Way to go Rick! I saw the 299 quarter run, it sounded great.
Congratulations on your records.
Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/FCC
Rick Yacoucci wrote:
> We had a fantastic time at speed week, didn't have much time to visit but I
> did a little
> We ran H/BFS on a 269 record in liner 988
> On our first run we ran 293 in the quarter and then the engine sneezed and
> blew off the tube to the intercooler.
> On our second run we ran 299 in the quarter, 314 in the first mile, then
> lost high gear in the middle mile at 328.
> We went to impound and assessed the damage, pulled the oil pan off and found
> a pile of teeth from sixth gear laying in the bottom, there werent any
> teeth left on the gear so we decided to run it as a five speed and take it
> to the rev limiter, next we saw the drive chain was wore out so we put a new
> one on and were ready for the backup run in the morning.
> In the morning I decided to take it easy in the first few gears to see if we
> can make the chain last, We ran 264 in the quarter 282 in the mile and 319
> in the middle mile running right below the rev limiter for the whole mile.
> And bumped the record to 324, when we inspected the chain it was trashed
> again so we put a new one on and we turned the rev limiter up a few hundred
> rpm.
> Next we jumped classes to H/BGS on a 239 record our car number changed to
> 1988
> On our first run we did 290 in the quarter 305 in the first mile and 334 in
> the middle mile, back to impound and put on our last chain....boy this chain
> thing is getting old.
> In the morning I lost count of what gear I was in and shifted into sixth
> that now was a "high neutral" I got it back into fifth with a lot of
> cringing on my part. We went 291 in the quarter 305 in the first mile and
> 327 in the middle mile. That was good enough for a 331 average.
>
> Rick Yacoucci
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