Good weekend with good folks!

cool40 wrote:

dr's wife racing wrote:

cool40 wrote:Thanks everyone for the kind words. It was probably the best time I've had at any race even though I didn't win anything and had trouble. I wouldn't have made the last attempt without the help of 61coon! He hunted up a tow vehicle while Blake helped me get it ready to go and not sure who loaned it to us but thank you!  I made 5 passes all together, 4.99 three times in a row,5.04 lifted early,and 4.99 without water that's from midday to midnight!

Thank you for not saying who you lifted early on. But some of us know. Lol.
Buy the time I ran you my car had 9 whle pass's on it. I expected to have a few bugs. That front limiter that was hung up threw Me a loop.
It ran good sat. Went 5.68 at 124 on foot brake motor only. I dialed it back to 5.70s it was very consists at that.
Note to self. 2x4's , 3.55 gear, TIGHT nos converter is not the way to go for a foot brake car. My leg still hurts from holding the brake.

you have all the pieces to go fast when it's all sorted out and I'm sure you'll get it! I'd like to thank David Cole for giving me every opportunity to stay in the race. He knew I had to dump the water out so he didn't mess around on the starting line.

David Cole is the genuine article, guys. He and Ward were both there to do their part and then some. When I had what I thought was a t-brake solenoid problem, I went searching for a replacement. David said he had one at home and wished me luck. Sometime later (while he was in the middle of going rounds in the heads up race) he remembered that he had one in his trailer. Busy as he was, he dropped what he was doing, grabbed the solenoid and hurried way down to my pit and then back to his car.....the man was still thinking about my petty ass problem.

I won't forget it, Dave.

514Fox87 wrote:Lee it was great meeting you.  What a deadly consistent car!  Hopefully it isn't hurt very bad.  I had a great time even though I've yet to win a round in KY.  But I will say I had the ride of my life Fri. night one I hope never to experience again.  Luckily I only have bent header tubes, busted starter and high gear clutches in the two speed.   I forget who said it but the clutches in my trans probably burnt up from no oil.  It was all in the tail shaft.  

we all lived through it and cars can be fixed! Hope to see you next year

We had a great time.   A few oops and Blake had me get a start retard out of the car and then Lee gave me some good advice on starting the car and had no other problems except flooding the car before the first round of heads up eliminations.  

Good meeting friends and meeting those on here putting a face with the avatars.

Thanks to Wes and his hard working daughter who can also wheel a race car.

514Fox87 wrote:Lee it was great meeting you.  What a deadly consistent car!  Hopefully it isn't hurt very bad.  I had a great time even though I've yet to win a round in KY.  But I will say I had the ride of my life Fri. night one I hope never to experience again.  Luckily I only have bent header tubes, busted starter and high gear clutches in the two speed.   I forget who said it but the clutches in my trans probably burnt up from no oil.  It was all in the tail shaft.  

Just about when you get your car tamed at the starting line ... something else goes wrong

Melvin, you have a bullet there, if you get the chance to use it.

514Fox87 wrote:Lee it was great meeting you.  What a deadly consistent car!  Hopefully it isn't hurt very bad.  I had a great time even though I've yet to win a round in KY.  But I will say I had the ride of my life Fri. night one I hope never to experience again.  Luckily I only have bent header tubes, busted starter and high gear clutches in the two speed.   I forget who said it but the clutches in my trans probably burnt up from no oil.  It was all in the tail shaft.  

Lol right here buddy................. and thanks for letting drive that bad boy, it has to be the baddest:shock: 466 I have ever sat my tail in.

That little engine pulls like a freight train from the hit till you dump the throttle.

cool40 wrote:Thanks everyone for the kind words. It was probably the best time I've had at any race even though I didn't win anything and had trouble. I wouldn't have made the last attempt without the help of 61coon! He hunted up a tow vehicle while Blake helped me get it ready to go and not sure who loaned it to us but thank you!  I made 5 passes all together, 4.99 three times in a row,5.04 lifted early,and 4.99 without water that's from midday to midnight!

