Re: Mikey’s WILLYS

by mikey on Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:41 am

Towed the car to Tom Blakes house on Thursday, checked over the electronics, and found a lot of things not working, looks like wiring problems. The rev limiter does work, and that’s important. We both towed to Bradenton and each made some passes, really doing the test and tune. Tom just changed the converter in his car, and was experimenting with different launch RPMs and shift points. Car runs in the very low 11s right now, 11.30 to 40, and should see the 10s real soon. I was able to make two passes, my first down a 1/4 mile in over 30 yrs, jeez, seems like forever. First pass was a foot brake pass, I screwed up with the trans brake. Ran 11.31, and was very easy on the car. Funny, after running on the 1/8 mile a few times, that 1/4 sure looks long. Second pass was much better, used the trans brake, launched at 4500, short shifted it, but made a decent run, 10.82. I’m really pleased with my progress so far, and I think the car will be really fast when I get my stuff together. Oh, also met Toms wife Mary, also a racer, and a good one with several wins in different cars, even a wheel standing roadster. Tom needs to post some pics of those cars. Met his son-in-law Dennis, very nice guy, excellent spotter. See’s things and notices stuff that you sometimes don’t think about, very nice guy and a big help to me all day. I had a great time, and met some really nice people, it does not get better than that. Thanks Tom, Mary, and Dennis, you guys were great. …………………Mikey