I have a picture somewhere of me pitting next to Don Prudeholm. It was great! We were working on my car and they fired up his funny car to do some last minute tuning. It ran for about 15 seconds with the occasional blast to clean the plugs. We were all standing there with tears running freely because of the exhaust and when they shut it down all I could think was how happy I was to be a part of all that...
If you have never taken an engine apart and made it better going back together, you'll never appreciate the feelings. But when you've done some of the machining, put extra horses in the corral and felt that thunder that pounds your ears and chest then it becomes one of those "you had to be there" things... ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Baldwin To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:36 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Corvette update Sounds cool, What kind of HP and torque numbers are you hoping for? Maybe you can do a recording of the Vette starting and revving. i was about 25 feet or so from a top fuel when they fired it up and revved it a few times. the feeling is hard to explain. My ears rang for a while. Michael _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 18:19 To: [email protected] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Corvette update Well guys... She is finally cocked, locked and ready to rock. As is said in a previous post I had a vibration and had to pull the motor back out. The culprit turned out to be a bad pressure plate, Hayes over-nighted me another new one using the dynamic balance specs I sent them and they finally got it right. The motor is absolutely incredible. I knew when it fired for the first time it would be a winner. It is one of those motors that you don't hear as much as feel. It is almost like it creates so much exhaust over pressure that it disrupts your heart rhythm. I have experienced this feeling with top fuel motors but never with a gasser. I can't wait until this weekend to dyno run the car and find out how mean it really is. Carol has been practicing with the staging and hole-shot software on her computer and we will take it out to the local airport drag-strip and put a watch on it once it comes off of the dyno and stays together. Gentlemen, this thing is absolutely "bad to the bone." I will post Dyno results once I have them and they are verified. Larry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
