In our first Saturday morning run at the ECTA Maxton June 2010 event, our hot rod 2 liter TR7 ran 119.894 mph on the ECTA’s one mile course. The new full race Tr7 engine bested our previous best of 111.715 mph by over 8 mph! I short-shifted the engine and was easy on the throttle through the gears.
Hopes were high that we could tune the car into the high 120s. We made a quick driver change and put Tony Chiles behind the wheel. Amazingly, the car slowed to 105 mph. Tony diagnosed an engine bearing failure and our weekend focus turned to our “J” gas Crosley pickup.
