But on the other side the engine is coming together we have had a problem or two to sort out first one was the size of the harmonic balancer on the from of the thing it is huge, so big it fouls the fule pump drive....
We have had l lot of f good information on how to get round this from using a pump drive extension to a separate belt driven pump or even an electronic pump, my son was talking to John O'Sullivan about this and John suggested asking someone that really knows about such things he told Steve to expect a phone call from someone that day. Later that day my son Steve was chatting on the phone to the engine god that is Nick Davies from Ice Automotive and what he told Steve was if all the internals have been internally balanced then it will be OK to use the old harmonic balancer which was smaller, this will allow us to use the original pump set up if Nick says it will be OK then it will.
I was toying with a colour change on the car from red and black to green and black but we wont have time to finish that off now, We must concentrate on getting all the mechanical side sorted out so the car may look at strange as we now have a green tank and green stacks on the injection system...
We are lucky in that Steve does seem to know a lot of people in the automotive industry one of these friends is hot on paint dipping...so if you need anything like that give us a shout in the pits.
The engine should be back where it belongs in a couple of days and with a bit of luck she should be fired up by the end of the week if everything goes to plan then we will be at Shakey on the 19th, It will be a bit tight as to if we make it or not but you never know........
What are we looking for then, well the first couple of runs we would like to get past where we were last year 9.2's ie get into the 8's that will do to start with then one more RWYB to try and get the car into the 7's which is where we want it if possible, Then it's off the Nostalgia Drags and Dragstalgia...looking forward to it now.
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