T-Shirts here http://yblockguy.com/yblocksell.htm

Enjoy!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwJjzLgd1Kc

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Thanks for the sticker idea.  We should work on that.  Perhaps even the Y-Blocks Forever plaques.  I will PM you to discuss it. 

We have been selling "Burns Brothers Racing" t-shirts,  but we need to get the cost down a little to be able to sell them on-line.  If it were me, I wouldn't pay over $20 for a shirt and after shipping there just wouldn't be enough profit left.  We are currently out and there are some design tweeks and an update on the records being made.

Seppo, I sent you a PM...................Thanks guys

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

MoonShadow, this is for you. Don't know if this is Y powered but sure looks fine .

About that under the car shielding. All the new Mercedes Benz cars ( and all the rest too ) have plastic shields under the car to improve aerodynamics and to make them more silent. Fuel effiency gets better and better and all this reduces pollution. How green are we?

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
www.hollowheads.net (just click the hole in the head to proceed)

PS social security dosen't provide much in the way of sponsorship funds. Although we could talk about doing some decals or bumper stickers to peddle along the way? That I can work on.

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Thanks for the tip on cleaning up the undercarriage.  That is something I never thought about.  I have a good mental image of the bottom of the truck and I'm going over it now.  I don't see anything major, however, like you said, every little bit helps an you bet I will be under it tomorrow looking for anything that can be eliminated.

That is a great testament for using belly pans.  That was the first thing Seppo from Finland had suggested.  Too bad they are outlawed in the pickup classes.

Very interesting about the 62 unibody (I have not run into him).  (Did you see that Charlie M?  By the way Charlie, the record for D/PP at Maxton is 120.000, set in April, 2006 and they are liberal on the safety rules for that speed, I don't think they even require a roll cage or 5-point harness, but better ask).

If the unibody is in D/PP he must be running a 292 as the cubic inch limit for "D" is 305.99.  If you run into him in your home state of Washington, invite him to log on and share with us.

I know what you mean about gear ratios.  I started with 3.25 (what a rookie!), then worked my way through 3.73, 3.89 skipped 4.11 and went to 4.33 and finally found the sweet spot.  Tire changes has fine tuned the final drive ratio from there.  When I tell people about the 4.33's, they get a scrunched up look on their face.  That little 258 just needs a lot of breathing room.  If I had four or five hundred hp, it would be a different story.

For anyone reading this that has not read all the threads, Roy is a MOPAR man and the current record holder in the class I run in (E/PP).  As you can see, people on the salt (just like the Y-Block forum group) will do whatever they can to help a fellow racer, even in the same class.

I see you read that 2009 will be the last season for the truck.  It will be turned out to pasture (back on the streets).  It was a street rod for over 20 years and I believe it has another 20 in er' (question is, do I?).  After the truck, I will run a sedan.  It is very difficult to stay focused on the current season coming up when my mind wanders to what we want to accomplish in the next life for the Y-Block.

Dreamin' isn't bad, I join dreamers like Seppo, Paul, Charlie M, Reed, Alan, Chuck, Tim, (you too Roy) and with enough hard work, perseverance and dogged determination, who knows what we can come up with (oh yes, a sponsor or two would be nice) (Social Security only goes so far).

Thanks again Roy,

   

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com