Pics from last weekends NASA race

[Marc s]

A few photos during qualifying for the NASA AIX race.

 

[LAStang1234]

Killer photos!

 

[speedfreak1000]

whos jealous?


this guy

 

[TGR96]

Love it love it love it love it love it

 

[2005Redfire6]

Awesome!

 

[Marc s]

The first qualifying lap taking it easy bring the fluids and new slicks up to temp.

 

[2012Coyote]

So Sick! I want more of that noise!!!

 

[Marc s]

Here is the lap where the wrist pin pulled out of the piston and the rod went through the block, through one of the header tubes, and bounced out from under the car. You can here the engine tone change entering the corner before it let go. However, with the helmet on with ear plugs, you couldn't hear it in the car.

 

[808muscle]

Oh shit that is awful. It sounded so perfect then it got ugly. How much mph did you reach on those vids? It seemed quite fast at times.....so awesome. Sorry about the motor, I can't imagine the disappointment.

 

[Marc s]

163.8 mph.

 

[808muscle]

Yeah that's fast all right. So are you gonna rebuild the motor or back to roush Yates?

 

[HEMI LOL]

yep

 

[Marc s]

I'm taking out of retirement parts from one of Dan Gurney's ex 1967 Cougar Trans Am 289 ci engines so I can race the next event in AI. My 47 year old Trans Am engine against 3V's, Coyote's, and LSX engines. It should be fun to see how well I do. The dyno sheet I have from 1967 shows that it made 406 hp at the crank. That should put me just under were I need to be for hp to weight.

I have new billet rods that have an interior oil hole from the rod journal to the wrist pin hole (forced pin oiling) coming from Junior Johnson. I also bought a new R-452 block, billet crank, cam and road race pistons from another NASCAR Cup team. Combining the parts that I already have along with the new parts, my engine will be 363ci, have 13.98:1 compression, and the cam with my 1.9 ratio rockers will be .857 lift and 282/291 @ .050 on a 110 LSA. That combo should make around 900 hp at 9,000 rpms.

 

[808muscle]

That's a true racer there. Run what ya brung! Your gonna race no matter how under powered your car will be compared to the competition. I love it. Good luck with the rebuild, the plan sounds incredible.

 

[Sharad]

Love the pics, sorry to hear about the motor, but the new motor build sounds killer.

 

[BruceH]

The new motor sounds like it will be powerful, lol. Good luck with it. How long till it's all together and in the car?

 

[Marc s]

I will have the heads back mid-week and I will have all of the other parts this weekend. Today, I sent my dry sump pump to Nevada to get rebuilt. I could have the engine together early July.

 

[tbrock]

update on the new motor?