He was at 6100 in the traps.

CJ

Realized Vegas was comming up,put truck on hold,pulled motor on chop top Valiant,pulled pan and #6 rod cap was black with bearing poop comeing out the sides,crank questional,rod shot,dont know if I have the time,money,or energy to get it ready for Vegas,lacking all three right now,,will be there in something.Mark

Winners can collect their prize at Moto Guzzi Clissics, Long Beach, CA...
right after they help Mark re-install the engine.

I have a spare con rod on it's way out to you.
DD

after further tear down,crank is standard,one valve on #3 kissed the top of the piston,so I will go with the Fel pro instead of the thinner steel gasket,wont be a 10,7 motor,my guesstamate,,10.3,,and I wont go over 5800 rpm again,I know I twisted it up to 6400 a couple times,NO MAS,mark

I run 6200 thru the 1/4 and run 50 lbs of oil presure. This is on a six year old race engine and is still going strong. Ask Glenn Terry he knows. But I
have a great engine builder. I have probbaly put 2000 runs on this engine. And it will go just as fast today as it did six years ago. Thanks Ron Parker








It Aint Over Until I Win

I didnt have 50lbs pressure,will have 60lbs next time,only 2 passes under 14 seconds with a spun rod is not what I wanted or needed,I built this car hopeing for a consistant 13ish car,dependable,and fun,....right now its not.this is my first year,and first time building a drag car,wish I was as good as you,mark

Man... don't beat yourself up to much on this...
1) Your chop-top Guzzi Valiant has come a long way in a year and is already one of the best looking SL6 race cars on the West coast.

2) Hate to say it but... it takes some work to get a drag car to "settle down"... especially a fast one. Don't ask me how I know.

3) You keep "moving the stick"... first it was "I want solid 15s", then it was "getting the car into the 14s would be great", then I heard "getting it into the 13s would be really cool"... now you want consistent mid 13s!

Rebuild your current junk yard engine to get the car back together for the start of next season but then start on that K1 / Wiseco long rod engine we have been talking about... and build that engine to run 11s, with a shot of spray.
DD

Doug, that is called the never ending story, one I love to keep watching, 11`s all summer long

A high 12 is what I really want now,on a street driven car,by the time I get to Vegas it will be 11s,THIS IS A GOOD sickness to have,,,I think,mark

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I've been calling it as i see it for my entire life and that's not about to change. Take it or leave it.

A shorter stick would have been nice,FANTASTIC come back,good one,,,,carrot chaser Mark