Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)

[bvillercr]

We are lucky to have Bill come up a few days early to help u's with the car.  Here's Bill pushing pistons down to me.



All the pistons are in.

[bvillercr]

While the heads were being massaged I kept busy by putting the lettering on.



We will put the engine back together today, then pack the truck and start the car tomorrow....well that's the plan for now.

[GH]

John and Troy, have fun and go fast.......

[bvillercr]

Thanks Gary.  The intake gaskets are glued in and trimmed and the manifold awaits. 



But first it's margarita time!!!

[maguromic]

Is that a rattle can top your using to measure with? A true racer!  Tony

[bvillercr]

Is that a rattle can top your using to measure with? A true racer!  Tony

Haha, no.  But it is race related, it's a Bonneville 200 mph shot glass.

[thundersalt]

MMMM... MARGARITAS!!  I'm sure glad we pit together 

[jl222]

MMMM... MARGARITAS!!  I'm sure glad we pit together 

   More Tequila or smaller cups?  More Tequila

           JL222

[bvillercr]

Motor is back together!!



Getting ready to fire it.

[bvillercr]

She's alive and well!!  Time to put on a new hitch package, pack the truck and load the car.  Bonneville here we come.

[bvillercr]

Some rain an a lot of wind.  But this is a great way to deal with it.

[Freud]

They were lookin' stout in tech.

Sounds like they were ready when the storm came.

The paint certainly stands out.

FREUD

[bvillercr]

Thanks Frued, we plan to wait for the #1 course to open up in the morning and do a tuning pass to the 2.  Then make an effort at a record pass.

[bvillercr]

Update from yesterday:  we got in line around 11 and it took 3 hours to get to the front!!  We then proceeded to start the engine but the batteries that we charged the day before had lost it's charge!!! No bueno to start the engine.  So we pulled out of line ran into the Mayors office(carquest) and bought two new batteries.  So today we will try to get a tuning pass in and a real attempt later in the day.  Sure glad we have a week of racing.

[bvillercr]

Yesterday we did a tuning pass and learned a few things.  First the pass: it was a very mild run, 10% throttle about 6 lbs of boost.  We hit about 200 and shut it down before the 2.  Two mile time was around 156.  We also learned that the tire company didn't balance the rear tires properly and the vibration was something of concern, so we took them off headed to Wendover and got them taken care of.  Lastly the windows still want to blow out!!  Especially the left side, so we braced both windows again, we can't pull them out now!!  Today we will lay down a good pass in a couple hours from now.