Black Pig - 3931 - Ron Wilson PINKS ALL OUT

[R2]

My wife and I went to Bristol Tn to see Ron,(firefighter3931),,and cheer him on at PINKS ALL OUT.  One week ago,,,the "pig" did not have a motor in it,,,and he has been thrashing all week to make this event.  Also,,,he had over a 14 hour drive from Ottawa Ontario to Bristol Tn for the event.
New suspension , new fuel system, cooling system, new convertor, new motor, etc,,,,all had to be done before the car was ready.
He told me he finished everything 1-2 days before leaving home,,,and really didnt get a chance to test the car,,,,let alone run it down the track.
His car is awesome,,,,VERY clean,,,and well done, lots of attention to detail on this car.
Took some photos for everyone to see,,,,and hopefully he will chime in when he gets home tomorrow.....

Bristol was a great venue,,,really nice race track....



Rear shot of the car,,,,note new fuel sump on a "stock" tank,,,full exhaust,,,,he also plummed in some cut outs,,,next to the "X" pipe,,,very trick,,,,sounds awesome uncorked....



Driving around in the pits,,,,,,,,,



Taking off at the "tree"



"gremlin" issues,,,(he can go into more detail),,but the car kept blowing fuse's everytime,,,,and would knock out all the gauges,,,,,ended up being a bad reverse light,,,,,









MOTOR shot,,,,572..............



Ron and pic of my wife......she was telling him to adjust the flux capacitor...lol



Heading up to the tree for a run.............



My Wife and Ron's car..............

[R2]

Ron and Mark ( who runs a 69 Roadrunner turbo,,,9 sec ride )



Ron and the wife



Rons car and one of his biggest fans,,,,,Mopar hat, emblem, and Black Pig shirt,,,,Very cool..........

[Finn]

Was wondering how this went, thanks for posting! Looks like fun.

[Brass]

Very cool - thanks for sending along some photos.  I'm sure many here have been anxiously awaiting updates!

[FLG]

Looks great!

Cant wait to hear the rest 

[mikesbbody]

Looks great!

Cant wait to hear the rest 

X2! good luck Ron! 

[tan top]

Looks great!

Cant wait to hear the rest 

X2! good luck Ron! 

     thanks for sharing the pictures & info on whats been happening!! looking forward to hearing more 

[Tilar]

Man I wish I had remembered that, I've been needing a weekend away that didn't take me north east.   

Looks like it was a great event. 

[bull]

Cool. Thanks for the pics R2.

[chargergirl]

Will be great to see in action! The car is beautiful!

[mikepmcs]

Ron's a god!

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Hmmm...some night time runs as well

How far did ya go Ron?? 

[bakerhillpins]

 


  Rear quarter is covered in tire bits. 

[FlatbackFanatic]

very cool!! great pics!

[vancamp]

very cool pics of a great looking car

[Roger 68 charger]

Nice Car!!!

Great Pics

[71ChallengeHer]

Great pics. Now, how did Ron do ? 

[XS29J8]

Congrats Ron, hope you did well! Your 68 Charger is AWESOME, can't wait for the episode to air...........



Steve

[bakerhillpins]

Does anyone know when it will air? It will be on Speed TV correct? If so Ill have to wait for it to hit the net as I don't have speed.

[maxwellwedge]

Very, very cool Ron - Well done!

[charger_fan_4ever]

Niceeeeee car Ron. Didn't realize Ron was in Ottawa.

[moparstuart]

 

[firefighter3931]

Thanks for posting the pics Doug and more importantly thanks for making the trip out.  It's allways great to see you and Terri 

It was a good experience but the drive home was looooong !! I loaded up sunday morning and hit the road at 10am and pulled into my driveway at 1:30 am. Total distance was just shy of 900 miles (one way) 

As Doug explained at the beginning of this thread we had some gremlins and growing pains to deal with. It was a mad thrash to just make it and unfortunately i didn't have time to test & tune the car before loading up. Sometimes the game of "life" just reaks havoc on all our fun so unfortunately the car had to take a back seat to more important things.

The good news is that i didn't break anything and managed to hunt down an electrical gremlin that made running the car properly near impossible. It sucks not having any guages/tach/shiftlight when you're trying to race.  The blown fuse problem seemed to be intermittent then became permenant so it had to be fixed ! At one point i had most of the dash harness pulled down looking for the problem.  It ended up being a grounding reverse light wire that is wired into the same circuit. Cut that wire and all seemed to work well afterwards. 

OK, onto the details :

(Run #1) This was the very first pass with the new 572 and torque converter so i didn't know what to expect. Decided to take it easy to make sure it launched straight and the brakes (new master cylinder) were working fine. It felt good and the brakes worked fine. That pass it went 12.50 @ 88 mph

(Run #2) i decided to run it hard and it launched well. The 60ft was in the 1.55 range and the pig was screaming.  Unfortunately i had a brain fart and let off the throttle at the 1000 ft mark and ran an 11.01 @ 117 but the 1/8 mile ET was at 7.02 which shows high 10's in the 1/4.

That was it for test & tune Friday....we only get two passes due to the sheer volume of cars.

Time trials saturday morning :

(Run #1) i do a crappy burnout and blow off the tires....it spun for 100ft and the 60ft dropped to 2.03 seconds.....horrible. The ET was 11.70 or so.

(Run #2) As I'm pulling up into the lanes my guages go dead again !  Decide to make a pass anyway and shift by ear. The engine breaks up as i'm accelerating so I abort the pass. Get back to the pits and Doug notices my distributor cap is half off...Geez...what else can go wrong ! 

This is when the mad electric thrash commenced and i started ripping into the harness testing individual circuits to isolate the problem. Definately had to get it fixed so i could see what the engine was doing and shift properly. It got fixed and i was ready for the first elimination. 

Arm drop pass : Pull into the box and do a big burnout....Rich has a huge grin on his face and gives me a thumbs up as i'm pulling forward. The Pig launches hard and is pulling like a rocket ! Shift into second and it screams up to redline and slam it into third....only i missed the shift and went into neutral ! Geez !!! Hear the rev limiter bouncing, look down and see what's happening....let off the throttle and pull it back into third and stomp it. Unfortunately that knocked me out of the running and put me on the trailer. It was just that kind of a weekend when everything was going wrong. I even managed to lock my keys inside the truck at one point. 

Overall i would have to say it was an excellent experience despite the technical difficulties. Lots of positive comments from the other racers and one of the show hosts (Willie B) interviewed me on camera asking all about the car. It'll be interesting to see if that segment makes it past the cutting room floor. Willie is a super nice guy and has 13 mopars including 4 chargers.    Rich was also very personable with the racers and seemed very down to earth and genuinely cared....i'd have to give him two thumbs up as well. 


Would i do it again ; Absolutely ! If i am lucky enough for another shot the car and driver will be better prepared. I'm going out this w/e for some test & tune to hopefully get that elusive 10 second time slip.

Thanks for reading


Ron

[super_dave]

Wow Ron, that is a sweet car....form a fellow proud Canadian!!

[Belgium R/T -68]

Great pics and nice reading. I'm sure you will get your welldisurved 9.89 sec timeslip Ron

BTW, love your enginebay, see some improvementpotentials for mine this winter.

Per