Northwest Members - Bad news, Good news

I paid Mike @ Accurate Engines a visit today to pay the balance on my engine rebuild and he gave me some bad news. Seems JE hasn't made my pistons yet that he ordered a month ago. :bang:

And then came some good news. He was talking to a guy about his up-coming full page ad for some car magazines as I was carrying in my intake to show him and he asked if I'd like to have my engine in his ad. Not as good as the whole car but I'll take it..... :D

And then came the other good news, he said he was ordering a different brand piston that would be just as good that would be on their way ASAP. :nod:

Well mark that is some good news. What mag do you know?

Good and bad!

glad they had a fix for you.

and to hear about the publicity

Good and bad!

Luckily I'm not working to a deadline this year like you are Ellis! And I have plenty of stuff to do to the car to keep me busy while I wait for the engine to get completed. Other than the body parts that are welded together, I will have taken this car completely apart & re-assembled it with new parts when I'm done. :eyes:

Luckily I'm not working to a deadline this year like you are Ellis! And I have plenty of stuff to do to the car to keep me busy while I wait for the engine to get completed. Other than the body parts that are welded together, I will have taken this car completely apart & re-assembled it with new parts when I'm done. :eyes:

I feel you there! In this last year and at one time or another removed every single bolt on my car. Literally!

It is worth it as you come down the long stretch. It has been a year since you and I started taking it back apart!

better news then I got... what brand pistons did he end up going with? are they 3k? LOL

It seems like shops in the Seattle area are disliked by JE. I had a similar problem 2 years ago when I was doing some work up there. Got Fedup because I've ordered pistons from JE myself, and have never taken longer then 2 weeks..... Called Schmidt, they had the pistons and an entire shortblock from SCRATCH (With custom JE Pistons no less), DONE in 1 week having NONE of the parts in stock.... I have someone in Yakima to freshen my engines up, but I refuse to have anything built in the Northwest anymore.

What happened Arron?

Oh, and Mark, where's the new Blower :devil:

Luckily I'm not working to a deadline this year like you are Ellis! And I have plenty of stuff to do to the car to keep me busy while I wait for the engine to get completed. Other than the body parts that are welded together, I will have taken this car completely apart & re-assembled it with new parts when I'm done. :eyes:

Thats kinda cool though. You had a trial run with the old car and could see the things you would do different but they were already done and worked fine so there wasnt any motivation to change it. This time you can do all those things the way you wanted to the first time and then some.
Should be interesting seeing the car when you get her all back together. As anal as you were with the old sleigh Im sure there will be alot of little details to check out.

Thats kinda cool though. You had a trial run with the old car and could see the things you would do different but they were already done and worked fine so there wasnt any motivation to change it. This time you can do all those things the way you wanted to the first time and then some.
Should be interesting seeing the car when you get her all back together. As anal as you were with the old sleigh Im sure there will be alot of little details to check out.

Dude that Willys truck......:hump:

That is bad ass..

Dude that Willys truck......:hump:

That is bad ass..

Thanks, I have a ton of time into that thing. It started out as a rusted out but original truck. Then the guy who owns it bought a back halved S10. We put the Willys cab on the S10 frame and I built the bed from scratch (the stake pockets and fenders were store bought). One of these days we''ll get it on a dyno and see how much power that 6-71'd, AFR'd, 355 makes and get it tuned right.

I just sold a 62 willys. 4x4. it was in awesome shap only rust was the bed, and driver side floorboard. It was a fixerupers dream truck..

sorry for the thread highjack. Im done now lol

Oh, and Mark, where's the new Blower :devil:

You're as bad as Elllis....
Thats kinda cool though. You had a trial run with the old car and could see the things you would do different but they were already done and worked fine so there wasnt any motivation to change it. This time you can do all those things the way you wanted to the first time and then some.
Should be interesting seeing the car when you get her all back together. As anal as you were with the old sleigh Im sure there will be alot of little details to check out.

Tis true, and I have upgraded or changed most of the things I /we didn't like. Should be interesting if it all works. I still need to bite the bullet & upgrade to a 10 pt cage....

You're as bad as Elllis....


Tis true, and I have upgraded or changed most of the things I /we didn't like. Should be interesting if it all works. I still need to bite the bullet & upgrade to a 10 pt cage....

i would definately bite that bullit before you get shot with it ;)

Well, that's an explanation for the car... What about that overdue jet airliner?

Hey there is a 10pt in the for sale section..

I know what it feels like to wait for parts :(

Well, that's an explanation for the car... What about that overdue jet airliner?

Geeze, classic right there :lol:

I tend to wonder how many will be running the track this year with a 10 pt cage. We know of two - who is hiding what in the garage? :secret2:

Well, that's an explanation for the car... What about that overdue jet airliner?

Blame Kent, he screwed it up. :devil:

Geeze, classic right there :lol:

I tend to wonder how many will be running the track this year with a 10 pt cage. We know of two - who is hiding what in the garage? :secret2:

There is already 4 that i can think of. Not me though when i get my stuff back together I am going racing and no need to go faster. :D
Robert

10point roll call:
Me
Ellis
Ryan
Husker (when he sees the light)
Kurtis

Yeah yeah, I need to for sure....

