Our Local Tire Store Is Always A Hoot!!

Posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 by Roger

Going to our local tire store is always a hoot!! Today Pam took our 1987 S10 Blazer down to have the winter tires on wheels installed, and to rotate the rear tires to the front and the fun began….

First, the “technician” attempted to unlock the truck with the alarm key, of course that wouldn’t work given that there is no such key fob system on a ’87 Blazer. Pam had to tell him to use the door key!

Next, Pam had to remind him to move the rear tires to the front despite the fact it was on the work order.

Next is even better, on the tire quotes they gave us for next Spring, they included pricing for replacing the TPMS valve stems for the tire pressure monitoring system that once again, a ’87 Blazer does NOT nor ever had!! (The tire pressure monitoring system was not mandated in the U.S. until the 2007 model year).

Apparently techs today need to take a course in working on older vehicles! Thus endeth the lesson…

Roger

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2020 Winter Progress Report

Posted on Friday, December 11, 2020 by Roger

As reported earlier, Chris has been working hard on upgrading a Yamaha golf cart for the team’s use in 2021.

See Golf Cart For 2021 for pictures and updates on the golf cart.

We’re also working together to install a spool in Paul’s Mustang prior to the 2021 season. He is using 31-spline Moser axles with a limited-slip differential and we are looking to improve his 60′ times with an upgrade to a spool. When we get the 3rd member apart, we’ll also replace the pinion seal and if it has a crush sleeve, we’ll replace that with a pinion bearing spacer & shims. We’ll have more updates as we move forward!

Updates on Paul’s Moser Ford 9“

December 21, 2020:

We got the differential torn apart, tightened the pinion bearing preload .003″ (it did have a bearing spacer, not a crush sleeve which was good), ordered the new Moser 3.062″ bore case 31-spline spool and bearings, ring gear bolts, new pinion seal and differential gasket and gear lube. Paul is running 4.11 gears in his Mustang. 

Paul’s Moser 9″ Ford waiting for 31-spline spool

December 28, 2020:

Today Pam and I got Paul’s center section and used 4.11 gears cleaned up for reassembly when the new spool and parts arrive, thanks honey! – Roger

 

February 20, 2021:

We finally got Paul’s center-section back together with his old 4.11 gears. Nice to have it done! Chris & Paul will also be changing his dual-plane intake manifold to a single-plane intake to help the top end! – Roger

Paul’s 9″ Ford with new 31-spline spool & bearings

Paul’s new single-plane manifold for 2021

February 27, 2021:

Today Chris & Paul got the rear end back in the Mustang, and installed the new single-plane intake manifold!!  Good job guys, the Mustang should be ready for the 2021 season!- Roger

‘57 Clutch Management:

I’ve also been pouring over clutch data since the initial runs with the 372 SBC in our ’57 since March 2019 when we recorded a 1.405 60′. With the lowering of transmission gear ratios and less static and centrifugal pressure in our Ram clutch today, I can see possible improvement by raising the launch RPM for 2021 to improve our 60′ times from testing in 2020 to take advantage of the centrifugal assist on a tight track. Chris will be back behind the wheel of our ’57 in 2021 under a limited schedule as COVID border restrictions are still impacting the BC SuperShifters 2021 schedule. 

We’re still waiting on 4th gear with a new pro-shift ring from Liberty’s Gears to get our backup pro-shifted Doug-Nash 5-speed back together, they have employees out that have taken ill and we wish them a speedy and full recovery! 2020 has been rough on many businesses! – Roger

Updated January 12, 2021:

Our back-up Doug-Nash is now back together with the new 4th gear shift ring, new 3-4 slider and new 1-2 & 3-4 shift arms for the Long shifter. – Roger

Back-up Doug-Nash with new 4th gear shift ring & new 3-4 slider

Back-up Doug-Nash with Long shifter

A note on the Doug-Nash transmission, it was way before its time!! Today Liberty Gears offers a much upgraded LSC Transmission that is clearly based on the early Doug-Nash with modern gear and face-plating technology plus four bearings on the mainshaft! The G-Force GF-5R is also a variant of the Doug-Nash transmission!

