WCBF10 Sat (Admin edit for general WCBF pics page 2)

[willwren]

Saturday we all got up early to hit the track for time trials, followed by pizza and awards. I have half of my track videos posted to my youtube account. http://www.youtube.com/user/myfirstbonnie#p/a. More to come.

[1fatcat]

I thought you popped your engine?

[tpulliam79]

thanks matt

[willwren]

I thought you popped your engine?

One of 'em. He has 2 Bonnevilles and a Suburban here, but the other dark 2k SSEi you see is our bracket winner, Keven (BoiseGTP). He has a GTP, Regal GS, and a 2k SSEi.

Currently working on a leaky axle seal on the left rear of Paul's Firebird.

[1fatcat]

Oh, I didn't realize he brought extras, thats good. If you guys have any questions on the seal replacement, let me know.

[BonneMe]

So now it's standard faire to bring multiple vehicles to WCBF just to have spares when one lets go?

Geez the luck you guys have out there..

[willwren]

Oh, I didn't realize he brought extras, thats good. If you guys have any questions on the seal replacement, let me know.

They're custom setups. No problem though, I went to work and cut 4 new gaskets with a laser.

[willwren]

John and Matt headed back to WA, Keven, Ray, and Anjelica headed out to ID.

The crowd is shrinking. Haven't seen Jordan yet today, but Paul and Laura are still here, as well as Matt, Wendy, and the girls, plus the 5 of us.

Firebird back together, we may tinker at disconnecting the smoked 2k when the shade hits the driveway later. Supposed to be close to 100° later today.

[SingsCountry1967]

As bummed as I was for not being there with you guys, we were partying along with you back here in the East... my son's going away party... keg stands will now be integrated in the meets I attend...

[WhiteArrow3800]

LMAO! Yeahh Tracy!

[2000Silverbullet]

LOL that is so funny Tracy.

The track day was awesome. We gathered and left on time at about 6:30am.
The surprise when we got to the track was Jarod showing up.

My first time trial was against Zilla. The leaky rear diff seal had totally soaked my left rear brake shoes which made it impossible for me to brake torque higher than 1200 rpm. I rolled into a red light right off the bat.

All my runs were disappointing due to a limiting problem when I was in 3 rd gear at 90 mph. It was like a rev limiter was coming on and the power would drop and hold me at no more than 95 mph stuttering the last 330 ft.
My reaction times rocked though. All below .050 with two at .001 and .004 and my final in elimination agaist Keven was a red light at -.001
I tried for the perfect light and I wasn't going to roll over just to let a Bonneville win. He won it fair and square.

More on the resolution to my problems in a minute.

My best run was 13.98 at 93 mph..............stuttering for the last couple of seconds at 93 mph thru the trap.

If I let up on the throttle, it would keep accelerating slowly and one run I trapped at 96 mph.
Something was definitely awry.

MattVag discovered it while we were waiting for Bill to arrive with the laser cut axle bearing gaskets.
Years ago I converted the rear axle with a C-Clip eliminator kit c/w Strange HD axles. The huge roller bearing sit outside the axle against the brake plate, so if an axle breaks the wheel/axle don't come off.

I was only running on the two little primary barrels of the Quadrajet carb. The choke tab was locking out the huge secondary throttle plates from ever opening.
I'm confident now that this is a low 13 sec at well over 100 mph Bird.

We pulled the axle assembly, cleaned up the oil and sealed it up good. I'm ready to rock and roll now!!!!!!


The award ceremony Saturday night was awesome and capped with a little presentation of my own.
Ya should have been here Tracy.
I asked Bill to burn the vid but he says he's gonna use it as blackmail.
I blame it on the Napa wine and Rogue ale mix.

We are busy downloading pics and vids. More to come later.
It's almost 100F now so we are trying to chill with more beer and copious amounts of water.

Bill and Tyler and Jordan are having an elastic band war.
I am completely unarmed and bare chested........already took two nipple hits.

[Boss455]

Keven just bailed out into the exit to where he lives and we're safely home! Thanks for everything WCBF10 crew! It was as awesome as ever and I wished I was there for he first 5! I'm planning on being back next year and can't wait!

[VBCSpangler]

For the record: Paul's Firebird has vanquished my Z28 this year. When we went head to head, he pulled off that 13.98 run against my 14.18 run! You got me Paul!

[2000CadillacSTS]

And he didn't even have all four barrels open

[1fatcat]

You know that 4 barrel lock-out activates when the engine is cold. I'm not saying they were or were not working durring the runs, but a 13 second car on two primary barrels...WOW!

[willwren]

I can vouch for them not working. I was beside him when it started bucking, stuttering, and popping. I was coming down the return road on my second pass when he went by doing it again.

After inspecting the carb, it quickly became obvious what the cause was, and confirmed that was the problem. It was impossible for the secondaries to open at all. Oddly enough, the electric choke works fine. The problem was the lockout tab, and has a temporary fix in place.

It's safe to say the 'bird would have nailed a low 13 at the least, possibly even a high 12 had the secondaries opened when they should. There's a significant size difference between the primaries and secondaries on the QJ.

[SuperSLE]

I got home as well. Thanks for everyone's help especially Matt and Bill, and then Clint, Ken, and Dustin back at Clint's house getting it loaded up to take it home.

Here was my best pass before carnage (left lane):

[driverjohn2005]

Pics from Sat:

[Water 97SSEi]

Oh nice a Hybrid, it burns gas and rubber!

[1fatcat]