Well I sold the Volvo 670 today...It was a blood . My $36k truck needed a $26k long block! The good news is there is enough out of the wholesale of the tracktor to buy a nice enclosed trailer. Not too nice but nice enough.
The oringinal 2100 was buillt by Mark Alongi who passed away before he got to Bonneville. When I bought the car I told Hal, Mark's best friend, that I would run the car as Mark left it at Speedweek 2011. Hal came out to see it run and I think it helped him to know that their project made it to the salt. For 2012 my plan is to make some changes based on what I learned and what I learn every day reading this forum.
At Speedweek we were able to peak at 204 with a D naturally asperated motor that was down a hole due to a ring seal issue and running extremely rich on a 3:50 gear in 4th gear 1:1 at 8,384 RPM. We later found out the motor had a cast crank so we may have dodged a bullet. The D CGALT record is 234+ the D/CBGALT is 223. It seems to me that with either a turbo or blower set up we would have a better shot at 223 than the CGALT D record of 234. So the decission has been made the car will run CBGALT with a D motor. The car did drive good and straight although at 200+ it felt like it coud use some more weight, it never moved arond like it wanted to spin. Even on the windy day it seem to run straight. The in car confims little to no steering input.
After readying Jeff's build diary called 1973 camaro AA/CGC I really learned some ways to upgrade my car's cage and engineering, Hey, Jeff "imitation" (aka coping your design) is the finest form of flattery
The 2100 is almost totally disassembled and I am still finding lumps of salt in places I never thought it could get. The motor is apart, the heads are at the machine shop getting freshened. The first order of business will be to remove the firewall, install new brake/clutch peddles that hang vs floor mounted and a linkage throttle. Then some plate under the driver and trans tunnel. Notch the firewall to allow some engine setback. Add some additional cage bars, gussets and areas to add weight.
In the next few days I will set up a "Re-Build" diary for the 2100.