Liberty’s LSC-5100 Transmission

Updated March 12, 2021:

Today Pam and I got the Jesel shaft rockers on the ’57 and filled the cooling system. Ready to warm-up to change the oil & filter! – Roger

Updated March 14, 2021:

We got the ’57 fired today for 2021, changed the oil & filter, inspected the old filter, scoped the ignition and some other electrical checks. Thanks to Chris, Paul & Pam for their help! – Roger

See our ’57 2020 Winter Checklist

We’ll be updating here as we move forward! Happy Holidays to all! – Roger 

 

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Golf Cart for 2021

Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2020 by Roger

Chris has been working on a used, Yamaha golf cart that he, Paul, Torri & Mel purchased for the team. Chris has repainted it, added a light kit and USB charger, tow hook and will be adding a rear seat!

Peyten!

Tow Hook

Chris got the new rear seat installed!

 

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Breaking In Your Clutch

Posted on Friday, November 6, 2020 by Roger

Primarily for street and street/strip cars:

THE IMPORTANCE OF CLUTCH BREAK IN EXPLAINED – Ram Clutches – October 29, 2020

 

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Face-plated Doug-Nash Now In Our ’57

Posted on Saturday, September 5, 2020 by Roger

September 5, 2020:

Today we got the face-plated Doug-Nash 5-speed that we’ve been working on this summer in our ’57, fired it up and it shifts like glass on jack stands. However, the shifter would not stay in adjustment and we finally found a worn 3-4 shift lever which was moving and replaced it.

The Long shifters are an engineering marvel but are very sensitive to proper adjustment to function properly! Video below on how minimum movement in the linkage can cause major shifter issues.

Face-plated unit at top,
Old pro-shifted unit bottom

 

Prior to firing we checked all the valve spring pressures in the 372 and they are like new!

My thanks to Chris & Paul who did all the heavy lifting today, job well done guys!! I just looked at our old pro-shifted Doug-Nash unit, it needs the shift ring replaced on 4th and a new 3-4 slider. Not bad considering!! It will be a solid backup transmission for 2021. – Roger

Destroyed 4th gear side of 3-4 slider out of our pro-shifted Doug-Nash (Popped out of 4th on last hit)

 

Worn 4th gear shift ring. Liberty’s Gears will weld a new one on the gear.

Back-up Doug-Nash with new 4th gear shift ring & new 3-4 slider

Back-up Doug-Nash with Long shifter assembled

Face-plated Doug-Nash with Long shifter

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Misty supervising the transmission swap, our pit dog!!

 

An important notice from Liberty’s Gears:

“Pro shifting and face plating eliminate the need to worry about missed shifts. This is made possible by removing the stock synchronizers and opening up the engagement window for faster, higher RPM shifting.

“Initially, the cost of face plating is slightly more than pro shifting, but in the long run you will find that face plating is more cost effective due to less wear on engagement components.

“With Pro Shifting, the shift lugs engage on the inside of the slider and as the pro rings wear from normal use, they burr up and require dressing, deburring and/or replacement to maintain smooth shifting.

“With face plating, the engagement lugs are on the face of the slider which will not allow them to burr up and require maintenance. The design of the face plate shift lugs have more contact area which makes them substantially more durable, so longevity is increased dramatically and there is virtually no chance of them popping out of gear.

“Pro shifting and face plating do NOT make your transmission clutchless. The shock load of shifting without the clutch will cause severe damage to your transmission.”

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New Look For Our Edwards & Young Site

Posted on Thursday, September 3, 2020 by Roger

September 3, 2020:

Due to a recent mandatory WordPress core update, I was forced to change the theme to activate the comments on this blog. It is a more simple look but the site is once again fully functional. 

Roger Young – Edwards & Young Racing

 

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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly 2020!

Posted on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 by Roger

A little video humor from our racing team – Roger

 

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August 29th & 30th 2020 Post Race Report

Posted on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 by Paul

Hello Race Fans!

This past weekend Paul took his ’85 Mustang out racing at “The Place To Race” Pacific Raceways for a Swift Tools sponsored bracket race on a lovely Saturday & on Sunday for the Gamblers race.

He made it to the 2nd rd in Pro on Saturday before losing in a tight race to the 2020 Sportsman Craig Smith by taking the stripe by .002 but breaking out against his dial-in.  Huge congrats to Craig for winning the championship on the last day!  

Sunday started off well with 3 runs of 11.589, 11.592 & 11.581 during qualifying.  He dialed 11.60 for the 1st rd and went 11.62 but got absolutely snookered on the tree by a fast motorcycle rider whom had a .013 rt and went 9.46 on his 9.44 dial-in so didn’t leave any wiggle room to get by him to move onto the next round.

We are all extremely happy about how the car ran this year as it was flawless. 

It was nice seeing everyone out at the track this weekend.  Good luck to all of our fellow racers whom are racing at the ET Finals in Boise, GO PACIFIC RACEWAYS PIRATES!  

Big thanks again to our sponsor Handan Trailer Repair and thanks to Brian Lawrence – Swift Tools for all you do for us racers.  Thank you to my family as without their support I wouldn’t be able to race. – Paul

 

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Torri & Paul at Swift Tools Race – August 22nd 2020

Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 by Paul

Hello Race Fans!

This past weekend we had 2 cars racing at “The Place To Race” Pacific Raceways for a Swift Tools sponsored bracket race on a lovely Saturday afternoon going into the evening.

Torri was driving her ’66 Pontiac Tempest and Paul was driving his ’85 Mustang, both in Pro bracket class.

They both had a really solid day as both cars were running great and the drivers were doing their jobs too.

Torri made it all the way to the 4th rd before just barely going red by .006 to the eventual race winner Jake Biscay in his Nova. She made a personal best 10.877 @ 120.77 [time slip below] which is also the quickest & fastest pass for her car. We are all extremely proud of how great the car is running and way to go Torri for doing a good job driving!

Paul made it to the 3rd rd before running into #1 Brian McGinnis and in a tight race took the loss by .0021 as both drivers had good lights and ran close to their dial-in.

As always, it is fun being out at the track seeing our friends and fellow racers as it we was once again a very nice day out.

Big thanks again to our sponsor Handan Trailer Repair and thanks to Brian Lawrence – Swift Tools for all you do for us racers. Thank you to our family as without their support we wouldn’t be able to race. – Paul

Torri’s record run on August 22, 2020 at Swift Tools Race at Pacific Raceways!

 

 

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Finally, our ’57 hits the track! – August 19th 2020

Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2020 by Roger

August 19, 2020:

We had BIG plans for our ’57 going into the 2020 season, and after 2019 we made the decision to put Chris behind the wheel. Over the winter I freshened our old Doug-Nash transmission and installed lower input gears to lower gears 1-4 to accelerate the car harder to the 1/8th mile. We also adjusted our Ram clutch from data we collected in 2019 removing some counterweight from the three levers. 

New 23-33 lower input gears, high-reverse slider & high gear pro-shift ring from Liberty’s Gears for 2020

 

In preparation for 2020, we also purchased a pair of Doug-Nash transmissions from Don McClure to give us some added depth in December 2019, one of which is a face-plated Liberty’s Gears unit which will ultimately become our primary transmission. This transmission being out of a Ford would require a new input shaft and input retainer/collar for our use in the Chevy, but the costs were reasonable from Liberty’s. Just recently I got the transmission fully assembled with the necessary changes. Now I’m waiting on the shift rods from Long to make it a complete unit with an extra pistol-grip shifter Don included in the purchase!

Completed face-plated Doug-Nash 5-speed with new input shaft and GM front bearing retainer/collar

 

In February excited about the 2020 season, I got the Jesel rocker arms back on the car for testing in April and then the pandemic hit which scuttled our plans. In April, Chris fired off the car and ran it thru the gears to get him familiar with the cockpit. We also changed the steering wheel to give him more room in the ’57. Finally on July 1, we took the car out to Pacific Raceways for a test & tune only to get rained out prior to any runs after Chris had warmed-up the car. Needless to say we were disappointed, but we were still hoping the BC Super Shifters would be able to run their race here at PR in August, but extended border closures scuttled that race also. The racing gods were not cooperating!!

