We took the car to Kilkare dragstrip for another test & tune session. The blower belt did not slip or shred which was good. The new blower belt idler pulley worked well. The O2 data showed that engine was running slightly rich (the plan is for a safe tune up so as to not melt any pistons). The tune up was supposed to include raising the rpm rev limiter from 6,200 rpm to 6,500 rpm. With the new shift light working well and expecting to be able to run to 6,400 rpm the rev limiter kicked in at 6,208 rpm shutting the engine down like turning the key off. That is a horrible feeling as it unloads the chassis until the clutch is pushed in then the big hit when you let the clutch out in the next gear. So we will be back to the tuner to get that fixed.
The staff at Kilkare continue to be gracious. They treat our vehicle as a permanently numbered (NHRA) race car staging us with the pro type dragsters and allow us to make single runs.
I plan to make another trip to Kilkare to check out the rev limiter setting after it gets set correctly. I am thankful for these test & tune sessions as they allow the bugs to be worked out before driving 8 hours to find out there are issues.