Yep, Minuteman. Funny thing is that I'm still working with those missiles. They are used as targets for MDA.

We had a great car club there that is still going strong.

When the TQ takes it's nose dive away from the HP curve then it's time to shift or you're just spinning the motor with a diminishing rate of acceleration.
Although with my upgraded Stillen set up I did have improved TQ that stayed to about 6200 which would have theoretically been my optimum shift point.
Didn't get the chance to really test it out though before the motor blew.
Just from 'feeling' the motor that 6200 RPM number was about right.
Ran the motor to 7200 in first and noticed that the rate of acceleration fell off noticeably at 6500.

The Minuteman's have been around a really long time ... '50's ish
Tech School back in the day for them was a year long course at Chanute ...
Dreaded the thought of getting orders for Minot or Thule.
Luckily I was assigned to TAC [England AFB (Alexandria) Louisiana and then on to Nakhon Phanom Thailand.

Both 'warm weather' assignments...though I did spend the winter at Chanute.
Won't ever forget marching the cold and blustery flightline to school every morning bundled up with jacket, jacket liner, gloves, glove liners, X'tra socks and Thermals ... oh - and the Freddy Kruger Face Mask that kept freezing up from my breath and would stick to my lips and eyes.

All 3 of these bases no longer exist

BTW a Minuteman travels at +15,000 mph. Now that is FAST!
I remember those days at Chanute. I was there for about 9 months total.

Glad to know that you are a fellow USAF vet.

60' Time for the Minuteman ???

I was at Chanute Dec 65 thru April 66 ... 54th Sturon [about a block behind the chow hall]
Ended up pulling school KP Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day.
Worked the Clipper and the Coat Room ... [that coat room was KOLD]
I was an Aircraft Electrician.

Thanks for your service !

+1 Good ole SF here lol

And thank you too!

Thanx to both of you for your service!!

Agreed, thank you both for your service!


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Stillen Air to Air setup
 

Just spoke to Pat and he said everything in the trans and converter is 100%. He said there are springs in the converter than sometimes make some noise and just to make sure that wasn't it he is building a new converter for it this afternoon/ Monday morning and will ship it back on Monday. He seemed very sure the trans is perfect so now all I can think is " what the hell could that sound have been?", I have no clue so we will have to wait and see.




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This noise came from what sounded like underneath the car? Have you inspected the flywheel/clutch set?

So many of your posts to this thread fall in a grey area between good news and bad news. I don't know if I am supposed to be happy or upset for you =)

There is a car on the lift right now but we will inspect it again before the trans goes back in. I will check but don't think that is it, the sound didn't follow the engine rpm and flex plate is bolted the the engine so I would expect any sound from it should follow rpm.


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Sending good Karma your way.
If its true that what doesn't kill makes one stronger you'll be SUPERMAN by the end of this.

Or dead! Thanks for good karma!


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The trans was snowed in yesterday but they are shipping it out today, we should be able to restart this nightmare soon.

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to 'like' these posts anymore?:wtf2:

Me either, I'm excited to have it back but it's been a lot less stressful not being able to be disappointed every day!


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When you have your car back driving around the track, pushing 500+, it will have all been worth it.

I miss the track so much, this was a stupid thing to do. I did this to have fun on the track but its just kept me from going to the track. the last time I was on the track was June, I so need this nightmare to end! My friends will be at Homestead Saturday and I will be at home pissed off once again.

It wasn't a stupid thing to do. It just didn't go as planned. Well, it went about as far from "as planned" as possible so I hear your pain.

Had all this gone the other way you would be singing a completely different song though. I really hope you will soon be telling us how awesome your car feels on the track with all of its new found power and glory!!

June is a long time, but just remember us guys stuck here in winter where our cars are perfectly fine but we still cant drive them. And that happens for months of every single year. Its torture walking by it in the garage every day and unable to get in and drive.

That whole concept sucks! I can't imaging dealing with that every year.


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I'm such a Floridian that it took me a moment to process that he couldn't ship my trans because they were snowed in.


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:icon18:

Fixed it:tup:

Well yes, that too! I should have bought stock in Captain Morgan before I started this project, I feel like the people at the store are starting to judge me.


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I just called the owner of 928 Motorsports just to ask if there could be anything wrong inside the supercharger that could be causing my boost problems. He believes it is the belt slipping. Anytime I have ever seen a belt slipping I have always seen belt dust but he said thats not always the case with belts these days. He gave me a few new ideas to test, fingers crossed!

**** 'em. I buy my bourbon by the case. I did the math and I end up getting a bottle to a bottle and a half free. Not like whiskey ever goes bad.

Put on your cog setup. That will eliminate any chance it is slip.

His suggestion was simply to touch it after a pull, if it burns your finger it's slipping. I think I will use a temperature gun instead of burning my fingers. He also said to do one pull then spray it with belt dressing ( only as a test not a fix) and see if the psi goes up.


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get me a video of your belt, grab it and twist it for me.

It needs to be really tight. like really tight lol

Will do, I will try to do it tomorrow. I will be in meetings all afternoon so I can't get up there today.

Ah, SC porn. I get it.

Go back and read the last two post, read them like you don't know what the subject is.

Did either of you guys with the A2A set up run out of room on the tensioner adjustment screw?


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Not me. Evo made his slot longer. I think I have a larger idler pulley so you can do that, or put a bigger jackshaft pulley on.

Much easier to just go bigger idler pulley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-1WSJbcLpk

The guys at the shop shot a video for me.

Yeah mine with the 3 " idler still has around 1/2" more it can be tightened and doesn't quite move that much.

Lol, I couldn't remember why I ordered this but I bet that's why!

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