35th Gary's Picnic---Yanks Weekend

challenger · Post by **challenger** » Sun May 26, 13 7:58 pm

top weekend, shame about the lack of muscle there but i guess with all 3 tracks on the go and brooklands etc we gona loose a few, sat yep lots of hold ups but sunday really got going with the racing, got a new PB 11.95@114mph so well chuffed with that, still a good few mopar lads there and always a pleasure to chew the fat

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Sun May 26, 13 8:02 pm

Good on ya Jim

bet you're like a dog with two cocks

Well done to Lurch, sorry, John, for knocking a whole second off his e.t's and making 10mph at the same time, and thanks to Chris for keepin him quiet

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Sun May 26, 13 8:08 pm

PETTYBIRD wrote:Nice to meet you today Dave and thanks for the above pics, i NEED that Peterbilt! Hope your liitle girl enjoyed having her picture taken in the 'Bird

Don,

Please see Brooklands thread.....Many thanks mate!

Gary........Was good to catch up.....Beers at the Nats next!

Congrats on finally hitting that 11 Jim!

challenger · Post by **challenger** » Sun May 26, 13 8:13 pm

thanks dave its been coming, just took a bit longer than i thought

sublimemike · Post by **sublimemike** » Sun May 26, 13 9:06 pm

Nice one Jim with yer pb. Hope your alternator belt held up for the ride home - Ade - good to see yer.

challenger · Post by **challenger** » Sun May 26, 13 9:09 pm

thanks mate, yeh it did i put the old belt back on and made another pass and came home with it still on

John · Post by **John** » Sun May 26, 13 9:09 pm

Well chuffed for ya Jim

Car looked real good each time mate

challenger · Post by **challenger** » Sun May 26, 13 9:14 pm

JohnS wrote:Well chuffed for ya Jim

Car looked real good each time mate

even better if i could stop it spinning off the line, my velocity stack came off the carb on that last run and half blocked one of the chokes still managed 12.04@113 reckon theres an 11,80 in that motor, great to catch up with you and mick

big block · Post by **big block** » Sun May 26, 13 9:40 pm

Well done Jim, great news.
Sounds like it was a good one

challenger · Post by **challenger** » Sun May 26, 13 9:43 pm

thanks pete, yeh it was good weekend a lot of rice burners there this time but i guess they gota make the numbers up !!

Philth · Post by **Philth** » Mon May 27, 13 8:32 pm

Well done on the 11's Jim

last I saw it run was the 12.04...

Big thanks to Guy and Mary for putting Blue, Jem and myself up in the caravan named Roger (it was whistling, like Roger Whittaker, according to Jem) for a couple of hours on Friday afternoon/evening when it was blowing a storm outside.

Same thanks again to "Roger" for keeping our beers safe and generally being a base for us.

Mary - thanks for the lovely dinner on Saturday, knocked spots of the Carvery idea

- could have been a bit different if you or those Porsches were slightly off-couse though by the sound of it

Mick - little and often with Fajitas, mate.

John S - well done for upholding "Mopar Corner" with yer motah - yup, one of me fav Mopars that is

Roydon - mate, I really am sorry about busting the vent grill in yer van

For some reason this didn't surprise Pete at all...

Blue - good luck mate

Jem - carvery next time, John said he'll drive...

Stu/Gareth - tent? more like a bloody mansion!

Dave 81 - nice to meet ya mate and nice one for Gary's Picnic on Saturday and Brooklands on Sunday.

Other Mick - how'd ya get on?

Laters, Philth.

terryr · Post by **terryr** » Mon May 27, 13 8:40 pm

DaveB wrote:Always end up talking about man love dont you Jon,this is a musclecar forum,think youve got lost again

,,,,

funny , Bananarama! northerers

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Mon May 27, 13 9:01 pm

Will post up more later but here's a couple of tasters

challenger · Post by **challenger** » Mon May 27, 13 9:06 pm

thanks guy

Mick70RR · Post by **Mick70RR** » Mon May 27, 13 9:48 pm

Well done Jim on your first 11 second run, nice to meet up with you yesterday. Everyone I sell parts to seems to run faster than me, you with the 528 cam and Dave with my old Eddy heads. Chris asked me if I had anything else for sale that he could use.

I had three runs with a best of 12.3, then a few lifters started tapping really loud. This is a new cam, Comp XR292HR with Comp hydraulic roller lifters. It happened once before in April when I took the car to Shakeys. Got back to the pits after a run and the engine was tapping really loud. Got the rocker covers off and one lifter had collapsed. Nothing I could do so I put the covers back on and started it up. The tapping stopped after about 15 seconds and it didn't happen again until yesterday. This time two lifters had collapsed. I left the car for half an hour and one pumped up but the other refused. In the end I drove the car slowly 30 miles home.
Got it all stripped down today and the lifters are on the bench. Checked the cam lobes carefully and it looks fine, the lifters look fine and all the rollers turn smoothly and look good. Unfortunately, I cant strip the lifters down because the link bar rivets won't let you remove the piston. I was going to order a set of Morel lifters but now I'm having second thoughts. Not sure what's causing this.