I think Keith should tell us MORE about 'old blue hair' and the serinade!!!
Keith Turk wrote:
> I don't know if I have actually done this or not... so I will Pick up my
> adventures after Speedweek...
>
> Went 218 at Speedweek and burnt a small hole in #2 piston.... on the 4th
> run.... So called Ross and ordered New Pistons with More meat in the Dome..
> and put the motor on a Stand and started concentrating on what I really
> wanted to run... the Rodeck Based D Motor... a 4.125 bore 2.8 stroke Pure
> Nitrous Motor with 18degree Nascar Short Track Heads... Sorted Through all
> the issues of sticking the motor together and finally Got the Thing Home the
> Week before WOS.... Monday it went together with all the custom made Parts
> on a Stand and got it in the car Tuesday... Tried to Start it on Wed and ran
> into the Oil Restrictors being Un Drilled.... finally got good oil flow to
> the Heads and Made a litte Noise on Wed.... Thrusday I am warming it up and
> the Trash goes through the Crank Bearings.... Loses Oil Pressure... FRIDAY I
> oil Down Miss Kathy....( significant Event in my life.... Still wondering
> JUST how much That Oil is going to cost me in Emotional Grief ) Finally
> give up on the Motor on Friday afternoon and Cancel all my plans... worked
> to damn hard to this point and it's honestly a Relief to think I am not
> going to have to make the Trip....
> So I go up to the House.... Start cleaning up....and it dawns on Me... Geez
> wonder if Ross Sent those Pistons and if they got there .... Call the
> office.... Yep Big Black Box with Ross on the side.... WAY COOL... Off I
> go... took the Pistons home and called the Motor builder... Saturday
> Thrash.... They Rebalance the crank fit the Rings... and assemble the
> motor... mean while I am at Home installing the New Cabinets in the Bread
> Box and sorting out some of the little stuff I need to take... Get the Motor
> Late Saturday evening.... Stuff it in the Car... and crank it Sunday Morning
> as soon as it was Respectable...
>
> Get a Call From Ole Blue Hair... Tell him to be ready 1pm the next day....
> and he is a 1000 miles from me in Oklahoma... Brad Drops by and helps me
> Fire up the Motor Run out of Gas... but it runs... stick it in the Trailer
> and OFF I go....
>
> Picked UP Blue Hair.... Quick Lesson in how to drive a Truck with a
> Trailer... and I am off to NAP land.... absolutely exhausted... I let him
> Drive and I slept the Better part of Monday.... until the 2am serinade....
> Get to Salt Lake Tuesday Morning at 8am.... run around taking him to the
> Harley Dealer... and working with Competion design on some of the Last Min
> Nitrous fittings... Pick up a Mother Bottle of Nitrous at Praxair.... and
> then go over and Nap at the Airport waiting for Dave... Got no Clue what
> flight... but I have an arrival time... Get on the Salt around 6pm
> Tuesday...
>
> Sneak through Tech.... Hmmm and Dave explains to a Fella that Nitrogen is
> NOT an Oxidizer... Wow very different Tech then anything I had ever been
> through... but we pass.... Get all the Little adjustments to the New Fuel
> system done and make our Two Passes on Wed... both turn outs... no
> Nitrous...
>
> Thursday we make another 4 passes always finding something wrong... and
> Still no Nitrous.... Dave Hangs the Nick Name.... " No Nitrous Turk " on
> me.... and asks Permission to Cut the Wires in a Very Formal way.... Yeah
> Right.... Cut the car in Half... just make the Nitrous come on... Meanwhile
> I got Ed Van Scoy Holding Jets and adjusting Motor Chains.... and Mayf doing
> my Tool Sorting and working .... Dave decides he don't like the Look of the
> Nitrous bottle Mount... ( a three day event to make back home ) so Mayf and
> I took out the Box and rebuilt the Mounts redrilled it and reinstalled it...
> Joe Amo and Jon are over and Help with the Ballast Shifting and Beating into
> Place....
>
> Dave set about a very Methodical Test Procedure on his New Wiring Harness
> for the N2O.... and we go to bed Thrusday Night saying if it don't come on
> this time we are going to BURN the Car..... It's gotta be right...
>
> First Pass Friday... we Got Nitrous and LOTS of it.... Car hits really hard
> and runs like stink to the 4 and then can't go any faster on the Hp
> avalible.... a 226 pass.... OKAY FINALLY have something to Tune on.... Dave
> ups the Nitrous to 200hp and off we go.... car runs better then Ever and
> Pulls Hard to the 3 1/2 and I start seeing water on the windshield.... NOT
> GOOD... finally let up before the 4 and go through at 228.304 on a 230
> record....
>
> Friday afternoon we snatched the Head thinking it might just be a Head
> Gasket.... ahhhh NOPE.... got a Valve seat and Mayf and I stick it all back
> together... nothing fancy just set the Bolts in Place... and then do the
> Picture thing with Adrenilin TV .... Take Three Days to get home and arrive
> on Tuesday.... Leave Friday for Maxton.... and the Rest is History....
> Except Dan Wright Was Kind enough to figure out where I got the Mother
> Bottle and return it to them....
>
> Great Time... Great Friends.... What can I say.. I Tried... NEXT YEAR i know
> what my car needs to set the record... but you still gotta make it
> happen.... and as we all know there are no Given's in this Sport....
>
> Keith ( oh did I mention Breaking the Trailer Axle on the way into the State
> of Alabama... Got cut off in a Narrow lane and hit a curb.... Wow..)
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