Here is the DUMB ASS MOVE OF THE WEEK!! At BG race we discovered that the manifold had bent after the last explosion and was leaking fuel from a little of everywhere , so I welded a couple spots and remachined all the surfaces and O-ringed the top plate. I had a bathroom towel laying in the manifold plenium while I messed with the O-ring. The blower , hat ,fuel lines ,pucktank , etc weighs about 150# , so I had my wife help me set the blower on!! Somehow I managed to forget to remove the towel!! It started up and sounded perfect until I hit the throttle and that 1471 shoved a blast of air in the plenium. Pics tell the rest of the story. Yes one end of the towel went through the intake valve ,down into the cylinder and back out the exhaust valve
Needless to say it was a complete cluster f*** to get it back out. I mean it was wedged in there. Finally on the second day we got it out and unbelievebly it didnt hurt anything . Lucky!! Its loaded and were heading for Muncie this afternoon. Mike
Needless to say it was a complete cluster f*** to get it back out. I mean it was wedged in there. Finally on the second day we got it out and unbelievebly it didnt hurt anything . Lucky!! Its loaded and were heading for Muncie this afternoon. Mike