Paul, Chris & Pam before the rain came on July 1st!!

 

Not giving up to the pandemic, we went out on August 19th to have some fun at the track at Pacific Raceways to give Chris seat time in the old buggy at a Test & Tune! Pam and I have been staying close to home since early March, so it was especially nice to get out with Chris & Paul at the track on a warm, but beautiful day!

Chris opened with a 11.137 @ 125.72 MPH at 2509 density altitude. The atmospheric conditions did not improve much thru the evening in the low performance air as a low-pressure front was moving in.

His 2nd hit improved with a 10.946 @ 127.17 MPH, he was starting to get the rhythm!

His 3rd hit, Chris put it all together with a very respectable 10.671 @ 127.23 MPH! This was a solid run given the poor density altitude, baro, and air density! We’re very proud of Chris!!

His 4th hit was aborted when the transmission popped out of 4th, but the launch and 2nd gear were rather spectacular as the starting line was in GREAT shape!! Thanks to the entire crew at Pacific Raceways for excellent track prep and keeping us all safe!! I had a GREAT time watching my son behind the wheel and my profound thanks to Paul for helping me crew the car & Pam who captured the following video from this fun outing! And our profound thanks to Handan Trailer Repair for their continued friendship and support! – Roger

Video capture of that last launch:

Slow-motion video of Chris’ 10.67 hit:

Post script, August 21, 2020:

I’m enjoying this crew chief gig of our ’57. I’ve been pouring over the Racepak data from Wednesday, reading sparkplugs and can be more objective about the data not driving, and seeing room for improvement in little places here and there. It takes me back to my line chief duties in Vietnam on Scout helicopters, where I could make objective decisions without the emotions. Don’t be surprised in good air next year if Chris rips off a low 10.20 or better with the face-plated Doug-Nash 5-speed with a tad lower gear ratios in it. Despite the fact the air was very poor on Wednesday night, the data shows we made the correct decisions lowering clutch counterweight and running lower 1-4 gear ratios in the transmission. We’re still learning with each hit and why I love this sport after 50-years!! – Roger

August 26, 2020:

The shorter shift rods showed up today from Long and the face-plated Doug-Nash is ready to go in the car! – Roger

Face-plated Doug-Nash with Long shifter

 

 

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Post Race Report – August 9th 2020

Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2020 by Paul

Hello Race Fans!

This past weekend we had 2 cars racing at “The Place To Race” Pacific Raceways for a Swift Tools sponsored bracket race.

Chris was driving Torri’s ’66 Pontiac Tempest and Paul was driving his ’85 Mustang, both in Pro bracket.

We only got 1 qualifying pass, Chris went 11.07 and Paul went 11.62 respectively.

Chris dialed 11.00 for the 1st rd and got the win running 11.01 as had a nice light to go along with his close run against his dial-in.

Paul dialed 11.61 for the 1st rd and ran 11.608 but was tardy against always tough Brian McGinnis so took the loss.

Chris dialed 11.00 for the 2nd rd and in a double breakout race he lost a tight one running 10.98 on his dial-in. The car is running superb and on this pass had the best 60 ft ever of 1.480 which is badass for a street driven naturally aspirated footbrake car! Chris says he had a blast!

It is always fun being out at the track seeing our friends and fellow racers as it was once again a very nice day out.

Big thanks again to our sponsor Handan Trailer Repair and thanks to Brian Lawrence – Swift Tools for all you do for us racers.  Thank you to our family as without their support we wouldn’t be able to race. – Paul Young

 

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The History of NHRA ProStock, 1970-2019

Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2020 by Roger

An excellent pictorial history of Pro Stock by NHRA that is available on Amazon. From the very beginning of the category featuring small-block, 4-speeds to today’s very high-tech race cars with 500 cubic-inch, fuel-injected engines you’ll enjoy this colorful publication if you are a fan of the factory hot rods and the legends of the sport! – Roger

The History of NHRA Pro Stock 1970-2019

 

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