[jrclem]

Santo's Italian Car Service is currently doing a complete engine rebuild on my #33 two liter... The new engine will be identical to the last version (With ALL the bells and whistles) with the only exception being that the new crank (the old crank showed cracks developing in main #3) will be knife-edged. We will dyno the new set-up and see the exact difference (if any). I suspect a difference in "on track performance" due to a significant reduction in rotating mass (up to 7 pounds!) will be significant. The dyno result will likely reflect only a nominal change if any. That's one of the details of racing that only experience (i.e. old age) brings out... the dyno only tells part of the story. I'll report here both the objective and subjective results.