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Sick Week Florida
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01/11/24 12:09 AM
01/11/24 12:09 AM
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Hemi_Joel
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Hi, Do we need a Sick Week thread? Are any members planning to go? I'm planning on it with the Hemi Coupe if nothing goes wrong. I recently moved off of the wait list and am officially registered for the Hot Rod class. My son Cam will be handling the Trunk Monkey duties for the first time.
If you are there, look me up! Warning, I try to get my pass/passes in early and hit the road, so you won't normally find me at the track after 10 or 11.
Schedule:
January 28 - Orlando Speed World, tech and testing.
Tech from 7am, testing from 2pm.
January 29 - Orlando Speed World, day one.
Driver’s meeting at 8am, racing from 9am.
January 30 - Bradenton Motorsports Park, day two.
Racing from 9am.
January 31 - Gainesville Raceway, day three.
Racing from 9am.
February 1 - South Georgia Motorsports Park, day four.
Racing from 9am.
February 2 - Orlando Speed World, day five.
Racing from 11am.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/boeexFms.jpg[/img]31 Plymouth Coupe, 392 Hemi, T56 magnum RS23J71 RS27J77 RP23J71 RO23J71 WM21J8A I don't regret the things I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato"
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Re: Sick Week Florida
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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01/11/24 12:36 AM
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I've been laid up for 6 weeks, recovering from a serious back injury, but I'm finally up and around and starting to work on the Hemi Coupe. It's going to be a mad thrash to be ready. I had found a LOT of problems with the Hemi. The heads had cracks, and a couple of valve guides were falling out of their cracked bores. The valves were making contact with the pistons around the perimeter of the valve reliefs in the pistons. Why? I'm not sure. The pistons rock about .030 in the bores. How much were the valve stems flexing?
So it has 8 new intake valves and 2 new exhaust. I am in the process of opening up the valve reliefs. I'm doing it on the assembled block, in the car. Because I don't have time to take it apart. It looks like a surgery patient, all covered up except a little hole where the cutting is taking place. I can work for about 2 hours, then I need to lay down and rest it for an hour or 2. I'm limited to lifting about 25 pounds now, but I was able to lift the aluminum heads if I got positioned right. So I could check the clearance with clay.
Hopefully, I'll have it all back together by the end of the day sunday and see how it runs. It's winter, so I won't be able to test drive it. Planning to go to Immokalee in southern Florida and make some test hits friday night before Sick Week, then do some street driving..
 
[img]http://i.imgur.com/boeexFms.jpg[/img]31 Plymouth Coupe, 392 Hemi, T56 magnum RS23J71 RS27J77 RP23J71 RO23J71 WM21J8A I don't regret the things I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato"
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Re: Sick Week Florida
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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01/11/24 11:04 AM
01/11/24 11:04 AM
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Bitopia
jcc
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Not to derail the thread but the coloring of your header merge collectors is interesting.
Does that indicate anything useful?
And get better quickly.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Sick Week Florida
[Re: Handygun]
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01/11/24 11:59 AM
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I know a certain green duster is planning on being there.
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
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Re: Sick Week Florida
[Re: Handygun]
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01/11/24 12:19 PM
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Aren't those "Hot Heads"? Were they new? Any idea as to why they are coming apart? You only run gas correct? Thanks Joel for representing and good luck! I bought the heads new in about 2014. I had them ported, then when I first assemble the motor and tried to dyno it, one of the intake ports leaked into a cylinder and hydro-locked it. It blew out a cylinder wall and I had to have it sleeved. I had the head welded up. When I had the cracks repaired this time, he said they were porous and difficult to weld and that the valve guides were to tight in the heads, leading to cracks. Yes, I only run gasoline.
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Re: Sick Week Florida
[Re: jcc]
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01/11/24 12:22 PM
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Not to derail the thread but the coloring of your header merge collectors is interesting.
Does that indicate anything useful?
And get better quickly. Thanks. The headers are nickle plated. They discolored very quickly. I'm not sure why it is more blue on the collector? Maybe from when they are capped?
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Re: Sick Week Florida
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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01/11/24 03:27 PM
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So. Burlington, Vt.
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Good luck Joel!!
I’m looking forward to watching the events unfold on the live feeds!!
68 Satellite, 383 with stock 906’s, 3550lbs, 11.18@123
Dealer for Comp Cams/Indy Heads
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Re: Sick Week Florida
[Re: BDW]
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01/11/24 05:37 PM
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Plymouth, MI
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Good luck, both with the race and healing up! I'll be watching as much as I can. I think they moved the feed for the Sick Week races to FDRM+ on Cleetus's channel but any Sick the Mag subscribers I believe get a login code.
For the run order, they went by ET for Sick Summer and Sick Week. A was anybody quicker than 8.50, B is 8.50->10.0, C is 10.0->11.50, and D is 11.50->slowest of the slow. Each group typically gets to run first one day, and then the fastest groups typically get a repeat (plus there is also the quarantine fast pass lane for anybody top 3 in class if you're quicker than 10.0). I was in the D group and we got to run first on Wednesday. The days I was stuck running last, I'd get a pass in around noon and then was usually on the road by 1.
'18 Ford Raptor, random motorcycles, 1968 Plymouth Fury III - 11.37 @ 118
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Re: Sick Week Florida
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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01/14/24 08:33 AM
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I've been laid up for 6 weeks, recovering from a serious back injury, but I'm finally up and around and starting to work on the Hemi Coupe. It's going to be a mad thrash to be ready. I had found a LOT of problems with the Hemi. The heads had cracks, and a couple of valve guides were falling out of their cracked bores. The valves were making contact with the pistons around the perimeter of the valve reliefs in the pistons. Why? I'm not sure. The pistons rock about .030 in the bores. How much were the valve stems flexing?
So it has 8 new intake valves and 2 new exhaust. I am in the process of opening up the valve reliefs. I'm doing it on the assembled block, in the car. Because I don't have time to take it apart. It looks like a surgery patient, all covered up except a little hole where the cutting is taking place. I can work for about 2 hours, then I need to lay down and rest it for an hour or 2. I'm limited to lifting about 25 pounds now, but I was able to lift the aluminum heads if I got positioned right. So I could check the clearance with clay.
Hopefully, I'll have it all back together by the end of the day sunday and see how it runs. It's winter, so I won't be able to test drive it. Planning to go to Immokalee in southern Florida and make some test hits friday night before Sick Week, then do some street driving..
Amaaaaazing
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Re: Sick Week Florida
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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01/20/24 03:01 AM
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We had a big setback today. We got The car all put together and running, but it leaked water into the oil. After just having had the heads repaired and welded up, I have not yet determined if it's a head gasket issue or something with a cylinder head. I'm trying to do some pressure testing and diagnostics before I pull the head to try and figure out what to do.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/boeexFms.jpg[/img]31 Plymouth Coupe, 392 Hemi, T56 magnum RS23J71 RS27J77 RP23J71 RO23J71 WM21J8A I don't regret the things I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato"
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Re: Sick Week Florida
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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01/22/24 08:49 AM
01/22/24 08:49 AM
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Hopefully something simple.
I normally don't post much but love reading the thrash people do for the events.
Last edited by Dart451; 01/23/24 08:50 AM.
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