Thread: Uh Oh.....
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10-11-2004 02:52 AM #9
Oddly enough, I didn't have a burp, it just sort of went away. It was at 8200 and 130mph, when I went thru the traps it just started shaking like crazy and I could see all the track safety people running up to the barrier watching me go by. It was at that point I figured something was wrong. There was so much smoke, they all thought I was on fire! What I didn't know was, I was dumping oil and water all over the place and somehow it didn't get under my tires! As soon as I came to a stop, the safety crew was right at my door. If there was a fire, it would have been taken care of pretty quickly. It took them about 10 minutes to clean up my mess, and it was back to racing.
Now, as far as a replacement motor, and there will be one, if I go with MORE cubic inches I think I'll have to do some chassis work. My chassis guy is gonna take a peek at it and see if it will hold up to more. I like Prozzz suggestion though. I see Sonny's has a nice motor on sale.....hmmmm...... 762" and $56K, hmmmmm... we'll see......Mike Casella
www.1960Belair.com
Sorry for your loss of friend Mike McGee, Shine. Great trans men are few and far between, it seems. Sadly, Mike Frade was only 66 and had been talking about retirement for ten years that I know...
We Lost a Good One