I believe Don is upgrading to a 10 pt this year too

10point roll call:
Me
Ellis
Ryan
Husker (when he sees the light)
Kurtis

Me too. Installing the front bars and hoop today.

Me too. Installing the front bars and hoop today.

I need to call Art & place that order....

I need to call Art & place that order....

Give me a buzz before you do. The cage kit that I have is for a fourth gen. I was planning on hacking it up but maybe we could work a deal.

Well, that's an explanation for the car... What about that overdue jet airliner?

All I know is I didnt have anything to do with it. And im getting a little tired of going over there and fixing it. Im not even on that program.

Mark, is the car going to make it to the track this year?

Mark, is the car going to make it to the track this year?

I'm hoping....the dyno in March should tell all.

Me too. Installing the front bars and hoop today.
Don I still need ya to add a bar to my roll bar sometime in the near future. How much lead time do you need to fit me in? Maybe at that time we could talk about a future date for full cage upgrade (using existing 5-point) and how many $$ it would take.
Robert

Don I still need ya to add a bar to my roll bar sometime in the near future. How much lead time do you need to fit me in? Maybe at that time we could talk about a future date for full cage upgrade (using existing 5-point) and how many $$ it would take.
Robert

The only thing that hods me up is having a car on the lift that doesn't roll (like the Deuce is now). Other than that, just about any weekend day. I'll shoot you a PM with my phone #.

If calling Art Morrison ask for Scott, he is a racer and friend of many people on here. His direct phone number is 888-921-9169

MArk the F-bory bars do not fit for crap. Get some costom bent from your nieghbor ;)

Don't necessarily listen to Ellis. :razz:

This one fit pretty damn well for a lowly Morrison bar. ;)

Alot of it is just thinking out what you're doing.

Also It might cost abit more, but you could drop the car off at Redline Racecars in Longview, and he'd do a BEAUTIFUL job, and not need to refinance the car to do it.... Just an idea.

Also want to add that I have no experience with the front half of a 10point from Morrison.

I'll add to that, The front bars fit just fine... I'm installing my Art Morrison cage right now. I'll get some pictures tonight.

Ryan K.

I'll add to that, The front bars fit just fine... I'm installing my Art Morrison cage right now. I'll get some pictures tonight.

Ryan K.

Sweet! All I need is to do is add the front hoop to my existing 6 pt Morrison bar.

I personally hated the way the front bars were going to fit. The ones I have now fit much better ;)

I think we need 4 more opinions and then wait 4 weeks and start a poll to make up Mark's mind! It really doesn't matter since he won't take any weight out of it. ;)

I think we need 4 more opinions and then wait 4 weeks and start a poll to make up Mark's mind! It really doesn't matter since he won't take any weight out of it. ;)

No matter what I do to my car I will be lucky to stay in the top 5 this year. Some of you guys have gotten a LITTLE carried away. :eyes: :D

But I do want to put an 8 pt in it. 1) I want to be safer, and 2) I'd hate to be able to run 9s & NOT be allowed to. :bang: I just hope I can get someone to make the front hoop out of 1 3/4", cuz I don't want to start over (buy a complete cage).

No matter what I do to my car I will be lucky to stay in the top 5 this year. Some of you guys have gotten a LITTLE carried away. :eyes: :D

But I do want to put an 8 pt in it. 1) I want to be safer, and 2) I'd hate to be able to run 9s & NOT be allowed to. :bang: I just hope I can get someone to make the front hoop out of 1 3/4", cuz I don't want to start over (buy a complete cage).

I have a feeling that you'll be top 5 area pretty easily. If you put your beast on a diet, the 9's are at hand for sure. you prob had nines last year if really wanting to push it, and now bigger and badder, so... :nod:

Yea, the safety thing on having a cage is what is really making me think about installing one (having Don do one). The only thing I don't like is having to cut holes in my dash. Not good at resale/trade in time. :bang: You guys don't have to put holes in your dashes do you?
Robert

If you want to be able to get in and out you do...

Yeah yeah, diet diet diet....I could strip it down, slap an F1 on it & probably run 8s, but I don't want to!

The holes in the dash are why I don't yet have an 8 pt cage. And having to move all the stuff around for the bars.....

:doublepuk please dont strip down

:doublepuk please dont strip down

Only pussies need a heater... :funny:

j/k man.

Only pussies need a heater... :funny:

j/k man.

What can I say, I am what I eat. :devil:

And an 8 pt looks like a reality for the TA now. Not looking forward to taking the dash & steering column back out, but I do want the added safety & would be very dissapointed if the car was capable of a 9 sec pass & I wasn't allowed to run it. :bang:

What can I say, I am what I eat. :devil:

I hear ya. :) I came out of the closet years ago.... Yes. I am a lesbian. :nod:

... ok, maybe we should clean this one up LOL.