[Probird]

Of course the head gaskets didn't make it here in time. They got sent out yesterday and will be here next Tuesday. I went out to check the torque on the head gaskets. I torqued them originally to 100 ft lbs. I started at 75 to see where I was at. 75 was good, then checked them at 90, ok there. Then to 100 and ok there. went to 110 then 120 before I got 2 of them to move a little. It was a top one between cylinders #2 and #3 and the lower one on the front exhaust port by #2. So I'm guessing the torque on the fasteners wasn't an issue. I checked the oil and no water in the oil and nothing in the cylinders. I'm not seeing any bubbling in the radiator anymore either although I did have to add about half a gallon of water. Compression test showed cylinders 4 and 6 at 200 lbs. 10 lbs less than all of the others. My leakdown tester took a crap so I couldn't test that. I guess it may only happens when it gets hot or after a hard run???. I did get the temp up to 210 and everything seemed fine. I'm going to go ahead and race it today and keep a close eye on it before I pull it apart next week once I get the new head gaskets. Wish me luck.

[mysticmissle]

Gd luck!

[badgto]

I swear sometime Rick your racing is mostly around luck. Between you and your brother I never seen any two luckier. So I won't wish you any luck, you have it all. Lol Kick some butt today.

[Old Goat Racer]

The only thing better than having a good year is having 2 in a row. Go Rick!

[Probird]

I sure stunk the place up last night. I couldn't cut a light to save my ass. I was fine till I switched lanes. Traction was a major problem again this week too. First pass I dropped the shift point back to 6200 to be easier on the engine. That was a mistake. It doesn't work too well when your shift point is lower than your stall point. The car spun hard and shifted as soon as it launched and then spun even harder. It went 6.44 with a 1.49 60'. I put everything back for the next pass. It still spun hard but went 6.25 with a 1.44 60'. First round I get bumped to the other lane and picked up enough it would have run 6.12 with a 1.38 60' on my 6.28 dial. I gave the stripe back at the finish by .010. I really screwed that up. I bought back and decided to stay in that lane the rest of the night. The car worked a little better there but not me. I think it's time for a new set of slicks to get back to an easy to dial car.

[slowbird]

So no signs of head gasket issues? If not thats great!

[Probird]

Originally Posted by slowbird

So no signs of head gasket issues? If not thats great!

None other than it was getting hotter than normal and was down on power a little. It's coming apart next week to check things out to see what's going on.

[65nss4spdGTO]

You are still on a good run, you should come up to Byron and plan on taking the Hill Performance Q-16 sponsored money.

Calvin Hill
Hill Performance
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