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THE RIM COUNTRY CLASSIC AUTO

CLUB IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

FOR THE PURPOSE OF:

Providing social, educational and recreational activities for its membership.

Participating in and supporting civic activities for the betterment of the community.

Encouraging and promoting the preservation and restoration of classic motor vehicles.

Providing organized activities involving the driving and showing of member’s cars.

RCCAC meets at 

6:30p.m. on the first 

Wednesday of the 

month at  

Tiny’s Restaurant, 

600 E. Hwy. 260  

in Payson 

R I M C O U N T R Y C L A S S I C A U T O C L U B N E W S L E T T E R J U L Y 2 0 1 6

Payson Arizona 

From President  Butch Tucker 

2016 RCCAC  PIT CREW President      Butch Tucker           480‐694‐1229            butchr51@hotmail.com V.P.                Bob LaFavor           928‐363‐0260            hotrodrob86u@gmailcom Secretary      Sandi Gunderson           928‐476‐2168            a57chevyman@q.com Treasurer     Tina Dychkowski             920‐216‐0830             nagak@yahoo.com Ac vi es       Mary Cailey           928‐474‐35‐3560            marycailey@yahoo.com 

Director        Byron Gunderson           928‐476‐2168            a57chevyman@q.com Director        Carl Cur s              928‐468‐8018            ccsewnski@npgcable.com Director        Steve fowler           928‐478‐6676 & Web Master  fowerauto@suddenlink.net   

Car Show Directors‐ Butch Tucker, Robert La Favor & Julius Zezima  zezimaj@aol.com   214‐563‐2214 

Newsle er    Margie Fowler           928‐478‐6676             margiefowler@suddenlink.net 

Traveling with the 

What event that started in 

1909  ends with  

kissing bricks? 

Answer on page # 6 Well, the car show is over, the money 

has been disbursed, and everything 

seems to be going all right. I haven't 

been to the valley to buy tables yet, but 

I will get them soon. By the  me you 

read this the pizza party and the Father's 

Day event will be over. The last  me at 

the Brewery there was a large crowd. I 

can only hope that it will be the same 

this year (It was‐ Ed.). 

I don't know how many people are into 

history. There is an old cavalry post in 

the Verde Valley. I would like to see how 

many people would like to go there ‐ 

about an hour's drive. Then there is al‐

ways Happy Jack for lunch later this 

month. Some people from Payson and 

Pine are going to Gallup, NM for a car 

show, I'll be one of them. Other than 

that I guess it will just be club stuff. 

We're trying to get people to volunteer 

for posi ons: for officers, for board 

members and for car show chair. It is 

very important that the club fills these 

spots. It's not really that hard, so let's 

think about it. 

UP  COMING  ACT IV I T I ES  

July At a Glance

6th RCCAC meeting 6:30pm

8th National Car appreciation Day

14th WOW

16th Show n Shine

FROM  THE GLOVEBOX 

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The movie is voted on at the monthly club meeting.

It’s always on a Saturday at 10am and is announced via e-mail.

Make sure your e-mail is up to date! $7.00 gets you the movie, a small

drink and a small popcorn.   

 See you at the Movies! 

03– Ken Sigsbee 

04– Jim Winters 

08– Ken Michael 

10– Marilyn Benne  

11– Laura Zezima 

21– Sam Schwalm 

23– Reinate Tucker 

       29– Al Isham 

       29– Greg Imus 

Women On Wheels WOW 

Thursday July 14th * 11:30am  Ayothaya Thai Café - 136 E. State Hwy. New location next to the Bashas Market

Please RSVP to Sue Headman- 602-679-3404 or e-mail me at thundermtn@live.com  

Congratulations 

50 / 50   Winner 

Carl Cur s 

Member  

Of the  

Month Carl Cur s 

WOW 

LOOK What's Coming Up

Birthdays

Does anyone have any info on Paul Jones, his phone and  e‐mail are not working 

Give Sandi Gunderson a call for updated informa on. 

Friday 8th “National Car Appreciation Day” Lunch Cruise

Meeting at DMV / subway parking lot at 10:30am

RSVP required:

Please call Mary Cailey see page #1 for Phone number

Thursday 14th 11:30am WOW at Ayothaya Thai Café (new location next to Bashas)

Saturday 16th Show n Shine” 10:am Steve Coury Ford on the 260 in Star Valley Food, beverages & giveaways provided.

