Found the problem....

Some things are every bit as obvious as they appear to be..

My good friend Mack Reeves in Florida (another Drag Pak owner, and member of the New Hemi Secret Squirrel Club) suggested it from the symptoms, and he was spot on...

The cam pin had sheared, and allowed the cam to shift about a quarter of a turn.

Simple enough, with the cam out of position, the valves hit the pistons, we lost compression, the car wouldn't run.  We were very, very lucky that there was no real damage other than losing the cam pin, and putting us out of the Nationals

But that is racing....................

We also had a problem as our alternator burned up, refusing to charge, and actually providing a load on the engine. In addition, our low voltage wouldn't give us enough cranking power to really begin diagnosing the problem.

The new alternator arrived today, and the new cam went into the engine yesterday. So, one way or another, we are getting the car ready to run again. When, where, and even if, we will run next, is an open question, to be answered here at some point in the future..

We also changed some of the graphics on the car..... It was about time to give credit where credit is due, and the front fenders of the car now, now say; Engine by Keith Lynch!

I made a couple of more changes to the graphics, and will post a picture here soon. The overall look of the car is unchanged, and the car is still emblazened with the name of MEGA MANIAC.

One more thing relative to the car's appearance, the teeth in the front air dam of the car, have become quite an imposing picture. So I am adding even more teeth when I get a chance...but it will probably happen before we run again.

God Bless, and Race Safely!

David