No tracks were oiled in the making of the video
my headers on the other hand did not fare so well

I guess it's time to call Marty for some headers...if you don't have a pile of spares

Cool deal on the XDi ignition, I was wondering if running that along with carbs would work well.

The headers will just need the carbon crust cleaned off, nothing terminal.
The XDi works great, takes the distributor out of the equation and give one hell of a high energy spark, it is amazing how much easier the car starts.

Right unlike T4 guys who loose V covers gaskets....

Only picture from the race.
out in front of my friend's Mustang, we had a great time mixing it up

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That Mustang was one wild ride,,

was moving the car around the other day and took this picture
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Nice Tool Kit

Happy New Year Buddy!

Santa is a bit late this year....you will be Happy....2014 rules

I am just going to have to go to Harbor Freight and get them
Happy New Year T. C.

Happy New Year Jeff!

I have several noses and hoods with the old IMSA stickers and strip so I figured I would take one set and make the car all silver.
...with signal orange wheels!

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THAT is orange!

Pics of them, on the car....please.....

Looks like Santa forgot about me yet again and I have to give my friend back his 3.0L ...so I am just going to put the 3.2L that I have lying around at the shop

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I just pulled the car out of the trailer today (thanks Mark & Mike) and am going to do some more body work. I am pulling the IMSA nose, doors and hood, they will be replaced by new parts so I can store the originals.
Should be able to check the wheels on the car now!

oopsie...whats the time frame ???

I have about a month before the first race

I have one of the extra noses at the shop now and have started to repair it.
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I think it is this nose that was crushed at Watkins Glen in the early '80s
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It's broken in the same place, but from the looks of the damage on the tub, the left side of any bumper that was in place when the damage happened would be pretty badly crushed.

--DD

Today I pulled the 3L and found the source of the oil leak, it was one of the the rocker shaft. No one to blame except but myself
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3.2L is sealed up and ready for fan shroud and carbs!
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3.2L is in the car running and sounds great.
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Had a good outing last weekend but the gears are all wrong so I installed M-S-X 3rd 4th and 5th gears for the next race
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Glenn, good job !! what is the blue wheel machine in the back ground ???

A lehigh SR-2410 wheel straightener

This weekend I took two broken nippondenso high torque starters and made one good starter
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Baby got some new shoes!
Toyo R888s mounted up

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it is going to be a tough crowd at the race this weekend
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Last minute changes to the gears, I checked the gearing spreadsheet and the M gear looks to be too low.
I found a 912 4-speed with A-H-Q-X gears, I used the A , H and X then replaced Q with a P ratio.
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With those wheels you will look faster!

With the new tires you will be faster.

Looking forward to this weekend!

your gonna need the bigger motor against those damn Zcars

The Z-cars are fast but the Manta is the real killer

An Opel Manta ?
More info please.

Hi Rory,
It is a kit car knock-off of the McLaren M6, no weight huge motor.

What's been done to the 3.2? Does it have a Carb Cam? That really opened up my 3.2...

Keep us posted on the Race!

In the off season I found the 3.2L, I just put Webers on and raced it.
It looks like it might need the valve guides replaced so I might change pistons, cams and do some head work at that point.

I didn't want to suggest the Manta kit car because I never heard of one used in any form of racing.
Or on the road.
Or completed.
Or anything.
But....oh, what a beautiful shape !

The video explains how the race went

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9ECu_mFeZ4

in car video, you cannot see the smoke coming in the car but i could smell it.
valve covers came loose again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBLur2uYNlk

Makes me want to get mine on the track. That's bad-ass.

the most fun you can have with your pants...err race suit on

pix of orange wheels
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Glenn's plan to lay down a smokescreen to prevent any cars from overtaking him went terribly wrong!

Where was the oil coming from? I hope nothing internal as the engine sounded strong.

Also, what was the red pole sitting car?

I have had problems with the nyloc nuts on the exhaust valve covers, they are dripping oil right on the headers. I am going to get the machined exhaust valve covers, not nyloc nuts and wrap the headers to fix this...hopefully it will work.

The pole sitter was a Manta, it is a kit car copy of a McLaren M6.

I am going to try the Hargett billet exhaust valve covers, they utilize the 964 style rubber seals. They just arrived and look beautiful!
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Those are really beatiful !!!

Have you thought using cap nuts and copper washers. They could help with leaking studs.

We buy wurth hardware by the box of 50.
New aluminum washers and nuts every race weekend.
Reuseable orange gaskets

I am using metal lock nuts this time, I always use aluminum washers.
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