http://www.stinner.com/racing Home of the NHRA Stock Eliminator P/SA 1983 Ford Thunderbird Heritage Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:43:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Right now, the block is at Weston Machine being bored to match the CP Pistons I ordered and honed smooth. The heads are also there to get a 3-angle valve job and to be milled to match the minimum cc volume allowed by NHRA. Once that's done and ... http://www.stinner.com/racing/2007/06/28/block-bored-honed/ I had to order a new engine block from Summit Racing Equipment because the one I had for the last 7 years is M.I.A. http://www.stinner.com/racing/2007/06/23/new-engine-block/ The crankshaft finally came in over the weekend. Now it's only a matter a time before the engine is complete. http://www.stinner.com/racing/2007/06/18/finally-the-crank-is-in/ I decided to go to Old Bridge Township Raceway Park today and go drag racing. They gave out a copy of the track's newspaper which I read while waiting to race. One of the news snippets caught my attention: As we go to press, the news is breaking from ... http://www.stinner.com/racing/2007/04/01/april-fools/ Eric Medlen, driver of the Castrol Syntec Ford Mustang Funny Car for John Force Racing, passed away yesterday from injuries suffered when his race car crashed into a guardwall during a Monday test session at Gainesville Raceway. He never regained consciousness. He was 33. You can read ... http://www.stinner.com/racing/2007/03/24/eric-medlen-1973-2007/ I'm a big fan of NHRA PowerADE Drag Racing but there are a few improvements I'd like to see done for the fans. They are, in no particular order: 1) Broadcast qualifying at the same time every race weekend. Qualifying now is shown anywhere between 5pm and 1am. ... http://www.stinner.com/racing/2007/03/17/some-things-id-like-to-see-nhra-do-for-the-fans/ We're not getting the crank from World Products anymore since they don't sell them individually. Now we're getting a crank from another company and I don't know when it'll be in. http://www.stinner.com/racing/2007/01/29/still-waiting-on-the-crank/ We just ordered the crankshaft from World Products. It should be here in about 2 weeks. http://www.stinner.com/racing/2006/11/24/crank-ordered/ The CP Pistons I ordered over two weeks ago have finally arrived. UPS delivered them at 7 P.M. tonight. As soon as I get the crankshaft, I can send everything to Weston Machine to be balanced. http://www.stinner.com/racing/2006/11/13/pistons-finally-arrived/ I ordered the pistons for the race engine from CP Pistons. They're part number F14-CP. Once they come in, I'll drop them off at Weston Machine to be pressed onto the Eagle connecting rods and have the block bored and honed to fit the pistons. http://www.stinner.com/racing/2006/10/27/pistons-on-the-way/