Motor build has begun...

I dropped off a good core motor at a local machine shop yesterday. I know quite a few people who have had work done at this particular shop so he comes recommended. As a purist, I'm not interested in tweaking each NHRA rule to the extreme. However, I need to make some decent power. I expect the block to check out okay as it showed little scuffing and still had cross hatch visible in every cylinder. You have love efi 5.0 blocks - they are so hard that most of the beating is on the piston. Provided after the tanking everything specs okay I plan to re-use as much as possible. Am I naive - no. Cheap - yes :)

Next post will be shop updates.

My blog is reborn

I used this blogspot for a few years as a teaching resource site for computer science. I always told my students I'd buy lunch for the first student who could explain the significance of my url handle "60foot". Eventually a student did in fact make the connection between my hobby (ie. drag racing addiction) and the label. I believe in starting things right. To me, the tree and the first 60 feet of the racetrack are where most races begin...and end.

Anyhow, this blog is just a fun place for me to log my progress towards building a NHRA legal stock eliminator car that is driven to the track and hopefully consistent enough to go a few rounds. I'm building a M/SA or N/SA 1989 Ford Mustang LX which will require low 13 second ET's. Stop by anytime!