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Its like a ghost town here....The nats are happenin...Im stuck in my house...there are a multitude of parts waiting for me in Santa Pod..I have dosh and I cant get em...I feel like hitting something...Its not fair!!!

Hey Red are we that sad that we sit around on a Friday night and dream of acquiring Eddies car while he is still sucking air. It is pouring rain here and killing me that I can not cruise in the ragtop. Did you figure out your starting problem. I hope you tried daves suggestion first. It is always best to start with the cheap and simple things first. I am not saying that Dave is cheap and simple, just his idea of checking electrical connections is. Well I have trampled on Eddies thread enough so T.T.F.N.
Bob

Yeah I am going to try Dave idea first but I do need new valve covers,gaskets for valve covers,oil pan and exhaust manifold...I dont want to fire up the engine without them...So I figured if Im gonna get these parts I might aswell get the others at the same time...it will save me on shipping...just in case its not just a wiring issue.

I was making sure all off my connections were ok and on of the bolts sheared off on the starter..had to take it apart to fix it..I need to solder a connection on to a new bolt inside the starter....

jh27n0b wrote:Hey Red are we that sad that we sit around on a Friday night and dream of acquiring Eddies car while he is still sucking air. It is pouring rain here and killing me that I can not cruise in the ragtop. Did you figure out your starting problem. I hope you tried daves suggestion first. It is always best to start with the cheap and simple things first. I am not saying that Dave is cheap and simple, just his idea of checking electrical connections is. Well I have trampled on Eddies thread enough so T.T.F.N.
Bob

Hey Bob, how did the Circle Show turn out? I hope you guys didnt get rained on.

Hey Red. You missed an outstanding weekend at Santa Pod.

Shame the threat of mud and rain put the wimps off from either bringing their cars or turning up at all.

But if they had believed the Met Office reports, instead of looking out of their windows on Thursday and deciding it must be wet everywhere else, then it would have been even better.

I actually got quite a good sun tan despite factor 25 sun cream.

Still. It is, and always will be, the best, most fun, weekend of the year.

Oh rub it in why dont you...!!!

Im from Ireland mate...rain aint a problem for me..I would have gone in a heart beat...but I couldnt leave the missus..shes gonna drop any day now(within the next 10 days or sooner)..another boy!!!

I used all of my brownie points aswell..I went to train in Thailand earlier in the year....

But next year I will be there...in my challenger....with your help of course!!!

dave-r wrote:Hey Red. You missed an outstanding weekend at Santa Pod.

Shame the threat of mud and rain put the wimps off from either bringing their cars or turning up at all.

But if they had believed the Met Office reports, instead of looking out of their windows on Thursday and deciding it must be wet everywhere else, then it would have been even better.

I actually got quite a good sun tan despite factor 25 sun cream.

Still. It is, and always will be, the best, most fun, weekend of the year.

Congrats Red Raven on your baby boy!!If I was near you I would have given you a Punch. Punch cigars that is. I'm not gonna get my arse busted man!

These young lads are never too old for a smack Eddie.






I'll hold yer coat.

Let me sip on my Earl Grey first. Then after my nap and cookies, and Geritol, depends undergarments, and preparation H,(ouch), then watch out man....

Well if theres anyway to take me out its to bamboozle me with motor talk..cause you guys know your stuff I get dizzy when I read some of this stuff haha!!

airfuelEddie wrote:Let me sip on my Earl Grey first. Then after my nap and cookies, and Geritol, depends undergarments, and preparation H,(ouch), then watch out man....

You're right Red, there's an old saying around here: If you can't dazzle em with brilliance, then baffle em with bullshit!

I have an interesting article for you man! Do you wish me to start a seperate thread? I didnt mean to hijack this one! I guess it's in my nature!

Red Raven: Here is an interesting article written a few years ago,(6), and was done at the Mopar Nats in Columbus Ohio, USA. The magazine MoPar Muscle had a fellow that "donated" his car for a dyno session then they tore his motor down to the shortblock and added some nice aftermarket parts, Presto, they Doubled the output!!!Very impressive and the best part? This thing would run on any fuel in the world 87 Octane is all it needs! It had pistons .080 in the hole. Without getting to technical, it doesnt make hardley any compression! probably 8:1 and thats with aluminum heads. It run's on Coleman lantern fuel and still makes good power. Check it out and, ugh, sorry for the length

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It is easy and fairly cheap to go from around 200hp to 300hp.

Harder and more expensive to go from 300 to 400.

400 to 500 is getting pricey and needs a lot of new parts. Not just in the engine.

500 to 600 it is getting serious. Big and expensive modifications.

600 plus. You had better have your own company, good contacts in the hobby, and be on a very good income.

So your in the 600 Plus club....

dave-r wrote:It is easy and fairly cheap to go from around 200hp to 300hp.

Harder and more expensive to go from 300 to 400.

400 to 500 is getting pricey and needs a lot of new parts. Not just in the engine.

500 to 600 it is getting serious. Big and expensive modifications.

600 plus. You had better have your own company, good contacts in the hobby, and be on a very good income.

About 530 last time out. Maybe another 30 next time out.

I wouldn't even have a car if my wife didn't work and earn as much as me.

Me neither! My old lady makes way more than I do! We need the income. She is a large eater! I'm a skinny spender!