In case you wondered about a teardown....

They are not a whole lot of fun.

You get out all of your tools, and then you realize what tools, you forgot to bring. Usually they are the ones that you used last on the car, just before you loaded it into the trailer....

But once you think you have them all, or before you realize that you don't, the tear down begins with an invitation to a party! Yep, a tear down party.

So, here are some pictures of some of the process:

The engine before we tear into it.

Friends and other interested parties stop by

to encourage, or just to look at the whole process.

The intake and plumbing comes off.....

And the Head comes off...I skipped a few steps but once

 the head comes off, we can also pull the valve lifters.

Her, you can see the pistons clearly marked as NHRA legal,

and below you see the headers which are one of the hardest,

most troublesome things to take off. And the two long things

 above the are what holds the valve lifters down.

Everything gets measured. Here the exhaust runners

are being measured to be sure they are not larger than legal.

And, they are not. Intake runners get the same treatment,

and does the combustion chamber which is measured to make

sure it isn't too small. And once again, it isn't! We are legal.

And the engine gets checked for bore and stroke, and piston

dome height, and then the cam lift is measured,

first the exhaust, then the intake lift. And once again we are legal.

Oh, yes, then wheelbase and front overhang, and rear overhang are measured.

Then we have to put it all back together again and hope that it runs as well as it did before we too it all apart.

So, as you might imagine, there is a bit of mild concern as the switch is pressed, and the engine turns over. Will it start? Will it run like before?  Yep! All good.

Until Next Time... Race Safely, and God Bless!

David