Aaa how fun, got to love the sport, today I told my current job to go blow.....
Going home this weekend to help Joe finish the bike in South Dakota, Come back
Start new Job Monday, leave Thursday the 10th for Bonneville, sorry Ill work for
ya but I need this time off the 10th thru the 19th, and o yeah some time during
the months I take a friday-Monday off to goto other events, they simply said,
"Sign Here, glad to have ya aboard."
This is with an awsome raise, 3 less hours a day, and not have to put up with so
much crap, full benefits, and paid vacation to start.
I said ok.
Jonathan Amo
www.landracing.com
Keith Turk wrote:
> Ahhh Wow... Fired mine up today... Ran like stink.... Oil Pressure is a Bit
> HIGH... should have left a couple of them Standard Bearings with the 10 down
> crank...
>
> and I got Tons to do.... Dyno tomarrow.... K
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> To: Joe Timney <joetimney@dol.net>
> Cc: Land Speed List <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 7:09 PM
> Subject: and you think you have it bad
>
> > Well Saturday I got the "E" motor for the Chevette. Along with some
> help
> > from the delivery guy we got it installed before the day was out. Spent
> > Sunday hooking up everything, making up new fuel lines, and adjusting for
> > the changes from last year.
> > I fired the monster up on Monday. Everything looked good, set timing
> > adjusted the floats and kept checking the oil pressure. Ten minutes into
> the
> > warm up I see the oil pressure dropping.. it hits 10 lbs. and levels
> off...I
> > hit the switch and kill the engine. What the heck????? Now what???
> > OK Tuesday we'll fix it...still got time...seven days before we leave
> > for Speed Week...right. Got to be something simple...or something I've
> > overlooked...right. Make a bunch of phone calls...discuss options.
> > So now it's Wednesday. Try a new gauge and line...not that...try a new
> > pump...no real trash in the pan...damn, not that either...check the front
> > gallery plugs...nope...damn again. So what's left...pull the damn engine
> > back out.
> > Today I pulled the engine...and tear into it. Pumps good...bearings
> look
> > OK..oops...here's one not so OK??? Not bad just not right...hmmm. So
> anyway
> > #2 main and #3 rod bearing look like trash got in there. Crank looks OK.
> > What the..... Lets go all the way...remove heads, pop pistons out. Remove
> > cam...can't...hmmm...this bugger turns but won't come out. Well we found
> the
> > problem...spun #2,#3, #4 cam bearings. Still don't know why this
> happened??
> > Ran fine last year...cam went in fine after the rebuild...??? Same cam,
> same
> > block???
> > Anyway I still have four days to get a new block, bore it, de-burr it,
> > buy new bearing and new gaskets, build a new motor, install the new motor,
> > break in the new motor, finish wiring the nitrous, install the belly pan,
> > install the nose, load the car on the trailer, load the truck, and finish
> > any miscellaneous stuff.
> > With a whole year between events you'd think I could have gotten
> things
> > together sooner...right. Can you say procrastination...hey I've got a
> whole
> > year to get this thing done...right. It's a good thing we do all this for
> > fun...right.
> >
> > John B
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