Our returns were also slow... maybe the salt was damper in the morning?
We are not sitting on our laurels... been working on the car for WoS.
First I decided to run in the Fuel class... may have even entered in that class, don't remember, but I started by mixing up a little E85. One of my local stations has E98 and we can get Sunoco 110 at the race car shop.... so a little creative blending and I have E85 to play with on the dyno.
I also built an adapter so I could put a degree wheel on the motor while it's in the car. Then degreed the cams again, I suspected they were a couple of degrees out based on the hard to read little timing wheel on the crank and they were. Changed oil, I'm sure it was almost worn out... full synthetic BG diesel oil with almost 60 miles on it....
hard to tell it from new..... never fear environmentalists, it will find its way into Johnboy's coach. Pulled the pan, clean as a when I installed it after the rebuild. Checked the motor over and it appears ready to go again.
One issue we always have it keeping the driver cool... yes I have a cool shirt, but early morning runs don't really require it unless someone has an issue in front of you... We saw a car with a little battery powered fan... another good idea stolen...
We are always trying to involve youngsters in racing... Corey's son Weston is starting on the path to Bonneville... he has a Jr dragster, and has been in the Bockscar too many times to count.... always eager to climb in and make those varoom varoom sounds...