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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1470 on: November 19, 2017, 09:05:23 PM »
Your Birthday again  :-o
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1471 on: November 20, 2017, 09:57:41 AM »
They just keep sneaking up don't they!  :-o :-o :-o :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1472 on: November 20, 2017, 11:04:36 AM »
Thanks Stainless & Woody. Funny, I don't feel a bit older today than I felt yesterday! I think my page count is ahead of me....so far.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1473 on: November 28, 2017, 06:42:40 PM »
Happy belated Birthday Neil. :cheers: :cheers:

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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1474 on: November 28, 2017, 08:35:58 PM »
Thank You, Mike.

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« Reply #1475 on: November 28, 2017, 10:20:15 PM »
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1476 on: December 03, 2017, 11:26:11 AM »
A friend gave me an old postcard from 1937 showing salt removal. Bonneville?

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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1477 on: December 05, 2017, 08:29:03 AM »
  Neil, I couldn't resist sending this picture that I just saw on that Face site. Maybe there's hope if they don't like your chassis on the Salt.
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1478 on: December 05, 2017, 10:14:48 AM »
Good grief,.a twin engine Lamborghini.
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1479 on: December 05, 2017, 11:02:50 AM »

A friend gave me an old postcard from 1937 showing salt removal. Bonneville?

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

Possibly, but my guess is that it was taken at one of the places near SLC that have evaporation ponds and harvest those,

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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1480 on: December 06, 2017, 10:08:15 AM »
The print says 10 miles west of SLC.

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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1481 on: December 12, 2017, 11:53:50 AM »
Just for fun we trailered my car up to Scottsdale for the GoodGuys car show last month. I unloaded the car and drove it to the registration area. After collecting my paperwork I started the engine and drove it over to the display area and parked it there for the day. Only two or three people knew what it was; not surprising since it is primarily a street rod show. I left it parked overnight but forgot to switch off the battery. The only thing that was powered up overnight was a small 12V indicator light but in the morning I tried to start the engine and only got a loud "thunk". Later that evening I got a pair of jumper cables but it still only went "thunk". Uh-oh, bad starter.

After getting the car home and into the shop, I pulled off the starter and tried it with a battery-- it spun just fine! I tried to turn the ring gear with a big screwdriver but it wouldn't budge. I could turn it in the opposite direction, though. I also then saw that the oil level in my wet sump looked about a quart or two higher than it was before. Now I think I know what the problem is- gas drained from the Holley down into the engine and past the rings into the pan. A cylinder was probably hydraulically locked so the starter couldn't turn it over. I pulled the plugs (they were totally black)  to let the gas evaporate while I was back in Nashville for a week (flying back to Tucson this afternoon). When I get home I'll re-install the starter and check that the engine will turn over. Obviously it was running WAY too rich so fuel was leaking somewhere.

The mystery to me is "how did all that gas get into the intake manifold?" The electric fuel pump was not left running (unless someone was fooling around with the switches after we left for the evening) and the fuel tank pickup is much lower than the carb so it could not have been syphoning gas. The needle and seat may have been leaking around the o-rings but does that cause the fuel bowl to empty out with the fuel pressure shut off? Hmmm.....

Suggestions are welcome as to what may be going on.

Regards, Neil  Nashville (for now)

Any suggestions?
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1482 on: December 12, 2017, 08:28:56 PM »
A water leak? It will it turn over with the plugs out?

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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1483 on: December 12, 2017, 08:49:33 PM »
I'll check that when I get home, John.

Regards, Neil.  Tucson, AZ
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1484 on: December 13, 2017, 02:07:50 PM »
Neil,

You have a PM.

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