PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike - Moparts Forums

Register Log In Moparts Forums Unlawfl's Race & Engine Tech PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike

Print Thread

Page 1 of 2

1

2

PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike #1016777 06/20/11 10:35 AM 06/20/11 10:35 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,925 NC 440Jim OP I Live Here
440Jim OP I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,925 NC	I had a good time racing Fri-Sun at the Pittsburgh MoPower event, Curt George Memorial race. But the drive home to Maryland on Sunday went from 5.5 hrs to 9 hrs. Attached is the picture of the stopped traffic on the PA turnpike (70/76) east bound just before the Allegany Tunnel. A tractor-trailor overturned dumping canned goods on the road. We sat at mile marker 118.3 for 3.5 hrs. 6691345-Traffic1.JPG (220 downloads)

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: 440Jim] #1016778 06/20/11 10:43 AM 06/20/11 10:43 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,925 NC 440Jim OP I Live Here
440Jim OP I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,925 NC	The view in the other direction was pretty scenic... LOL 6691354-Milemarker_farm_view.JPG (184 downloads)

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: 440Jim] #1016779 06/20/11 10:53 AM 06/20/11 10:53 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Sorta funny Jim with your chair out there.... bet it was a pain to take a wisss.... major bummer

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1016780 06/20/11 11:07 AM 06/20/11 11:07 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,569 Pa. B BENCHRACER "Little Stroker"
BENCHRACER "Little Stroker" B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,569 Pa.	That's funny Jim. I was going to ask about the chair in the first pic but..... I thought maybe someone was saving thier parking spot DUSTER44T

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: BENCHRACER] #1016781 06/20/11 11:38 AM 06/20/11 11:38 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,990 , PA sleepyhead416 top fuel
sleepyhead416 top fuel Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,990 , PA	Sorry for bad weekend. I seen ur car sat but u must of been chasing parts.

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: sleepyhead416] #1016782 06/20/11 11:46 AM 06/20/11 11:46 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 7,348 Mt.Vernon ,Ohio VernMotor master
VernMotor master Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 7,348 Mt.Vernon ,Ohio	Dang gone..we had to go west..and I look over there..and seen all that ! it was back up for miles !

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: sleepyhead416] #1016783 06/20/11 12:05 PM 06/20/11 12:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,925 NC 440Jim OP I Live Here
440Jim OP I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,925 NC	Quote: Sorry for bad weekend. I seen ur car sat but u must of been chasing parts. Won a few rounds on Friday. The first pass on Saturday morning the front brake pad hit the rivets and dug into the rotor. I did a bunch of driving and found some new pads (stock '76 Duster brakes), and a shop that resurfaced both rotors. I got it all fixed on Saturday but missed the racing. I did make the full event on Sunday. I also had some water pump issues... My Meziere pump wouldn't run on Saturday morning. I pulled it out and spun it by hand with power and it started. But after turning it on and off a few times, it stalled again. So I put my old Moroso belt drive and stock water pump on the car. That ran for a few passes on Sunday, then that old motor stopped. I borrowed another motor and finished the day racing. When I got home, the new Meziere pump was on my door step from UPS. So I will swap it out before the Legends Nostalgia event this weekend at Maryland International Raceway. http://www.mirdrag.com 1993 Daytona, 5.50 at 130mph (1/8) 1.19 sixty ft (PG). Link to 572 B1 - Part 1

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: 440Jim] #1016784 06/20/11 12:28 PM 06/20/11 12:28 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,849 F fullmetaljacket master
fullmetaljacket master F Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,849	So I gather you will not be making the Grove this week end?

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: fullmetaljacket] #1016785 06/20/11 12:32 PM 06/20/11 12:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,763 Walton's Mountain, Pa Steve1118 master
Steve1118 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,763 Walton's Mountain, Pa	Bummer. Hope everyone is OK in the accident. But, in the words of that great American RoseAnn RoseAnnadanna, "It's always somethin'". "Old age and treachery trumps youth and enthusiasm, every time!" East Central Director / Chrysler Power Magazine www.reasbeckracing.webs.com

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: 440Jim] #1016786 06/20/11 12:34 PM 06/20/11 12:34 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,925 United Socialist States of Ame... T tboomer Too Many Posts
tboomer Too Many Posts T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,925 United Socialist States of Ame...	Jim...Sorry to hear about your Meziere pump pooping out...That reminds me that I had better send my extra one in for an overhaul!! It did the same thing as yours!! Now get back out there and fight!! PS....Looks like you need more sun!! Need your rear end checked out? Contact Grizzly!!

