Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)

[jl222]

After replacing all the door and hatch "gaskets", even taping the doors and hatch shut, here's how Steve Batchelor solved the dust problem . . .

Thanks again Jim... do you know where Steve found that scoop?

Anyone know where to find small scoops?

Ordered new door weather stripping today From RockAuto.com.

   JL222

[Stan Back]

He made it.  I'll see if I can find a better picture of it. 

I think it's all about equalizing the pressure in and out.  With our roadster, I had a windshield the first time I ran at El Mirage.  The dust came up to the top of the "glass" and obscured my vision. I didn't run it again.  The dust doesn't do what we would suppose it would.

[Stan Back]

This was about 1990 and I'd driven the roadster up from Berdoo to spectate.  The scoop looks to be configured like an early Pro Stock one.  I'm thinking that it's more important in its location than its configuration.  I only drove the car once -- at Bonneville -- and that doesn't count.  Sure was loud sitting back in there with all that horsepower rattling the tin.  I can barely drive, but never screwed up on that one.  The car was a gem.

[jl222]

  Last Sat we installed an air scoop in front windshield. Used a 2in wide 1/4 cup stainless measuring cup, cut the bottom and handle off, holesawed the wndow and finished to size with the air tool .Glued it in front and back with clear silicone.

Still need to get some 3m weatherstrip glue or similar [ used to call it Elephant snot back in the early seventies when we put it on our motorcycle bolt threads to keep from coming loose when racing the desert, it was yellow ] for the new door weathersriping .

                    jl222

[Happy Pappy]

LOL... Gorilla Snot. We used it to glue the hand grips on the dirt bike handle bars. Messy stuff for sure.

Chris

[Peter Jack]

We used the term Gorilla Snot too. It's actually weather strip adhesive. We always used 3M brand because their products usually work as designed even if we, as racers, seem to find other uses for them. 

Pete

[Stainless1]

yea, we called that stuff yellow death... anything you put it on was not coming off... including you...
 
Oh, John, without pictures it never happened     

[jl222]

 
  Major improvement to shop today. 10,000 lb 2 post car lift installed. lifts up to 75 in.

  No more laying on back to check rod bearings ECT.

  Picked up hoist in Hayward Ca last week and had 2nd thoughts about installing ourselves.

   600 bucks to install and glad I had it done, saved a lot of cussing.

                           JL222

[jl222]

 
  heavy duty 220 volt extension cord finally arrived and we lifted the Camaro for the 1st  time.  Really going to make things easier.

                 JL222

[jl222]

Every few pages I like to put up videos of our runs so if people want to find them they can locate them a little easier.  These are some of our better videos.

     These are in 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHUEA-pScY8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udo7XM472Qk

                 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55XA0vrNNj0

                 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxkEtJ1b6AI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLG0JFzazrs

More from the past

            JL222

Something to watch while quarantined 

  JL222

[Stan Back]

John ?

Where did the water come from in the last few seconds of the very last video you posted?

Stan

[jl222]

  Jim... from the vent hose from the intercooler tank. it now has a catch can

                  JL222   

[jl222]

 
  WOW a million views

Car is ready for Bville except for new fat tires, ordering soon

               JL222

[bvillercr]

  Jim... from the vent hose from the intercooler tank. it now has a catch can

                  JL222

We eliminated the hose all together and blocked it off at the tank.  It is time to fire it up soon!!

[jl222]

New fat boy tires arrived Fri, mounted and balanced today.

We had a problem with an air dump valve causing slow shifts and Scotty Owens is sending two today.

               JL222