More pics from Tim

Tech inspection line today (Tim said they did inspection yesterday to avoid this)

Some scenic beauty on the salt

And here is the Competion

Tim said this was a bit of a "Money is no object" kinda truck so there would be no shame in not beating him, But if they did it would be a victory for low-buck, home builders (and Y-Blockers) everywhere..

Dustin

Southern Oregon Y's Guy

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who"teched" the ladies?

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

now frank i know you want that job but you might have to give up columbus to go to bonneville & give them a tech inspection be warned though next year it might be my turn !

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Any news on how the boys ran at B'ville?

I talked to Charlie saturday night. He said they wore the lobes off the camshaft. They were putting an old camshaft in without changing lifters. Called last night, no answer.

  Dennis in Lititz PA

Charlie just called a little bit ago. Truck ran slower, he said Tim will have to fill us all in.

  Dennis in Lititz PA

Well I'm back home now.  Sorry to say we had a bit of bad luck with the cam and we did not run as well as we would have liked, worse yet the record is now been bumped  to 127+ and is owned by a scrub .  I will say this the guy that took the record was a real nice guy and we talked quite a bit, he even showed me the details of his engine.  There was a bunch of money thrown at it and our "shade tree" budget engine just couldn't compete, although for all the high dollar chebbie parts his best pass was only 4 mph better than Charlies best.  I was on the phone with Ted and John on the way home and I think we are gonna take off the gloves and get that record back.  We'll do better next time.

Oh, and Dennis the other cam was a new one on old lifters and ran almost exactly the same speed, the slower pass was the next one and I think it was a timing change that did that or the cam was just eating itself up.  The reason for installing a new cam on old lifters is I wasn't going home without trying, it would have made for a great story if it had worked.

   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

Great effort!

I don't agree with it being "shade tree." I haven't met a shade tree mechanic with a full service machine shop at his disposal. That work is expensive if you don't own the machinery.


Lawrenceville, GA

Is there an award for tenacious effort, that's the spirit, well done.

Great effort guy's, a few questions here though, Have you come to a conclusion on why it was eating lobe's? spring pressures on ramps? oil starvation in that area? etc.

2nd, what combination did the scrub use to fall under the 260CI class, that is what you are in isn't it? didn't they start at 265ci v8's, did they de-stroke or de-bore (start with an aftermarket unbored block and bore to smaller size)

Just curious, I am sure with the help of some of the other guru's out here you will have it back next year.

Keep up the good work.

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?