Oh we were talking about motor swaps... on the salt with my car it wasn't
to bad.... had some great help with a couple of friends and good advice
from John.... I have made the statement to a couple of folks that the day
we swapped the motor out there was one of the best days in my Life....
Just a great experience.... and doing that no matter how bad it was at
times.....(salt in the eyes) it was part of the learning that I wanted...
unlike lots of the folks on this list... I don't have a ton of experience
racing a car... there isn't any substitute for the real thing.... even if
the motor we were putting in wasn't going to be faster at least I can say I
have done a motor swap at Bonneville. Pretty cool statement.
and your absolutely right ... if that motor hadn't been in the car before
or we hadn't planned it as well as we did.... it would have been a
nightmare....
you would think that any two small blocks would be the same but the
differences were actually astounding.... little stuff like Pulley bolts
being fine Vs course thread....
fun stuff.... Keith
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> From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Multiple Engine Classes
> Date: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 10:00 AM
>
> Hey Keith,
> I enjoyed our little "chat" yesterday. We got
> off the subject when I started talking about
> changeing engines at the track. Were you saying
> that it was a great idea, or a bumber? My
> thought was, in a roadster, with such open
> access, it was like eight bolts, a couple of
> cooling lines, a fuel line, a throttle linkage, a
> clutch linkage and a piece of ignition wire and
> Bam! It's out. I figured something like half an
> hour to an hour for the whole swap if the trailer
> was set up with a small hoist on a swivel boom,
> and the second motor is ready to go in with a
> second tranny attached to the motor and all. I
> was doing the Porsche in 12 - 15 minutes between
> races. It seems that with a little prior
> planning, a "quick change" motor system could be designed.
>
> =====
> Dick J
> in east Texas
> ECTA #72 FX/GMR
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