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Posted by rwalton, 15 August 2010 -

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Well not exactly the race I had hoped for, but not all bad either. It started at Hastings Motorsports Park (MPH) on Wednesday. I unloaded the car, took a warm up lap then on my first full RPM up shift to 3rd the clutch went to the floor. Once I got back into the pits I discovered the fitting which holds the fluid line to the slave cylinder...

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SORC update

Posted by rwalton, 08 August 2010 -

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Here are a couple of pictures of the car all cleaned up with no stickers. You can see the new exhaust coming out the right side. I took a drive around KC today (the car is still street legal) but it would not be a good daily driver. It is fun to drive on the streets but I get tired of every kid thinking they want to race. They think since I'm...

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SORC Update

Posted by rwalton, 06 August 2010 -

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Here is a copy of my dyno runs before the new headers. The runs we did this week were missing sections and had spikes all through the RPM range. There were problems with the software so I didn't even print them. It look like I gained some midrange torque but it hard to tell, but the car sounded great and seemed to run just as good. I got the...

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SORC update

Posted by rwalton, 28 July 2010 -

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Two weeks until I leave for Nebraska here is a quick update.
The car is back together except for the headers, they look great but I'm not sure we are going to have time to coat them. I may just put a coat of paint on them. Now I wish I went with stainless steel. They will be done by the weekend which will leave next week for break-in and dyno....

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World's fastest Contour

Posted by rwalton, 20 July 2010 -

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I know everyone is going to challenge the title, how about "World's Fastest 2.5 NA Contour"?

I thought I would start a blog about my run up to Bonneville. I will be attending the World Finals the first weekend in October. I'm thrilled to have some interest in the Contour because honestly, even my wife says I should have a...

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