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That's a lot of water Chas!

I'm at a loss

Is it possible something is causing too much back pressure or excessively high exhaust temps?

That is a valid argument Although from the sound of it Morton is off the gas when he comes up on Brian

No, it's not a formation lap, but these are vintage cars and there is always some courtesy involved in this type of racing. You don't normally start running tight lines until the field stretches out some. He should have know the 46 was on his inside but he took the short line. Every one else got around the stopped car on the inside, many of them two wide. The Daytona actually runs really close to it, could have probably been three wide there. There is really no money in this racing, just adventure and bragging rights. That seems like a silly reason to run so hard you tear up a bunch or historic cars...

Maybe he should stick to music. He is evidently hard on cars!

AC/DC Brian Johnson?

Ok, I don't know the name...

Brian was driving the yellow car or the 46?

So is the yellow car at fault there for not holding the line?

Did you hone the block or bore it? I don't remember. CO's recommendation on measuring at the bottom of the bore might help. Are the bores with in spec? You really need a bore mic to check this. If the bores are with in spec then I would probably move forward.

Whose rings are you running? What is their recommendation for the ring gaps? The FSM and rebuild book are based on older materials. Some of the newer ring alloys might require a different standard?

That's a good price but the red colored stuff on the floor is probably rust. Just saying...

Actually "I suspect" is a nice way of saying I would trust the opinion of the other two members over your observations...

Awww come on, we've got torches and welders and a shoe horn. 526 HP 429 Ft Lbs!!! That could be exciting!

Styrofoam will last about 10 seconds in gasoline and then you will have a little blob of Napalm...

If you can get the fuel tank cheap and it's good, they are pretty desirable for EFI conversions

Looks like someones already done it https://www.lsxmag.com/news/your-chance-to-own-the-worlds-first-flat-plane-crankd-corvette/ Sounds good! I did some other reading on some techy engineer site about secondary vibration. Apparently the Ferrari's run a balancing shaft in their engines. I also believe they keep the stroke on the short side to limit vibration. It's evidently akin to 2 four cylinder engines bolted together but it revs better because of the lighter crankshaft

It might be minimally smoother if you do, but if you are not pushing the boundaries, I suspect you wont be able to tell the difference

The likelihood that the hazard switch was changed in the first 7 years of the car is very low, and JFA is the one and only owner of his car. I suspect the switches are original to these cars

I don't really want the Ferrari V8 but I would like to have a flat plane V8 crank and the necessary cam shafts to make a Chevy 350 or a Ford 302 sound like the Ferrari. It's the flat plane crank that gives it that sound. Would have to custom engineer the crank but the cams would be the biggest issue. Hhmmmm, who do I know with a lathe???

I buy purple power in 2 gallon bottles at Oreilly's or Advanced Auto

Do you deal with Louis? I spoke to him a few months ago

What shop?

Did you plate those at home with Caswell? They look good!