Fastlane Classic at Hallett 6/1-6/2

[WildBill3]

Sorry to hear of your engine woes Sammy Glad you changed tires good stuff wanted to make the Event since we broke the Rear at Heartland Park ther was no money in the bank for fun Hopefully atrip to RNG in the Fall!!!

[RICK LAKE]

SSSammy Looks like Clois pulled another great event out. I see alot of sun. Sorry for the lost of your friend. Hope Keith can make it all better soon. Sam not to be the bad guy BUT, it's time for drysump. You have upgraded that car to bullet fast. Better tires, rearend, and driver. Will weight to see the pictures but, I think you are pulling too high a "G" in these turns and are loosing oil pressure. Remember that what you see on the gauge is not what is getting to the #4 & #* rods and main bearings. Depending on the block you also might want to ask Keith about adding a oil support to the back of the block from the front supply channel if the block is a top or center oiler block. If you windowed the block it can be fixed. It's done racing. Having a backup bullet is a plus. Gald you and the car are OK and no Oil fires. small side note, if a bearing or bearings are burnt in the bottom end, up the oil pressure to #80 with an HVHP oil pump if you don't go drysump. Rick L.

[SSSammy]

Originally Posted by RICK LAKE

SSSammy Looks like Clois pulled another great event out. I see alot of sun. Sorry for the lost of your friend. Hope Keith can make it all better soon. Sam not to be the bad guy BUT, it's time for drysump. You have upgraded that car to bullet fast. Better tires, rearend, and driver. Will weight to see the pictures but, I think you are pulling too high a "G" in these turns and are loosing oil pressure. Remember that what you see on the gauge is not what is getting to the #4 & #* rods and main bearings. Depending on the block you also might want to ask Keith about adding a oil support to the back of the block from the front supply channel if the block is a top or center oiler block. If you windowed the block it can be fixed. It's done racing. Having a backup bullet is a plus. Gald you and the car are OK and no Oil fires. small side note, if a bearing or bearings are burnt in the bottom end, up the oil pressure to #80 with an HVHP oil pump if you don't go drysump. Rick L.

Hi Rick! Yes, I have a meeting with Keith tomorrow to discuss how to make this motor more robust. I may go dry sump, will discuss with him. Also looking at cheaper fixes as you suggest. It IS a side-oiler block, but we are looking at the second weld job, as you know. I'm guessing a short block will be required

ERA 745 is all in pieces right now. Got the motor on a stand ready to drive it up to Arkansas tomorrow. Sure miss you at these events! You ought to fly down and hang out with us at Run N Gun in Oct

Sam

[wideglidejoe]

SSSammy,

I too lost a FE last weekend (Sat afternoon @ Hallett), it came apart between 6 & 7. I haven't had time to look at it yet, as my son went into the hospital Monday afternoon. He's better now, but I'm still not messing with the car yet, he's higher priority.

I do know that the #3 main cap was laying on the track; one of the cleanup crew brought it to me.

Would you mind posting what you find, so that I can compare when I get around to pulling mine out? Or PM'ing me? I would really appreciate it. From the pieces that were found, I'm sure I'm out for a new block and rotating assemby, just hoping that the heads, dizzy, etc are OK.

Best wishes,
Joe