New Season Approaching

With the passing on winter and an early spring it is easy to turn attention to racing. In the mail today I received the new SIR promotional package with posters and schedules. It is great to see the track reaching out to Division 6 racers with their $5000 big buck jackpot scheduled for August 7th. I plan to register for the race although I need to figure out some strategy for how a slow foot-braker can compete with a delay box car. It will be exciting to see what cars and drivers decide to tow to Saskatchewan for the race.

Over the last few months I've been talking with several efi mustang class racers and have regained a lot more hope that a street car may be able to get under the class index. It just means some more work and creativity to be competitive. So, I've made a few changes to keep moving forward. The power steering has been bypassed, a properly designed exhaust system is currently being shipped, rear suspension has been stiffened, AOD valve body has been tweaked for firmer 2-3 shift, and I'm working on locating a set of skinny front wheels and tires. All these simply changes combined with an aggressive tune should drop the ET to 13.80's. Although this is near a half a second off the index it is a huge leap from the 15.80's the car initially ran in 2003 (especially when you consider that the car still only makes the same 22o horsepower). More updates and pics to come soon.