Or just bring one set of clothes and wash them is the sink every night

The amount of clothes I took on previous years
wasnt enough to take up much space at all.. when
I was with Dale(quick52) I would just throw my bag
in the bed of the truck(just a small hand bag thing)
but if it rained it was a issue.. he had a tonneau
cover but the bed wasnt water tight... I made up my
trailer to be water tight... most of the stuff in the
bag were underwear and socks.. 2 pair of shorts and 1
pair of long pants and a couple T-shirts.. I use to buy
the rest of my T-shirts at DW.... and just stuff it in
the bag.. some days I would be all wrinkled... oh well..
Dale always took more clothes than me

maybe freiburger needs to add a "best dressed" category ?

Too bad your not closer Ray I have a set of 275 nitto's on 8" rims you could use to drive from track to track. They won't spin out in the rain but they will if you try and race on them. Worthless Lol

I hope not. Joel would pull out all the stops to try and win that... I need him to get dirty working on the car this year. Last year we pulled into the gate, and Joel went on the meet and greet tour, while his Trunk Monkey worked his tail off.

OK, I'm ready:

I got it dug out of the corner where it has been sleeping under its cover for 6 years. I test fit my 9.50 -15 Quicktime pros, and had about 1-1/4" clearance to the inner wheel tub and spring. I'm picking up a pair of 10x28 15's from Jay tommorrow to test fit.

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That made me laugh out loud. Nice threads Joel.

Looks like he is going to a funeral ... LOL

A wedding... Same thing.

a dashing young lad is he, say what ? he most certainly must have some grey poupon stashed some where close by........

Lets be honest here. If Joel is going to get dressed up for Drag week, it will look more like this.

This calls for a little bubbly... You just earned your seat at the head table pal! And we already got the tuxes.

Ya, I'm pretty sure I've yet to meet Joel even though we stopped by his car at Indy, Da Grove, and Cordova last year. But the monkey was hard at work each time!

Progress report:

My two former trunk monkeys, Kevin and Jeff came over, and having 3 trunk monkeys in one place ended up to be quite a party! Kevin brought some wheels and tires, and he picked up one from Jay as well for me to test fit. We decided on 9x28- 15 on a 7" rim as the biggest that will fit my stock wheelwell without getting custom offset wheels. So I ordered a pair of MT ET Drags.
I spent a bunch of time finding parts and digging them out of various storage hideaways, and got a couple of workbenches halfway cleared of clutter so I had a place to work. Got the block cleaned up and onto the bench. I found some slight rust in a few areas like the main bearing bores, so I polished them up with scotchbrite. The #1 and #5 main cap parting surfaces had some material transfer from cap walk, so I carefully honed the block surfaces with a stone, and the cap surfaces with 600 grit paper on a granite surface plate. I installed the 3/4 groove competition main bearings and caps and checked all the main bearing clearances. They are right at .0020. I wouldn't mind seeing .0025-.0030, but I think they will be OK.



I like to do the crank work on the table, so I can then test fit all the flywheel/clutch/bellhousing/transmission/starter stuff and dial in the bellhousing while the crank is easy to turn and Im not under the car. The bell is a new quicktime scattersheild, and it was concentric to the centerline of the crankshaft within .006". Close enuff. But the counterweight levers on the Advance clutch hit the inside of the bell. So I put some washers between the block and the block plate to push the bell rearward .125" as a test. That solved the clearance issue, so I ordered an extra block plate to put in there as a long term solution.



Jeff came over and got busy pulling the F.A.S.T. fuel tank, and installing the new caltracs and mono leafs.



I hope to get the new slicks mounted and test fitted this week, and the short block all assembled over the upcoming weekend.

I had a new set of front spring hangers made for Joel at my work. They are a little heavier then stock, and have 3 holes to adjust the front eye. The CalTracs are installed along with mono leafs. My next project is to work on the fuel system, and keep Joel on task. So far things are moving nicely.

Nice Progress Joel!

I got my mono leaf rear halves replaced. It actually raised the car up a good amount more than I would like but I imagine it will settle down some. Looks like the difference between old -1 springs and stock height is actually about 4".

I got some odds and ends finished up on the 416 and it is now resting in the engine bay and is pretty close to lighting off. I have a busy weekend but I hope to start it up on sunday. Then its off to the exhaust shop. I would LOVE to make some test passes on the 28th but that is a stretch and assumes everything goes well(LOL)

A pic before it was installed. W2 headed EFI 416.

I have no idea why these upload sideways sometimes

Short drive if you need a driver Clark.LOL

Joel,
Are you using stock clutch linkage with that quick time bell? If do get ready for headaches, the bracket from quick time well flex and bend, happened to me on 2014 drag week. Had off three different times gusseting and welding through out the week. Finally got the bracket to quit bending an the discovered the front flange of the whole bell would flex either the clutch pedal. Not s crazy flywheel pressure either just a McLeod long/Borg and beck combo. I went back to the Lakewood last year and problems solved.

mrphound, that is concerning, thanks for the heads up. I noticed that the clutch fork bracket is not properly positioned to center the throw-out bearing either. So, heeding your warning, I am going to machine a pivot from a chunk of solid steel. My clutch only has a maximum static pressure of #1200, so hopefully the bell won't flex. I did consider switching to a lakewood, but I don't have one on hand, I didn't see any used ones for sale, I don't feel like spending $700 on a new one, and Iv'e had the Quicktime too long to return it. So hopefully it works out.

The car has a nice stance with the caltrac parts installed:




We had to remove the gas tank because it was set up for F.A.S.T. with a 2 gallon cell, pump and regulator hidden inside. A new stock tank from Auto City Classics is going in.