Tim, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Stay safe, my friend...

NOW GO KICK SOME SCRUB BUTT!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Nice progress. Instead of thrashing to get the LSR truck ready you're able to take care of some of the support details. Must be fun getting ready for a second go 'round with all you've learned. Good luck!

Marc

'54 Merc ragtop

Pt Townsend, WA   

                                                                                                                                   

There is a great looking old time gas station near you. It is on North Van Ness Ave in Fresno about 3 blocks north of Vassar Ave. It is on the Nat Reg of historic buildings as the first gas station in Freno. It is still a working garage and they have pumps out front but they don't pump gas there any more

Doug T

The Highlands, Louisville, Ky.

Hey Tim,

On the way watch for one of those old tyme gas stations. It would make a great setting for your rig with race car in tow. Definitely a flash back to the 60's. Black and white would be something. Enjoy the salt and keep us updated. Your cab is probably crowded with all of us that are living vicariously through you. 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

Looks good Tim. Good luck at Speedweek.

Kenny  Onalaska, Texas

Got a lot done this weekend prepairing for Speedweek! I'm feeling really good about this!

Chase/Tow truck; new cruise control, wired for new trailer, charged A/C, lubed chassis and u-joints and topped off all fluids. Truck feel ready to go!



Race Truck; re-torqued heads, checked valves, charged battery, heat cycled engine (ran it till 180* reved it to 7k sounds eager and angry ;-)) washed it and aired tires to desired pressure.

 

bla bla

   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

Now that got my blood pumping.......

See ya in a few weeks.   Keith

its not how fast you go, its how you go fast.

I installed an O2 sensor and a A/F ratio gauge, gotta keep up on mixture with how quickly the DA changes. I also installed some Dzus buttons to hold the bed cover down.

   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

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   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

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. We made the t-shirt and poster too!

   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