Category Archives: Discussions

2017 Winter Progress Reports

Posted on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 by Roger

Originally posted on September 23 — Updated April 14, 2018: We’ll be discussing our plans for the 2018 season on this page throughout the off-season. Watch this video on YouTube TENTATIVE Pacific Raceways Schedule as of 12/8/2017: See more … Continue reading →

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Last Lap – Dale Earnhardt Jr

Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2017 by Roger

I picked this up today for my grandson, Isaak, who is a BIG Junior fan and loves NASCAR. Full of articles on Junior including those when he was young with his father, this is a special retirement tribute by Sports … Continue reading →

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10,000+ RPM Dart LS Next Pro Stock Engine

Posted on Friday, October 6, 2017 by Roger

This is absolutely wild! See the entire article and dyno pull video courtesy of EngineLabs at the link here! 1160 horsepower from 400 cubes naturally aspirated with more yet to come from this Aussie Pro Stock motor! – Roger Watch this … Continue reading →

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Clutch Testing – August 26th 2017 – Pacific Raceways

Posted on Monday, August 28, 2017 by Roger

Chevy! August 26th 2017: This was our first time out with the new Ram clutch and I will admit there was some anxiety on my part. Did we have our initial settings reasonably close [980 base pressure, 4.3 … Continue reading →

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New Ram Clutch in Store for our ’57 in 2018

Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2017 by Roger

Since 2014 we have had breakage taking our ’57 out of races which we must address. It is clear that our older style Ram clutch with only static pressure adjustment and a very aggressive 6-paddle disc is no longer suited … Continue reading →

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What Does the Future Bring?

Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2017 by Roger

Our first post on this Edwards & Young blog was on February 10, 2009 and the subject was; “What Was Your First ride?” And I started our original racing website in 1999, which is still in archive format here. Since … Continue reading →

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Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks!

Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 by Roger

An excellent job by John and his team in the Service Dept. of Burien Chevrolet! A week earlier we had the original battery replaced in our recently purchased Certified, Pre-owned 2013 Chevy Traverse. After the battery was replaced I noticed … Continue reading →

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Just Wondering…

Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 by Roger

December 13, 2016: Over the years I’ve had a great sense of satisfaction building and designing our engines, maintaining the old Doug-Nash 5-speed, and setting up our own rear gears. Of course I’ve relied on machine shops to do the … Continue reading →

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David Reher: Oil Is Everything

Posted on Thursday, September 1, 2016 by Roger

A good article by David Reher on oil issues and broken rods as it appeared in NHRA’s National Dragster. This season, several of our racing friends have broken rods. The common factor I have seen in their pictures is a … Continue reading →

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Discussing Our Clutch Set-up and Quickest Pass to Date

Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 by Roger

Watch this video on YouTube With stick cars, they run their quickest when they spin the rear tires a couple of revolutions on the hit as we did on this run. When it dead hooks it looks impressive but you … Continue reading →

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A look at the RAM single disc sintered iron clutch system

Posted on Friday, June 24, 2016 by Roger

A good look at the new Ram clutch which we have considered for future use in our ’57. [Note, we did install this new Ram clutch in the ’57 in late 2017] Our current Ram clutch does not use centrifugal … Continue reading →