Edwards & Young Racing – Seattle & Kent, WA.

Remember, this is a TENTATIVE schedule and subject to change at any time. Courtesy of Pacific Raceways

Updated tentative schedule as of January 26th, 2015:

NOTICE: The August 29th Race Has Been Cancelled!

Mike Gardner photo 2014

January 4th, 2014:

Today Chris and Paul removed the transmission and have the engine nearly ready to pull from the car. Chris intends to have both transmissions gone through and we’ll tear the motor down to freshen after 199 hits and also do some upgrades to the fuel delivery system.

We’ll be updating this page as we move forward, including the comment section below. – Roger

February 8th, 2015:

Today with Chris and Paul we got the 406 out of Chris’ Chevelle and torn completely down. Except for the high leakdown in #8 cylinder of 28% (poor ring seal), the rest of the engine was in tremendous condition. Bearings, piston skirts look like new!

I’m very impressed with that Dart Little M block. Other than some small shadows in the cylinder walls, I don’t see any core shift, and the lifters with the taller bores look fantastic!  – Roger

February 28th, 2015:

Today Chris and I got the heads torn down and checked all the valve springs on our Rimac bench tester. All, except two springs, were in excellent condition at 275# on the seat and 750# open. We’ll be replacing the two that had dropped to 260# while we are going through the motor.

Next the block goes out to DG Machine to have the block honed with torque plates and have the valves ground. There is nothing evident in the engine that would account for the inconsistent runs last year which gets back to issues with the transmissions. – Roger

March 24th, 2015: 

Yesterday Chris picked up the block and heads from DG Machine. Today I assembled the heads with new intake seals. We’ll start assembling the block in the near future – Roger

Assembled Brodix head. Titanium retainers, 10-degree locks, 1.550″ PacAlloy springs. 275# seat pressure.

March 28th, 2015:

Today Chris and I were checking all the clearances on the 406, since we didn’t get any real specifics from Shafiroff that machined/assembled the original short block. We also ordered a new set of main bearings as the lower half on the #4 main was flaking the top coating. So we’ve opted to wait for the arrival of new main bearings. – Roger

March 30, 2015:

While waiting on the main bearings, Chris began file-fitting the new rings for the 406 today. – Roger

Chris filing & checking ring end gaps

March 31, 2015:

Today we got the new main bearings polished and installed the Callies crank after checking main bearing clearance and thrust clearance with a new FelPro rear main seal. We also installed the new Jesel Timing Belt and checked camshaft thrust clearance.

Next we’ll file-fit the four remaining cylinders and begin installing rod/piston assemblies. Making good progress! – Roger

Installing the Callies Crank

New Jesel Timing Belt installed

April 1, 2015:

Today Chris and I got four piston/rod assemblies installed in the 406. When we have the rods resized at the next overhaul, we’ll open the rod side clearance. – Roger

406 Wiseco pistons and 6″ Manley rods

Bottom end of 406

Four pistons installed

April 2, 2015:

Today we got the last four pistons in, clayed the valves with 1.6 rockers (we’re using 1.6 rockers on the exhausts this time around, were 1.5’s), installed the balancer. – Roger

April 4, 2015:

Today we got the 406 fully assembled, leak-down tested, and primed ready for install in the Chevelle.

And after I left this afternoon, Chris got the engine resting in the Chevelle this afternoon! – Roger

2015 406 Build Sheet

406 valve train, 1.6 rockers on exhausts, 1.5 rockers on intakes. New roller lifters

Crane pressurized roller lifters for tall lifter bores in the Dart Little M block with open valley.

Completed 406, primed and ready to install

April 11, 2015:

Today we installed the new floats in the Dominator, installed the carb and primed. Just the transmission remaining!

April 18, 2015:

This past week Chris got our old A-1 TH400 out to Dirty Dan’s Trans and we learned that unit, except for the shafts and planetary section, is a complete loss.

He then took our last transmission out to Dan and learned that it is in reasonable condition except that an assembly error was applying high gear all the time. Therefore while going down the strip high gear was dragging all the time, which gets back to what our data and engine inspections were telling us, that the problem with the car being inconsistent and slow was in the transmission as we had concluded!

We should have the transmission back and ready to install next week. – Roger

April 23, 2015:

Today Chris got the transmission in the car, we fired it up, set the timing and ran the transmission through the gears and checked the trans brake. She’s ready for the strip! – Roger

As of December 30th 2014, I have moved our Tech Tips section from our original racing site to here on our blog. If you access the old page location it will automatically transfer you to the new page here.

You can also access these articles from our main menu above below the header.  Have a good New Year! – Roger

Videos are an important part of your racing program, especially with a car that can be tempermental to hook. We use the videos that Pam takes as a tuning aid: