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By mctim64 - 12 Years Ago
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Headed out for Elmo tonight! Say a prayer for us and hope we do well!  
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By speedpro56 - 12 Years Ago
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May the Y-Block Force be with you..
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By 57FordPU - 12 Years Ago
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Sorry I can't be there. Be safe, go fast.
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By landspeedy - 12 Years Ago
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Good luck Tim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be sure to let us know how you did. See you on the salt.............
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By DryLakesRacer - 12 Years Ago
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good luck
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By yblockpinto312 - 12 Years Ago
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TIM, I have a feeling you`ll be just fine. Go fast!
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By Daniel Jessup - 12 Years Ago
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Great opportunity to post since I have been "off line" for quite some time... Go Get 'em Tim! Wind up that Y block...lol
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By Ted - 12 Years Ago
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Tim. Amazing job in getting that engine together and in the truck in the time frame you’ve been working in. Even more amazing considering all the other projects you have going on at the same time. Give ‘em fits at El Mirage and show them how well that fifty year old machinery performs.
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By mctim64 - 12 Years Ago
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I think we did well for our first time out with a new engine. First pass the engine felt GREAT! and sounded great too. But when I got the timing slip the #s were the same as last year.  I have a higher gear ratio and went through the traps at the same rpm as last year, should have been close to 140 but was 126. Traction problems again! We lined up for our second pass late in the day with no other changes than a little less air in the tires, we had a bit of trouble with the tow vehicle on the way down that had to be fixed so we got a lat start but that's another story, when we got to the front of the line they shut down for the day. No problem that means we get first run in the morning on a fresh course.  Sunday morning we lined up after the drivers meeting, warmed up the engine, cleared for the course and we were off! The lake bed wasn't the best but since it wasn't tore up bay a bunch of cars before me we got 131 mph! not bad but still we want to go faster, duh. A third and final run is set up for this time I decided to run with the front half of the bed cover off, Charlie will like that. Well, with that the only change and out on a soft tore up lake bed again we managed 132 mph. I think we are on the right track. I need to add some weight to the back again and there is still some tuning to be done to the engine, timing and mixture but I think we can manage 140 before the year is out and 150 may just happen at Bonneville. The truck is still accelerating at the end on the 1.3 miles at Elmo. 
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By mctim64 - 12 Years Ago
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We also made it on the T-shirt and poster for 2012, you can read clearly "301ci Ford Y-Block" on the truck. 
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By yfreak57 - 12 Years Ago
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Good job and great pics. Congrats Tim!!!
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By Glen Henderson - 12 Years Ago
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Good going Tim! Can you get your hands on a couple of those T shirts?
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By mctim64 - 12 Years Ago
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Glen Henderson (5/21/2012)
Good going Tim! Can you get your hands on a couple of those T shirts?Anyone can get the shirts or the posters here http://shop.scta-bni.org/ I think the have the new ones up now.
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By yalincoln - 12 Years Ago
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great job tim! if it pulls hard, you might try short shifting?
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By Ketterbros - 12 Years Ago
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Tim, from one silent Y-Blocker, great work, lots of envy and appriciation.. for your accomplishments.. Mesquite, Texas
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By 57 ranchwagon - 12 Years Ago
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Great Job Tim man it feels great when you finally get it going in the right direction.
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By landspeedy - 12 Years Ago
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Tim, Congrats a some good numbers!!!!!!!!!! I am sure you are really looking forward to Bonneville,I know I am. See you there in 83 days,but who's counting........... Keith
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By mctim64 - 12 Years Ago
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Thanks guys for all the kind comments! It's the help and encouragement from everyone on this site that keeps me focused and moving forward.
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By mctim64 - 12 Years Ago
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First run on Sat.
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By Talkwrench - 12 Years Ago
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Now thats koool!! I'm so pi**ed that I will miss out seeing you in July as I will be in Vegas.. Maybe its a good thing as I would be demanding you build me a motor ! Rob.
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By Ted - 12 Years Ago
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Great Job Tim! Thanks for the pics. Not a good as being there but sure helps.
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By mctim64 - 12 Years Ago
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Second run. First thing Sun morning with a new course and cool air. 131 mph
The final and best run is loading to YouTube as we speak. For that run I removed the front part of the bed cover and got 1 more mph on a bad course. When I was editing I thought the engine even sounded better, you be the judge!
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By mctim64 - 12 Years Ago
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Here ya go! I think this was the best run of the day, although the track had gone away by then. Enjoy!
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By yblockpinto312 - 12 Years Ago
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Tim, Jake is one COOOOL truck. Thanks for the birds eye view, almost like being there.
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By aussiebill - 12 Years Ago
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mctim64 (5/22/2012)
Here ya go! I think this was the best run of the day, although the track had gone away by then. Enjoy!bla bla bla ~(8(|) Tim, i know its early days but what is your class record you run in, thank you and good luck.
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By mctim64 - 12 Years Ago
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We're a ways off Bill but we're working on it. 158 mph
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By LordMrFord - 12 Years Ago
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Nice vid! Engine sounds very healthy.
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By glrbird - 12 Years Ago
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I think I found part of the problem of going fast 
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By mctim64 - 12 Years Ago
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Here's a couple better pix of the poster. You can see "301ci Ford Y-Block" clearly.  
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