71 Duster 360 (new project)

Now that Duster...Saturday...it made 5 passes...with head wind 15-20 mph...car picked up a tenth on each pass as daughter did not like car wiggling as the wind hit it...last pass was 11.44 @ 115..which is about 4 tenths from where it should have been..

so Sunday...1st passes...11.72...WTF...then 2nd time run...as the car goes thru the lights...I see a small puff of smoke...now what..

car get towed back...dam track is going to send me a big bill for the number of times they have towed that duster back to the pits...

water in the oil....

yesterday...start tearing it apart...valve covers off...well everything is where it is suppose to be...take compression test...#3 no compression....I notice that the radiator still has water in it...plus there appears not to be a large amount of water in the oil....optimist is running high...

off comes head...i see that it dinged an exhaust valve...ok ..see why no compression...but why the water...look at head gasket...looks like it is ok...

closer look at #3 cylinder reveal a crack in cylinder wall about 1/2 in long toward the top of the cylinder...I hit remote starter switch to help clear the water out of the cylinders from pulling the head off....BINGO....

#3 piston does not move up and down....seems like it cracked cylinder ...filled up cylinder will water...and water does not compress....breaks SCAT 4340 I beam rod...F-Bomb...

Well...my Demon is still running....let Tonya drive it on Sunday during the points race since I did not sign up to run the points since I will be gone out of town working for the summer...Saturday...I drove it and it ran it fastest time in Vegas at 11.008 @ 118.50 into that head wind...friend with fancy weather station said Head wind was slowing car down just over a tenth...

Sunday with no wind blowing and a 100 lbs lighter driver...1st passed goes 10.80 @ 120+...second pass 10.77 @ 121+.....dial 10.79 in 1st round...runs 10.81...loses close race in the lights...