New 540 Bullet, same old bad luck...

Well maybe Bad planning...

Blew up my old motor in July, and decided to buy a new 540 Indy Aluminum shortblock to speed up getting back to the track. I had dreams of racing again in September

Well the new motor was supposed to take 3 1/2 weeks, but did not ship for over 7 weeks.

Then the transport company left it in transit over the weekend because they did not have enough trucks so it only made it halfway the week it was shipped.

It got here this monday and i worked every night to finish assemble. Way too many little things sucked up the time, but it was ready today Saturday to put back in the car!

Unfortunately when i went to bolt on the flexplate, i realized that the new 4.25" stroker crank is an 8 bolt and my B&M flexplate is only 6 bolt

Summit has stock but it won't ship until Monday now, and by the time it clears customs to get here to Canada, I will not have enough time to get the car ready for the last race of the year next weekend.

Sorry for the rant, but it is killing me to have missed the season and now i have to wait for June, 2010

Thanks for listening,

Arnie

Load it up and travel south? Sorry for the troubles.

There's got to be a Moparts member somewhere near you with a flexplate laying around to borrow or buy.

Anyone?

Yeah load up on come on down...We race year round here...Sorry for the bad luck I have been there done that for sure.

That does suck Arnie .

I don't have a flexplate, but anytime you need something in a hurry, just have it sent to Noonan, ND, and I can "slip" accross the border to pick it up for you, and send it your way on bus or soemthing.

Good Luck

codfish

Thanks for the support guys

I am in Regina Sask Canada if someone local has an 8 bolt plate I would be thrilled!

I am still going to order 2 day air and hope customes clearance works for once, but once I lose tommorow Sunday to get in the car, i will be hard pressed to have it in the trailer for Thursday night...

I wonder how far South i would have to go to race on Thanksgiving weekend...

Cheers,

Arnie

I've got one you can borrow

Big money race in Vegas the week of Thanksgiving

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Give Mopac Auto Supply a call there in B.C. and Edmonton and Calgary they will ship out no problem.

They had lots in stock at the Langley B.C. store when I called earlier this week around $85.00

http://www.mopacautosupply.com/main.html

Thanks again guys, I will call Mopac on Monday am first thing.

thanks also to Mike who offered to lend his! I am going to try and get a new one because It is a lot of work to pull the motor and trans again if I borrow...

I appreciate the help and comments.

Now if only they would change the forecast in Gimli. Calling for rain on Saturday and Sunday

Maybe I will put this monster on the dyno and do some tuning instead

Cheers,

Arnie

Haul the car to Calgary for Oct 3-4. I am curious to see how your car responds to the new cid

Great idea Edge, except they are forecasting SNOW for Saturday in Calgary...

Can you run studded slicks?

I will order the plate , then watch the weather and maybe take a day off work on Thursday as I don't have any help putting it together so it takes longer.

Cheers,

Arnie

Well the flexplate is on the way, but i have decided my window of opportunity is closed for this weekend...

I don't want to rush this and risk the new motor.

This is my first real race motor, so i have booked it onto the dyno for break in and tuning with the Terminator on Alcohol.

Thanks again to all for ideas and offers for help!

Cheers,

Arnie

Yeah the forecast for Calgary for the weekendis ugly for sure. The good news is that the lease has been extended 5 years on the track so the track will not be getting dozed under as originally planned. Good luck with you dyno session. I am curious to hear how the -1"s will work on the 540.

Summit has stock but it won't ship until Monday now, and by the time it clears customs to get here to Canada
Arnie- Abe @ Queen City Performance will have next day access to your flex plate, most of all of his suppliers have this on stock!!Also with him being in Regina also means less headaches and it adds to our "stimulis" economy Good luck!
Dave

Hey Edge, i will post the results in a couple weeks once we get it on the Dyno.

Mike, I never thought of Abe as he does not stock a lot of Mopar stuff, but ended up ordering through Bruce at ABS to keep it local... Bruce can fit it onto the dyno in 2 weeks, so I have something to look forward to. I would rather play it safe in setting up the injection system and once we find the sweet spot on timing, and the pill, it should be less time playing around at time trials!

Thanks again for your offer to help with a loaner. Please let me know if i can ever return the favor!

Cheers,

Arnie

To bad you won't get to race it this year. would have been interesting to see what numbers you'd run with the new short block.....

I know how you feel i thrashed all summer to get mine back together to find the trans is toast.

Oh well next season is only 8 short months away.
good luck on the dyno, make sure u post some numbers

Mike.