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: 440Jim] #1016787 06/20/11 12:37 PM 06/20/11 12:37 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,763 Walton's Mountain, Pa Steve1118 master
Steve1118 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,763 Walton's Mountain, Pa	Jim, that's why I always stuck with that old Moroso setup. We keep an extra motor around, if something happens, just bolt it on and keep racing. "Old age and treachery trumps youth and enthusiasm, every time!" East Central Director / Chrysler Power Magazine www.reasbeckracing.webs.com

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: Steve1118] #1016788 06/20/11 12:40 PM 06/20/11 12:40 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 7,348 Mt.Vernon ,Ohio VernMotor master
VernMotor master Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 7,348 Mt.Vernon ,Ohio	Quote: Jim, that's why I always stuck with that old Moroso setup. We keep an extra motor around, if something happens, just bolt it on and keep racing. Same here..hard to take something off that works so well ?

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: VernMotor] #1016789 06/20/11 02:05 PM 06/20/11 02:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,247 Mt. Vernon, Ohio dartman366 I Live Here
dartman366 I Live Here Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,247 Mt. Vernon, Ohio	Jeeeze Jim, you had quite a looooong weekend, good seeing ya buddy Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: dartman366] #1016790 06/20/11 09:27 PM 06/20/11 09:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,925 NC 440Jim OP I Live Here
440Jim OP I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,925 NC	I took the Meziere pump motor apart this afternoon. The brushes were the problem. There are four of them. One had the wire separate from it, and another had a big chip at the end that runs on the rotor. I am having a local shop see if they can match up and replace the brushes. But the new HD Meziere is going in my aluminum, stock style, housing. When fixed, the old one will be a spare. 6692263-Meziere_brushes1_258.jpg (57 downloads)

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: 440Jim] #1016791 06/20/11 11:06 PM 06/20/11 11:06 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,174 PA. pittsburghracer "Little"John
pittsburghracer "Little"John Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,174 PA.	Quote: I took the Meziere pump motor apart this afternoon. The brushes were the problem. There are four of them. One had the wire separate from it, and another had a big chip at the end that runs on the rotor. I am having a local shop see if they can match up and replace the brushes. But the new HD Meziere is going in my aluminum, stock style, housing. When fixed, the old one will be a spare. I put on of those together at the track one night. Thank God I had my bifocals and 4 paper clips. 1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.42@138.27 Livin and lovin life one day at a time

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: 440Jim] #1016792 06/21/11 09:04 AM 06/21/11 09:04 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,013 South Park, Pa. 68LAR master
68LAR master Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,013 South Park, Pa.	Jim, The next time you come up, try getting off the turnpike at Bedford and picking up 99N to Altoona. There pick up 22W to the track. All highway, less tolls and an easier drive. (food for thought). 4 speed street legal. Best time 10.99 @ 124 mph on 93 octane pump gas @ 3926# total weight

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: 68LAR] #1016793 06/21/11 11:00 AM 06/21/11 11:00 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,925 NC 440Jim OP I Live Here
440Jim OP I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,925 NC	I discussed the 99/22 route with the other drivers this year. We tried that route one year and didn't like it. There were traffic lights at the bottom of rolling hills and the guys with motorhomes and trailers were cussing every stop and trying to accelerate up the hills from a stand still. Not a problem with my open trialer. There was road construction that year (2003?), but the traffic lights shouldn't have changed.

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: 440Jim] #1016794 06/21/11 12:47 PM 06/21/11 12:47 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,504 PA moparacer master
moparacer master Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,504 PA	Quote: Jim, The next time you come up, try getting off the turnpike at Bedford and picking up 99N to Altoona. There pick up 22W to the track. All highway, less tolls and an easier drive. (food for thought). Actually if he is coming up 70 he can just run route 30 West right to Bedford and merge right onto 99. Skips the turnpike 100 percent. Goes right past my house and its easy as cake. We run the pike one year to PRP and it was longer and out of our way. 70-30-99-22 is still the best way to go. 67 Barracuda street/bracket car 11.27-119 68 Dart 502 BB 8.70s-152 414 cid SB Dragster 7.65-174

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: moparacer] #1016795 06/21/11 09:28 PM 06/21/11 09:28 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,628 Columbus, Ohio wheelsup68dart master
wheelsup68dart master Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,628 Columbus, Ohio	Jim, thanks for all the help last weekend. Hope that I can get my ducks in a row in no box before long.

Re: PRP MoPower - traffic jam on the PA turnpike [Re: 440Jim] #1016796 06/22/11 03:28 PM 06/22/11 03:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,439 Val-haul-ass... eventually B BradH Taking time off to work on my car
BradH Taking time off to work on my car B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,439 Val-haul-ass... eventually	If it makes you feel any better, my drive back from OC (MD) on Sunday took 6.5 hours, instead of closer to 3 like it should have. And I had a 10 y.o., a 7 y.o. and a 3 y.o. to deal with on the way, too:

Page 1 of 2

1

2

Moderated by Al_Alguire, Hotwheelsjr, moparts, not_a_charger, RangerDan440, tboomer

Hop To

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1