Car gone as roller, now to sell motor, trailer and a ton of spare parts I’ve accumulated over the years.
BB retired

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Originally posted by 57 Vette:

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Originally posted by 1320racer:
Bruce why TMC, never heard of them?

Tony Morris Carburetion out of Winter Garden FL, a former employee at BLP and the GET'M Garage also worked at Under Cover Race Cars to name a few. Builds great carbs, gas or alky. He built my 1250 methanol dominator on my Corvette.

IHRA ACDELCO Canadian Nationals
Top/et Iron man Champion
57 Don Davis Corvette Super Gas roadster
SDPC Race Shop 582 Head Hunter on Methanol

A guy I did engines, trans & pitted with for a few seasons, likes work'n with Tony. Wherever Tony goes, he goes. Starting BLP. He won Div 2 S/Pro 2019 with a Tony Morris gas carb, I'm sure.

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Originally posted by BarneyB:
Car gone as roller, now to sell motor, trailer and a ton of spare parts I’ve accumulated over the years.
BB retired

That was quick Barney. Guess you weren't kidding.

Wishing Mr. B a happy retirement. I use to love your Polara back in the day. You have undoubtedly contributed much to the sport and wish you the best. Sorry to see you hang it up.

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Originally posted by 1320racer:
Bruce why TMC, never heard of them?

Tony and I have been friends for years. He drove my car for three seasons. We talked about this carb on the way up to get my trailer.

got it

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Originally posted by BarneyB:
Car gone as roller, now to sell motor, trailer and a ton of spare parts I’ve accumulated over the years.
BB retired

surprised. Was this planned to be your last season?

Hoping to....

Mount front end, hood and scoop
New seat window net
Mount racepak
New tail lights
Finish up wiring
New tires
Paint
Little odds and ends here and there

I should've just built a new car lol. Its taken me five years to get to this point. Only thing old on the car is the body and chassis

On my S-10:

- Water pump
- Intake
- Headers
- Ignition box
- Wiring
- Fuel lines
- Axles
- Freshen trans
- U-joints
- Delay box

That's all I can think of right now. Other than an engine swap a few months ago, the truck hasn't been touched since I built it in 2013. I plan to hit the road and go to some bigger races next year, so it's time to give it some love and put some better parts on it.

Since the original topic was, what are you changing for the 2020/2021 season. Here is my short list of items for (hopefully) the 2021 season.

Xceldyne Elite Series belt drive
New valve springs
New front Hoosier tires
New Wilwood brakes, all four corners
Ceramic spindle bearings (A Christmas present from me to me)
New spherical plain bearings for the front end
New aluminum driveshaft
New 1350 universal joints
New Mark Williams billet slip joint.
New heim ends, everywhere
New MSD 7AL-3 (Red) ignition box
New trailer tires
New trailer brakes
New Motor home refrigerator
New Motor home AC

I need this pandemic "Lock-Down" crap to end before I go broke buying stuff for the race car, trailer and motor home.

Bob

Broke a rod in the blower motor last race.
572 inj with B1 heads going to dyno this week
freshen trans
send converter (bolt together 8") to FTI after dyno session
4.30 rear gear to replace 3.90's for 573
new set of M/T bubbas
body work and paint 3 panels that were damaged on last trip
thorough cleaning

Dave

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Originally posted by 1320racer:
got it

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Originally posted by BarneyB:
Car gone as roller, now to sell motor, trailer and a ton of spare parts I’ve accumulated over the years.
BB retired

surprised. Was this planned to be your last season?

Yes sir, been kicking it around for the last couple years. Just wanted to make sure I could do it without regret and I did.
Was good talking to you this past summer and best of luck to you and Kyle.

Getting a trans after NY, and then get it wrapped.

Thanks Barney, you too.

Pull the car cover off, put a new master cylinder in to try to fix the soft brake pedal "thing".
Only 47 runs on it after finishing it three weeks from end of season. 1 -1/4 final. one semi-final and a Box win. I am liking the new S10 !!
Jok
Trailer Toads can prevent damaging your coach, we are the only "zero tongue weight" hitch, period.

-Finish bodywork (almost there)
-Get car painted (looking for someone to do this)
-re-wire car and install MSD 7720 (already have 7730 paired with a digital 6)
-Upgrade nitrous
-Make new rear panels for interior
-Paint roll cage
-New carpet throughout
-New slicks (going from 28x10 to 30x9 I think, not sure what will fit under the new quarters so will have to see)
-New rear wheels (tired of the clearance issues I have now with my street lites)
-New belts
-Retire and probably sell open trailer and get enclosed trailer tagged and updated for 2021

I need to get started to get it all done.

lets get some before and after photos posted

Well my 2020/2021 is a rebuild of the 509. Last race 5.754,5.756 then 3rd 5.80 got lucky 4th rd 5.90 all out lost 4 mph. But hey it still runs and all the parts are still in the block. Pulled it out the the trailer today and its full of nice sparkly glitter...

Now what to do fix it and leave it a 509? Or step it up a bit to a 565 or something.. Was an original Reher Morris motor that i bought use from Bruce Guertin who post here. 19 years old and still kicking...

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Originally posted by Tom R: install MSD 7720 (already have 7730 paired with a digital 6)

Excellent upgrade from Digital 6. Now 7730 has complete control.

New double bead locks.
New rear tires.
Have lifters rebuilt.
New (to me) throttle stop.

That’s it, try to drive the stripe better!

Vern, you forgot to say electric.

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Originally posted by RacerVX54:
Now what to do fix it and leave it a 509? Or step it up a bit to a 565 or something.. Was an original Reher Morris motor that i bought use from Bruce Guertin who post here. 19 years old and still kicking...

Brian, My vote is to fix it, you obviously have been happy with it's performance for 2 decades.