Took Flipper on back on the Track on Monday for a Gasoline Alley Test Day. I started by driving the car slowly again, as I did on Friday, keeping the revs under 5500RPM for the first session. Drove for 20 laps on track that was a little wet in spots. Oil pressure and engine temperature stayed good.
Took the car after lunch for another 20 laps, this time up-shifting at 5900RPM and avoiding being past 6000RPM most of the time. Again, engine oil pressure and temperature were fine.
Finished with another 20 laps, this time allowing the car to rev up to 6500RPM, never hitting the rev limiter. I noticed the oil pressure creeping ever so slightly down by 1-2 PSI, with a minimum pressure of 49PSI. Under full acceleration, oil pressure what 52-54 PSI and seemed good. Engine seemed good again.
The track was slow, or I was slow and only lapped low 1:32s/high 1:31s Temperature and humidity was very high (>90F) and this might be why. Put 60 laps on the car and this is a very encouraging step forward.
At least I was consistent, as shown below:
I fell like the car is running. Planning to have the oil replace for this coming weekend (from breaking-in Dino oil to synthetic) and hoping that RP gets a chance to dyne the car again. It was Dyno'ed at 113.2HP before driving the car on Friday and Monday. The old engine was producing 111.1HP, so it is a small improvement.