You're welcome... Wife says it's her ATV but I get to use it more LOL

Good to see everyone again and looking forward to our next get together.

Damon, here's hoping your trans fared better than mine. I had to use 2 rolling jacks to get it off the trailer.

Kim,

Ouch... Sorry to hear. We rolled mine out of the trailer when we got home Saturday. Hopefully I can get it apart in the next few weeks.

D. Sea wrote:

cool40 wrote:Thanks everyone for the kind words. It was probably the best time I've had at any race even though I didn't win anything and had trouble. I wouldn't have made the last attempt without the help of 61coon! He hunted up a tow vehicle while Blake helped me get it ready to go and not sure who loaned it to us but thank you!  I made 5 passes all together, 4.99 three times in a row,5.04 lifted early,and 4.99 without water that's from midday to midnight!

You're welcome...  Wife says it's her ATV but I get to use it more LOL

Good to see everyone again and looking forward to our next get together.

Hey Damon ... I remember a time at a past Bash where you and car unintentionally reached for the sky like Melvin did this past weekend.
It was good to see you there again; (and thank Tracie one more time for that late coffee).

rmcomprandy wrote:

D. Sea wrote:

cool40 wrote:Thanks everyone for the kind words. It was probably the best time I've had at any race even though I didn't win anything and had trouble. I wouldn't have made the last attempt without the help of 61coon! He hunted up a tow vehicle while Blake helped me get it ready to go and not sure who loaned it to us but thank you!  I made 5 passes all together, 4.99 three times in a row,5.04 lifted early,and 4.99 without water that's from midday to midnight!

You're welcome...  Wife says it's her ATV but I get to use it more LOL

Good to see everyone again and looking forward to our next get together.

Hey Damon ... I remember a time at a past Bash where you and car unintentionally reached for the sky like Melvin did this past weekend.
It was good to see you there again; (and thank Tracie one more time for that late coffee).

Yes.... That was an interesting ride LOL. Tracy says you are more than welcome for the coffee.

Sorry I missed it again

Ward wouldn't give me updates cause he said I should have been there

gmsmkr wrote:Sorry I missed it again

Ward  wouldn't give me updates cause he said I should have been there

Yep. We talked about it.....decided to keep you in the dark so you'd learn your lesson.

I got results on the MRI of my knee today! torn meniscus? Surgery next Friday unfortunately but I am getting pretty tired of hopping around on it. It's like a tooth ache,hurts most at noght?

cool40 wrote:I got results on the MRI of my knee today! torn meniscus? Surgery next Friday unfortunately but I am getting pretty tired of hopping around on it. It's like a tooth ache,hurts most at noght?

Hope all goes well.

GWS Lee...Where are the Pics?

FalconEh wrote:GWS Lee...Where are the Pics?

Here is how the gasket came off with the intake..... :

That would explain water squirting out of the number 5 spark plug hole

That would explain water squirting out of the number 5 spark plug hole

Now if you could just get it to run a good number twice in a row.

Or three times or four times................

cool40 wrote:

FalconEh wrote:GWS Lee...Where are the Pics?

   

Smart Ass.. I meant pics of the Bash

I couldn't resist! I have a few passes videoed but I'm ashamed to say I didn't take but one pic,the KFM 58 was parked when I walked by and that hood scoop was just bad assed! maybe someone took a few? This was a qualifying pass. https://youtu.be/ye9kKqvCczk

That's more like it After watching/ listening to it for the 4th time I had to give it the thumbs up, you and Wes were hauling ass, and the shut down looks kinda short, but there was no laundry dumped

FalconEh wrote:That's more like it After watching/ listening to it for the 4th time I had to give it the thumbs up, you and Wes were hauling ass, and the shut down looks kinda short, but there was no laundry dumped

i had enough room to stop without the chute. It takes a little while to cool the brakes off afterwards but the chute is a pia! if I was towing back I wouldn't mind as much.