455- how long. CARNAGE AFTERMATH Well, ol relible finally expired,"Scats" motor gave up last night in the 3rd round of eliminations at Thompson.Sounded a little funny in the burn out box and at the top of 1st gear at the change she coughed and quit,only a few drops of oil,thankfully, and got towed back to the pits. This motor was in "Thumper" many years ago before Scat and had 946 runs on it!!I guess thats not tooo bad.I think longevity was due to the build combo,everything light,put in BME 7" aluminum rods and real light venolia pistons,hyd KB mark 4 cam,easy on the valve train,no girdle or cement,also keeping the rpms down,shifted at 6000 and ran the big end at 6300.it ran a best of 10 teens at BG a few years ago at over 3400 lbs. RIP mighty warrior ,we'll miss ye. gary
Gary it was a good motor and will be missed by many... We've been lucky enough to see you run a few times and were allways thrilled to hear that mill roar. :3gears: D.
R.I.P. Thumper............. :ball: It is a tough loss....but she lived a good life....it will happen to us all some day....Brian E. needs some money im sure.....almost 1,000 runs....im sure he is ready for you to crack open the check book. Glad to hear the fluids stayed put and Scat stayed true to the stripe. :TU:
Al We've got a couple extra bullets layin around ,one will soon rest between the wells. Thumper was my old factory Iron Stage 2 car,maybe I have an old pic laying around somewhere,1970 GS that got destroyed in a towing accident in 91,put the motor in Scat for a while,then put a stonger one in for a few years,when I got the Skyhawk I put that mill in the hawk and the old one back in Scat.Hope theres no damage to the iron stage 2's!!!Dana,thanks for the nice pic. Thanks for all the kind comments,we'll be back running soon,see you all at the BPG. :grin: gary
thats a nice long life Gary.... One Q. - Were the Aluminum rods also the same age ?? did they live that long too ??
Rip Gary Sorry to hear about that, i am sure that it will be no time before "SCAT" is back out on the track and running the same as always. So, does this mean that you are going to have to race the Hawk for a little while now??? Hopefully, within the next couple weeks i should be able to get out there with you guys in my car again. Talk to you soon.
Hey Gary, Sorry to hear about the engine. What let go? We took ours apart this week. We are now 75-80 passes in with this engine and everything looks perfect!!! Later
"Thumper" Gary, what did happen to "Thumper"? Did a rod come loose, crankshaft break, are there any compound fractures you know. Keep us posted your beast is a real crowd pleaser at the track :3gears: :TU: AL.
Sorry to hear Gary... Mine dont last near that long because I'm kinda rough on em..Hope the heads are ok..its good to see a real set of Stage 2's out there. What production run are they from..early or late? The racecar "Thumper"..is it still around or was it the 70 that was damaged in the towing accident...I know I have many pics from the Nats of it...I have to find em and scan em...good luck and i hope your next engine lasts longer...fish
Fish Unfortunately Thumper was totaled in 91,it was a 70 GS,but the lady that ran the stop sign had great insurance and we were well compensated and got to keep the car,parts of Thumper live in many other cars in the area,from fiberglass parts to rear end,body panels,etc.I think the stage2 heads are from the later production run. Al,looks like a rod ,but till I open it up not quite sure.
Scats engine retired. :ball: She defintely was a reliable combination in a lot of cars. I'd like to see her win loss record. Randy
Randy,looking thru our archives this motor was involved in the following successes, Winner 1988 penn-ohio columbus meet Runner up 1992 Q-16 Buick Norwalk event Winner 1998 Q-16 Buick Norwalk event Runner up 1999 Q-16 Buick Norwalk event Runner up 1999 Q-16 GSCA Nationals Runner up 2000 Q-16 Buick Norwalk event Runner up 2000 Q-16 GSCA Nationals Winner 2001 Q-16 GSCA Nationals Winner 2001 Q-8 Buick Mid west Challenge Winner 2001 Q-16 Northeast Buick Cecil Co event Winner 2003 Q-16 Northeast Buick Cecil Co event Winner 2003 Q-8 Buick Mid west challenge Winner 2004 Super Pro BPG Nationals And countless local track wins and runner ups,Damn,I did'nt realize how well this motor has performed!! Thanks for making me do the research,I hope the next one does half as well. gary
WOW!! i hope before i die that i can have a 3rd. of the wins & runner up's you have. Oh by the way, thanks again to Scat running too strong, i was able to get to the semi's at Thompson fri. nite on a lousy light by me! :TU: Randy
Randy,congrats,a "W" is a "W",ya whupped me.It hurts to waste a .508 light though. Wish you could've got to the finals. gary
