Well... 50% checkers at Are-Freeze with all of that coming from the D. Steady Eddie, just keeps going. I do want to thank all for the nice weekend. We did well with what you were given. Also, would like to thank our Paddock neighbor, Dan with My Fairlady Mopar. Sorry about your troubles, but look forward to racing with you again shortly.
As for our jalopies, today we had a crew that was able to evaluate the aftermath of the Arse-Freeze race. A quick check with the D and it is no worse for wear. Engine compression test was:
1: 180 psi, 2: 180 psi, 3: 170 psi 4: 180 psi
Which after 14 races is starting to be quite impressive. Additional work included an inspection of the brakes, which resulted in a pad change. So, all is well and the D is ready for the punch list for the next race.
The Z, well we have some work to do. This shot tells the tell of distribution of work on the two cars:
The biggest trouble on the Z was exploring the source of the water in the exhaust system. It became clear when we pulled the exhaust manifold, that cylinder port number 6 was the trouble. Then looking in that port, there was a, "well, there's your problem" statement. There is a hole in the exhaust port, that exposes the coolant chamber around cylinder head as a result of over exuberant porting work. Here is the grizzle shot.
So, now we are exploring the option to TIG weld the hole in the head. (If only holes in heads were this easy to fix) To do that we definitely need more room, so the engine was pulled out. We now move on to the more difficult part which is finding "friends" that might be able to help us.
This also does not mean our work with the Z is limited to just this problem. We have rear suspension, front sway bar adjustments, power steering to add, and a full list of other items that we need to look into.
For now we will start with the hole patching and go from there.
No comments:
Post a Comment