Ok guys, cross your fingers that this rebuilt motor holds together , this is the first night of racing this season. im gonna go give it all the hell i can & see where i end up.

 

probally end up the same place its been....in the garage...in pieces
j/k...maybe

 

Good luck.

 

so how did you do

 

hot laps went good
i started 8th in the heat race, came up to 2nd, then all the lifters collapsed and it lost power so i ended up finishing 3rd.
the feature didnt run because the concession building caught fire and burnt to the ground. and that ended racing for the night. car was fast but the lifters dont seem to wanna stay up. its not floating the valves, its only after the oil gets hot.( like 240-250 oil temp[&:]) water temp isnt goin beyond 220 so its safe.
i definately need to get an oil cooler on that thing.
wasnt there some sort of problem with the stock lifters? i heard PT lifters are better for some reason
i found my axle seal leak is between the seal and the transmission case. easy fix.
i dont have any pics from the track yet but ill post some when i get them.
i need any input on the lifter problem and any way to get more midrange torque outof this motor, cam timing? anything.... i gott have more power around 4500 R's to get off the corner. can i advance just one cam to help keep the topend but give a little more mid?

 

im running a 95 neon acr 4 door on the dirt with a sohc and won my heat and lead thefeature till the last lap and got bumped and ended up 8th. i have plenty of low end and the car handles like a dream hardly any push

 

go to this sight to see my
carwww.scottleemanphotos.com
mine is the green one
my daugthers fiance is running the red one
my buddy is running the purple one

 

racerx55, have you tried running synthetic oil in the neon? Might help with heat. Also the PT valvetrain is stronger than the neons.

 

i run nothing but mobile1 except to break it it.
im gopnna takethe sohc car with me next week and see how it runs.