Should be 70 here in Western South Dakota today, I would kill for some snow. We are facing a horrible fire season.
That whole area is stunningly beautiful - I hope you get some rain, because it would be a heartache seeing it smolder.
The 11th Hour IPA is a winner, Trent.
Seeing as the drive adapter isn't ready yet, I'll be postponing the dyno session until the 27th.
For all of the "dyno porn" and jokes about "intermingling of species", the cold honest truth is that mating this tractor engine to the industry standard Chevrolet bolt pattern, collecting air flow data off of a Weber DCOE and bringing in my Electromotive box and coil packs is a challenge. Most shops are set up for V-8s - makes sense - most small time racers are running V8s. The shop we're using has a MSD unit attached to the dyno, so if you're coming in with even a simple Hall Effect distributor, you can get some sort of ignition up and flying. The cooling hoses are standard to what a SBC or SBF might have - larger than mine. Exhaust hook up is going to be interesting.
Essentially, we need to be able to insert a BMC A-series engine in the spot normally set up for a small block Chevy in the same amount of time one would install a small block Chevy. Fordboy's put together a pretty thorough checklist, and things are falling into place, but the inherent nature of this kind of lash-up is one where rattlesnakes tend jump out from under rocks and latch on to your ankles.
Essentially what we're trying to do right now is have everything measured, dialed and as close to a 'plug and play' as is possible so that the time we're alloted isn't wasted micky-mousing things like oil pressure gauges, throttle linkage, fuel and air metering. I need to maximize this opportunity now.
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