Re: Norwalk Mo-Power Event DAy 2

[MO <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Thanks for the report Don, I like to hear what folks are trying and
how those changes work out for them.  Interesting on the shocks, are
they easily adjusted? ................MO

On Sep 15, 9:47 pm, Donald Gallimore <dongallim...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Day two is over for me but I'm sure they are still racing. Today I got three
> runs - two time trials and one run in the gambler race (all cars kick in $20 and
> the winner and late round cars get part of the pot)
>
> The three runs I got were 12.353, 12.349 and 12.367.  I worked on my shock
> settings (9 way adjustable shock) and shift RPM through the day. The shocks were
> set too soft on the first run, being at a setting of 1 (my bad) so I cranked
> them to a 7 per Michael Beard's suggestion.  Reduced my 60 foot by .02 seconds
> on that alone. On the shift, it was very obvious to me that the car did not want
> to pull well from 5600 to 5800 so I changed the shift point to 5600 on my
> elimination run and picked up about 0.08 seconds as a direct result of that
> change.  Learned that a poor burnout (in 3rd rather than second then 3rd) will
> hurt the launch by about .04 seconds and that's was lead to the loss in
> elimination in spite of the gain by reducing the shift points.
>
> Had a thrash on the carb when I stripped one of the treads in the carb body for
> the bolt that holds the float bowls to the carb body. Ended up spending $50 on a
> heli-coil kit and necessary tools. Plus, in drilling out the hole for the
> heli-coil, I ended up windowing the hole to the outside of the throttle body. JB
> weld to the rescue with a stick of epoxy that cured in one hour.  Just made the
> call for my first time trail.  Lessons learned - put a drop of oil on the bolt
> before you put that steel into an aluminum body and carry a heli-coil kit - you
> will screw this up like I did if you work on a Holley type carb long enough.
>
> Now I'm pondering if the carb is too big as others have suggested and if the
> 3800 stall converter may be too much for my car given that the engine will drop
> below the stall speed after the shift.  Need to produce power at higher RPM to
> not do this. Something in the 6200-6400 range.
>
> Tomorrow the real eliminations start. I'm running Sportsman class which has 350
> or so cars in it - takes nine rounds to win it. While the car has been
> incredible consistent today, the inexperienced drive (Me) makes that a tough
> challenge. But you never know as I went four rounds in the past.
>
> Akron Don Gallimore
> '65 Belvedere 440 powered

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