I know that feeling about being excited. Tomorrow, I finish up all the redo mechancal stuff and am setting up a time to run at the one of the local air strips to do some test runs as the motor is running as expected, maybe better...hard to tell without hitting it hard. We should be able to do that Sunday or Monday. Wednesday, if it tests out proper, we will be running at the Sacramento Raceway Wednesday Grudge fest to get some times and some test and tune. Sometime inbetween those events, hope to get weighed. I'll still be running mostly stock body parts as the real weight reduction will come over the winter with more time and money. Hope this goes well as I really want to be at Samoa to run with you guys.

Do have a question for Mark...is your compression issue across the board or one or two holes?

Take care all,

Dave

All real close.166 to 169.mark

Removed drivers door today.Put 55 holes with various size hole saws,lost a pound.attacked the hinges,got a pound and a half off them,with shorter bolts.then went to work on jambs and inner fender,spent 8 hrs to maybe get 5lbs off the drivers side.Diets Suck,butt I am more HoleyGuzzi Mark

You are the holiest of holey, Mark. Seymour is making shavings at his place too....

Slant on til the mornin' light,

Lou

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Looking good...
Remember... Samoa Cookhouse for a FREE team dinner on Friday night and the BEST BBQ with the Howard (The Kidd) "Racing Team" on Saturday night... Bee There!!
DD

Not looking forward to doing the long drive solo.3 people have bailed on me.Slant six people in the LA area are basically nill.I pay ALL expensives and still cant find anyone to go.Mark

Wow Mark, what #'s were you running before? Maybe we will meet on the road on the way there.

Went to the air strip yesterday and had some problems namely vacuum and shifting(my fault) and seem to be having some ignition concerns like cutting out at 4000 rpm. Fixed all the vacuum stuff and reset the spark plug gap to .029, reworked the shift linkage so I could adjust the shift rpm down. I never did get into 3rd yesterday. Set way too high on the throttle connection. Will test that tomorrow morning. May play with the air gap on the distributor. Manufacturer says to set it at .008 but that seems kind of tight. What do you all think? I would appreciate any expertice you might have.

I will be going to Sac raceway tomorrow for the Wednesday night drags. It's only $15 so not much investment for a minimum of 4 trips down the track. Will allow me to make final adjustments.

Glad to see such great turnout and looking forward to seeing all of you there and eating a great deal of food.

Ran into Mark and Roy Murray at Redding last Saturday.they are planning on racing at Samoa, anyone have a loaner SL6 car in the area?.

Does anyone know if they are going to have a sportsman class?
Mark

Think that is what will be Sun, slant six race Sat.

Richard

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Aww Schucks...


What is if for ya - Like 12-14 Hours?


I would go if I was in the LA area. ha ha..


Greg

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Saturday test and tune and about a thousand Harleys, Last year only about a dozen tested.So slanters can get tons of runs prior to the race.Slants are the only eliminations Sat. Sunday is a regular bracket race,so slants can run sportsman or pro or both (if under 13.99). Hey Mark The density altitude has been around 200 this week in the afternoon at Samoa ,if the fog lifts and the track gets some heat i see an 11.30.

Well fellas, I replaced the valve body in the tranny and still no 3rd gear although second was better. No way I can get this lockup tranny to work the way I want it so have to have one of my spare 904's gone through and have a different converter built for it. Obviously won't happen this week.

You all have a great time. Wish I could have made it but I gave it my best shot with long hours put in.

Dave

Got the car running today and found a leak from behind the motor plate,,,,I must not have got a good seal... So off it came....will button it up tomorrow...and then tighten up the torque converter bolts.... Should be good after that!!!!!!

I hope to have the car able to go this weekend...... HAd some challenges this week...Personally and with the car!!!!!

Wish me luck!!!!

Terry

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