Ordered a new set of springs and they shipped today.
One other thing that came up talking to the Summit tech is that I probably have had times when I let the engine sit for too long without loosening up the rocker arms. This was when I was in the middle of all that sheet metal work. I did crank the car fairly regularly but I probably helped kill my springs doing that.
This does bring up a question I forgot to ask them. On a drag car that is put up over the winter should I be loosening the rocker arms after season is over? This year we never had a closed track and if the weather is good enough that will continue to be the case. Still, if I'm going to set the car up for more than a month or 2 months should I back off the poly locks or what time frame do you start considering doing that if you can't crank up the car and run it for a while?
As soon as my new springs are on I'm headed to the chassis dyno. These are obviously Chevy people from looking at their site so I hope they will allow my Ford to get on the rollers. I'm getting excited. I've never had this set up dyno'd before. Already checked and they can handle open header cars. I probably should go ahead and weld an O2 sensor bung on before I go over there. Forgot to ask that.
One other thing that came up talking to the Summit tech is that I probably have had times when I let the engine sit for too long without loosening up the rocker arms. This was when I was in the middle of all that sheet metal work. I did crank the car fairly regularly but I probably helped kill my springs doing that.
This does bring up a question I forgot to ask them. On a drag car that is put up over the winter should I be loosening the rocker arms after season is over? This year we never had a closed track and if the weather is good enough that will continue to be the case. Still, if I'm going to set the car up for more than a month or 2 months should I back off the poly locks or what time frame do you start considering doing that if you can't crank up the car and run it for a while?
As soon as my new springs are on I'm headed to the chassis dyno. These are obviously Chevy people from looking at their site so I hope they will allow my Ford to get on the rollers. I'm getting excited. I've never had this set up dyno'd before. Already checked and they can handle open header cars. I probably should go ahead and weld an O2 sensor bung on before I go over there. Forgot to ask that.