Great visit with Bernt and Marie from Sweeden.  He has a 56 Victoria and a 64 Galaxie.  We talked Y-Blocks and FEs, and he did a good job understanding all the piping in the turbo system on the race car.  I thought he would help me turn a few wrenches to finish up the head gasket change, but there was too much to talk about for a couple of days before they had to be off to Europe.  Safe trip my friends...........





Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Yes, speed was down by 10 mph.  Working on the problem.  See you there.


Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Sounds like the old girl felt neglected during the long winter. Did you have any problems on the second pass or slow down some? Sounds a bit aggravating but nothing that's a show stopper. Looks like I'll be heading out there again this year. See you on the salt. Chuck

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

Hi, Chuck,

No changes to the drive train. I would like to take the record back in this class and then move on to the stroker motor next year.  We ran a high of 154 but our record was moved up to 159 by a friendly competor.  I believe this set up has a promising 165 still in it. 
With all the moving, yesterday was the first time I have been able to start the engine since Bonneville 2016.  A few surprises awaited me.  I lost a crossover pipe gasket losing a great deal of boost.  Next the number two cylinder lost both push rods as the adjusters vibrated almost all the way out.  The push rods were not bent, but were wedged deep in the holes.  However,  the most serious problem was water gushing out of the radiator.  After consulting with Tim McMaster, I'm now in the process of removing the head after compression tests all around.  Hopefully it is just a blown head gasket.


Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Any changes in the driveline department?

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

With the move to Grants Pass pretty much complete, it is time to get ready for the 2017 Bonneville Speedweek.  First is a door repair.  Too bad the only casualty in the whole move was to the race car.


Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

The move to Grants Pass was a success, well, almost.  The only casualty was the driver's door on the race car



It's just metal and can be fixed.  We are now waiting for the house and the new race car shop to be finished. 


Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Congrats Charlie. Lotta work, you're part of Bonneville history now.



Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

As Charlie said "sooner or later" and it is sooner. The results on the Scta-Bni website shows Charlie's record has been bumped up by 10. We only "rent " these, some for a short time and some for a bit longer.

To give you an idea how fast this blown engine class( E/ Blown modified) is the full size pickup, not a mid-mini as Charlie's, is 225 mph and most of the non-blown records are in the 180's.
Charlie's hard work it to be congratulated as it is not an easy task to build anything to run on the salt and the expense to do it.

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Nice job Charlie and crew. The hard work pays off.

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