Just don't give up. I started riding motorcycles then moved to racing motocross when I was 13 and moved to cars when I turned 16. I have been around / involved with drag racing since. I was raising my family so I could only attend or go to the races with others. I started gathering parts for my car in 1997. Bought a set of Track 1 heads, then a crank, rods, pistons, etc...
I bought the car I race now in 2007 as a rolling chassis and built the motor with the parts I had been gathering. My first passes in my own car came July of '07. I made an easy 330' to make sure it was going to go straight and then ran a 10.32 on the next pass. My last pass last year was a 9.54 in the same car, same motor and all.
Take your time and don't get over anxious so that you give up.
Curtis
oldandtired, how did water run out of the carb??? LOL If that is the case you REALLY blew that one up. :lol: :lol: