family and Anchor bar wings,yum.

We will most likely hit the drag strip a couple more times before the meet in Ohio in September.
Live,Laugh, Love /  Jack Scratch Racing /ECTA   
Amy Hartman-Driver, Frank Hartman-everthing else.
C/GALT 137.65 Ohio Mile check that 144.12 2013, AA/GALT 159.34 Ohio Mile 2014. B/GALT 180.577 RECORD 6/15

lsrjunkie

#137
July 23, 2013, 06:28:57 AM
Awesome Frank! The interior looks real good!  :cheers:
Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish. The product of a demented hill billy who has found a way to live out where the winds blow. To sleep late, have fun, drink whiskey, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love or getting arrested.    H.S. Thompson

Captthundarr

#138
August 04, 2013, 07:25:27 AM
We did another test and tune at the drag strip this past friday and were overall pleased. I made some jet changes since the last trip to the strip as the little burrito was running way lean. Amy needed some seat time as she was having some issues with the new shifter. After I informed her that she wasn't going to break the shifter and to treat it like her ex-husbands nut sack her shifting improved greatly. :) We got 5 runs in before the weather started pizzing rain at 9pm, time for food any way.

Amy ran a best of 98.3 mph at 15.2 in the 1/4 mile. Not too bad considering we have 3.08 gears and a TH350 slush box. Oh and Amy aint no drag racer.

One thing that is obvious to us is that a 1500 stall torque converter is too tight for for the new engine combo. Gotta get a new one in the 2500-2700 range.

Frank
Live,Laugh, Love /  Jack Scratch Racing /ECTA   
Amy Hartman-Driver, Frank Hartman-everthing else.
C/GALT 137.65 Ohio Mile check that 144.12 2013, AA/GALT 159.34 Ohio Mile 2014. B/GALT 180.577 RECORD 6/15

lsrjunkie

#139
August 05, 2013, 08:55:39 AM
Awesome Frank! I love the interior color. I will definitely be stealing that idea for the interior of Hank!
Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish. The product of a demented hill billy who has found a way to live out where the winds blow. To sleep late, have fun, drink whiskey, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love or getting arrested.    H.S. Thompson

gkabbt

#140
August 18, 2013, 05:43:15 AM Last Edit: August 18, 2013, 05:53:19 AM by gkabbt
Mr. Captthundarr Sir,

:cheers:  :cheers:  :cheers: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRANK !!!!! :cheers:  :cheers:  :cheers:
May you have many more!

Tell Amy I said Hi!

Gregg

Captthundarr

#141
August 18, 2013, 07:04:35 AM
Why thank you Gregg. I think I'll spend the day doing one of my fav activities...work on race car. gotta see where the trans fluid is coming from :? May haps we'll see you at the strip this friday. Have a good day


Frank.
Live,Laugh, Love /  Jack Scratch Racing /ECTA   
Amy Hartman-Driver, Frank Hartman-everthing else.
C/GALT 137.65 Ohio Mile check that 144.12 2013, AA/GALT 159.34 Ohio Mile 2014. B/GALT 180.577 RECORD 6/15

gkabbt

#142
August 18, 2013, 07:17:42 AM
Quote from: Captthundarr on August 18, 2013, 07:04:35 AM
.....gotta see where the trans fluid is coming from :? May haps we'll see you at the strip this friday. Have a good day

Frank.

Pretty much always something on a race car.....good or bad!  :-D

Sorry, can't make it this Friday.  Lynda and I are leaving this Saturday on a MAJOR ROAD TRIP.....Taking 2 weeks to get out to the WoS.  :-o
I'll see you and Amy in Wilmington for the September meet.  :cheers:

Gregg

Captthundarr

#143
August 18, 2013, 07:20:43 AM
Wooo hoo, good for you. Keep us posted along the way as well as the event activities. Keep safe.

Frank and Amy.
Live,Laugh, Love /  Jack Scratch Racing /ECTA   
Amy Hartman-Driver, Frank Hartman-everthing else.
C/GALT 137.65 Ohio Mile check that 144.12 2013, AA/GALT 159.34 Ohio Mile 2014. B/GALT 180.577 RECORD 6/15

gkabbt

#144
August 18, 2013, 07:40:14 AM
Quote from: Captthundarr on August 18, 2013, 07:20:43 AM
Wooo hoo, good for you. Keep us posted along the way as well as the event activities. Keep safe.

Frank and Amy.

Will have my camera and laptop with me so I'll post pics at the end of the day.....like I do in Wilmington.
Also, I posted in the Audio From The Great White Dyno thread this morning that I'll be glad to make a side trip to Milwaukee and pickup the webcast equipment from Chris and take it out to WoS. Waiting on his reply.

Gregg

Captthundarr

#145
August 24, 2013, 05:35:57 AM
Another good trip to the drag strip. The new torque converter really did the trick. The car launches well without Amy having to do excessive leg work outs to hold the car on the line. It looks like about everything is done except for some minor tuning and cashing in cans and bottles for hotel and food money.  With some luck Amy will get her "C" license and I will have new goals for next year.
Live,Laugh, Love /  Jack Scratch Racing /ECTA   
Amy Hartman-Driver, Frank Hartman-everthing else.
C/GALT 137.65 Ohio Mile check that 144.12 2013, AA/GALT 159.34 Ohio Mile 2014. B/GALT 180.577 RECORD 6/15

SPARKY

#146
August 24, 2013, 07:05:45 AM
here's to Miss Amy's "C"
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

We are going to explore the racing N words NITROUS & NITRO!

Captthundarr

#147
August 24, 2013, 09:26:11 AM
Thanks Sparky, Next year is going to be a bit tougher. We are trying to step a level each year. the "B" will require a lot more Hp, areo, may haps a trans and some gears, maybe.

Frank.
Live,Laugh, Love /  Jack Scratch Racing /ECTA   
Amy Hartman-Driver, Frank Hartman-everthing else.
C/GALT 137.65 Ohio Mile check that 144.12 2013, AA/GALT 159.34 Ohio Mile 2014. B/GALT 180.577 RECORD 6/15

Freud

#148
August 24, 2013, 09:50:39 AM
When is a "C" better than a "D" for a woman?

FREUD
Since '63

Stan Back

#149
August 24, 2013, 11:27:31 AM
Golf?
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