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Thanks for sharing the video! That MG never fails to put a smile on my face... I imagine your grin still touches both ears!

Real time vid now online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=N_yCCMlQ7ME

way to boogie, man!

I thought the 9.62 PB on Saturday was the highlight of the weekend??

But on Sunday I was presented with something that beats the new PB?

My first Grand Child

My Daughter came to the track on Saturday, despite me being wary. But she just wanted a day out as she was bored, yet still 4 weeks from her due date. She said that Baby was kicking like mad everytime I started the car !

By 11pm on Saturday night she went into labour and on Sunday the Wife and I were gifted with this little cutie

I'm still feeling like it isnt real. but it is, and I'm so HAPPY !!

Congratulations Pel. She is very cute. Did she have any problems being weeks early?

Mate, congratulations to you, your wife and most importantly, your daughter. I take it that all went very well for Mum and little Boy or Girl ? Whatever she or he is, that is a precious little bundle of joy. With the excitement of the kicking shown at the drag strip, you just may have a petrol head on your hands and you may have to have a booster seat made for the other seat in the MG.

Thanks Guys!
She was just 5lbs when born. But she is in good health. I think we may have a new petrol head in the family

Her name is Faith. I was hoping for her middle name to be Holley. But my Daughter decided on Gillian after my wife.

With me and the rest of the family being petrol heads, My wife being a football fan and my youngest Daughter being a football coach I dont think Faith will be getting too involved with Pink Stuff and Dolls etc !!!

She should be home tomorrow or saturday depending on blood tests etc. I cant wait to have her here in the family home for the first time.

congratulations to everyone in your family, pel. And my best wishes especially for the mom and baby.

Now adays 5 lbs is not usually any problem. Hell, when I was born over 64 years ago I was just 5-1/2 lbs and now I take up a lot more than my share of this world and I can type this and chew gum at the same time!

Congratulations! That's a good story for her baby book, kicking wildly with each start of the 'B! I know you're prepared to spoil her rotten, but also to be wrapped tightly around her little finger.

Congrats to the family Pel! I wish my grand dad was running 9.60's at the dragstrip when I was a kid!

What an awesome thread this has become! An incredible story of racing tenacity where we're all pulling for a 9.5 run only to be topped off with the picture and news of a precious new granddaughter. All us grandpas (and grandmas too) are feeling your joy - just when you thought it couldn't get any better God blesses your family with little Faith Gillian (I think Holley would have been an awesome middle name as well - but hey I was over ruled when I wanted to name one of my girls "Harlie" - well come to think of it, she really better off being a Katie).

Blessings to you and the family - glad to hear all is well with mom and baby. 9.50 next season for sure!!

Regards,
glenn

Oh my goodness !!
Thanks for those lovely and kind words of support guys
I read those last posts just now and I cant see my pc screen properly because there must be a cold breeze in the room. My eyes are filled with water for some reason........ OK, I'm back now after a 2 minute break to get myself together.

My Grand Daughter has been the best thing to have happened to me since my 4th and last child was born 22 years ago.
Faith is just so perfect. That little Girl is in for a whale of a time from me and Gill for a good few years to come.

So the next goal is a 9.5 timing ticket!!
I took the car out for a 9.5 attempt last week. But it didnt go well. As the old MGB gets quicker, my pre flight checks become more important (some of my friends say anal, but I say important) so I do not deviate from them.
When I arrive in my pit area I fill the fuel tank and do the usual check on oil and coolant levels. I then check the brake fluid level and set the tyre pressures. Before it comes off the trailer I look underneath with my torch to look for any traces of leaks from the rear axle. Then I roll her off the trailer and go for a test fire (hood already propped open) so i can observe the engine while running. I normally hold the rpm around 1100 by hand on the carb until I can feel the heads getting warm. At this point the engine will idle at 1000rpm so I can have a close look at hoses and belts. Then I normally give it some gas and rev the engine up and down while looking for any problems.
But this time I didnt even have to look further than the blower drive belt at idle. It was wobbling and skipping teeth ??
It only took 5 seconds for me to see the crankshaft pulley was running way off centre. So I cut the engine and had a closer look. The pulley sleeve onto the crank nose was split wide open. Potential disaster averted, car pushed back onto trailer. Me having cups of tea and crewing for other friends all day now.

Long story short. All damaged stuff now removed. Crank snout running true with no damage. Replacement pulley now fitted along with assorted gaskets etc.

I took her out to my local industrial area today and got TDC set and the dissy fitted and set my ign timing. So I'm now ready for the next race day. I'm hoping to put her on the dyno next Thursday so I can get some idea of where peak torque occurs so I can alter my gear shift to suit.

19th and 20th October will be my last race days for this year. Then its winter modifications time

1st on the list is Wheelie bars.
2nd on the list is Zoomies
3rd on the list is roll cage mods to add a door bar to the drivers side.
4th on the list is fibreglass doors and tailgate with lexan windows.
5th on the list is new slicks.
6th on the list is to make a new carb to blower plate with nos injectors fitted.
7th on the list is to collect a 9.5 timing ticket next year

I will hopefully be back here next week to show some dyno info so I wll at last know what this modified 3.9 litre (238Ci) engine is putting out??

Regards to all you folk

Perry

Perry, awesome pass and congrats on that sweet little grand daughter! We've had a child a year so far the last 3 years and they are great! Your car is awesome! I hear ya on the pre flight checks. I prefer to do that as well but my brother who usually takes my vette out doesn't. I want to kick him in the ding dong everytime something doesn't work at the track. I'll ask him if he checked this or that and I always get why would I need to check that. One of those smartest dumb mofo's you know if you know what I mean. Good luck on the dyno!!

Yep, good catch with the pre-flight! Could've been nasty to say the least.. I'm not certain if I've said thanks for all the photos and videos and keeping us informed of the tune-ups and dyno info etc. etc.... You make us all a part of your team in a way and we all get to share / enjoy the ride!

So, Thank You for that!

Well !

The Dyno session was very interesting indeed
Despite the advice from my V8 Guru's I chickened out and ran the timing retarded. I have been runing with the ign timing at 19 degree's all in. My Guru's have said I should be running 32 degree's with the boost and nitrous. And not to retard lower than 28 degree's. But I set it at 25 degree's and did a power pull. What a wimp eh

I could tell that it was still too retarded as I still had blue flames coming out of the 12 foot exhaust extensions which were ducted into the extractor hoods. And the hoods got blown away despite being weighed down with car batteries. And you can hear that the engine is lazy with the retarded timing. But I'm very happy with the results from today. The only thing I'm not happy with is the damage to one of my tyres. As the car hit 148mph on the rollers the tyres ballooned (as slicks do) and one of them clipped the inner wheel well as you will see in the video. So Martin Aborted the run a few seconds short as he saw the smoke. I now know that there is still mo0re to come form this engine when I grow some balls and run the timing where it should be. You cant blame me for being cautious can you? After last years blown engine, then the new engine breaking pistons etc and the expense of the rebuild to get where I am today I couldnt bear to think that I might have been pushing the engine to the ragged edge once again. And i get to still have an engine for next season now

I can now brag that my modified Rover 3.9 litre engine is in the 500's at last WOO HOO!!!!

Dyno plot and vid attached. I think I need a lie down now folks !
I'm the old geezer in the black sweat shirt with Wizards of Nos on the back

Regards to all
Pel



Perry's MGB V8 on the dyno 520hp with 544 ft/lbs - YouTube