Blues and Snowbirds

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Salinas airshow is going on this weekend and I
live practically in the traffic pattern of the
airport.  It's great when the demo teams are in town. 
They started practicing on Thursday up through the
clouds so I didn't see much of them.

Yesterday I had Blue Angel FA-18 Hornets (AMC content)
over my house at about 800 to 1000 feet, four and two
in various formations.  Great.

The Canadian Snowbirds showed up today.  It's the
first time I had seen them.  Impressive too.

I finished putting in the anti-dieseling relay in the
1980 Spirit today.  No buzzing when the battery was
hooked up.  I found the part (and I gotta think it has
be to rare) on Partsvoice.  A dealer in Wisconsin had
it and charged me $37 with shipping. If the part
number had not been stamped on the part, my search
would have been more difficult, but I did find out
that the car will run without that part in place.

Because of the low power output of the engine (Iron
Duke 2.5L) I am considering installing an electric
fan.  I figure I could get one from any GM Iron Duke
application.  It might save 10 to 12 horsepower, which
would be a big percentage gain (90 hp net output at
present).  I know GM had not yet converted to electric
fans on the front drive H-bodies in 1980, but the
sideways engines had them. 

Regards,
Joe Fulton

Salinas, CA