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Just a simple report to let all you ladies know how much fun we had at The Randall House in Pine once again!

This time we ate outside under the big trees and it couldn’t have been nicer. Our group was a bit smaller for June. I know this is the time of year we all start doing our traveling to visit friends and families. We had 7 ladies attending, and had a great visit! We decided to get together in Payson for the month of July. We will be going to Ayothaya Thai Café located near Bashas market. They moved recently and thought we should support their change of location. The address is 136 E. State Hwy. We always meet the 2nd Thurs of the month at 11:30. That will be July 14th. Please remember that friends are always welcome to join us! Please RSVP back to me if you will be coming, as I like to call ahead for seating. My cell phone is 602-679-3404 or e-mail me at thundermtn@live.com Looking forward to seeing you all soon… HAPPY 4TH OF JULY....be safe and Happy Trails to you!! Sue Hedman

News FromNews FromNews From The BackseatThe BackseatThe Backseat

Annual Pizza Party at the Caileys on  Saturday, June 18th was a lot of fun.  The Pizza  Factory pizzas were delicious, the salads and desserts brought by the Club members were all so good. 

Many members spent  me looking at all the car  paraphernalia that was hanging in the show garage along with a large Hot Wheel collec on.  

We had 24 members a end who spent a lot of  me ge ng to know one another a li le be er, talking about their cars, careers, and hobbies, which is why we have these gatherings.  It was a relaxing evening with great food and good friends. 

Fathers Day Lunch When they talk about a guy being HOT, well they didn’t count on them having lunch on the ho est day in Pine. All our guys are hot and us gals all know that. Lunch at THAT Brewery in Pine was a deligh ul place with the Ho est men in the club in a endance. We hope our other Hot guys in the club had a GREAT day too.  Service was as always great and the serving gals were very 

accommoda ng. Mary had prepared gi s for all the Dad’s and they were passed out before ordering began. Which was good as some needed the towels the present was wrapped in to wipe their brow and other spills.   Happy Fathers Day!   What a great day! 

Last Saturday’s Ac vi es  or the RCCAC Rainmakers  

 

On Saturday, June 25th, two club ac vi es were planned‐ a movie and a mini‐car show.  

The movie, "Independence Day Resurgence",  was well a ended with one of the largest crowds 

we've had. The movie was perhaps a bit  predictable as are most sequels, but was s ll very 

entertaining. As the a ernoon show n shine  approached, so did a line of storm clouds.  An early edi on of the monsoon caused a  

premature cancella on of the show, though a fair number of us did show up, and the weather had cleared. Hopefully, it will be rescheduled for the near future. As a club, we should hire out as  rainmakers as it seems whenever we plan an  

outdoor ac vity lately it precipitates  (pun intended) a bout of wet weather.  SF 

LET IT RAIN! 

P A G E 4

In this, the last of my three-part-series of tech articles, we’re focusing on camshaft selection. The camshaft is the “brains” of the engine’s breath-ing system, determining when and how the valves open and close to allow the air/fuel mixture into and out of the cylinders. At a cruise speed of 3000 RPM, the piston moves from top to bottom on the intake stroke in just 1/100 of a second. Since the valves can’t open or close instantane-ously, nor does the air move instantly, engineers early on found that they could “cheat” a bit on the timing of the opening and closing of the valves to improve cylinder filling. Starting the opening before the piston reaches the end of the preceding action (the exhaust stroke) allows the valve to be fully open when the piston reaches peak downward speed, which happens about 75-80 degrees of rotation after the piston starts down from the top (TDC). Then, by holding the valve open for a time after the piston hits bottom and begins to come back up on compression, they can give the incoming air a little more time to fill the cylinder before the closing valve traps the incoming air and begins to squeeze it.

This is a tricky dance. Earlier closings help at low speeds when the breathing has time to fill the cylinder well, but limit airflow and thus power at higher engine speeds. Later closings allow more time and thus airflow at high engine speeds, but at lower speeds actually push air back into the intake and disrupt airflow and mixture, resulting in poor low speed performance and the characteristic “lumpy” idle of a race engine. On the exhaust side, similar constraints of breathing versus time exist, but the SINGLE MOST CRITICAL FACTOR in the way an engine behaves is the intake valve closing event. Many newer, high tech engine designs allow for changing these actions during operation (variable valve timing) so that we can have our cake and eat it, too, but our older rods don’t allow for that and so we are stuck with a compromise. You can have an engine that works efficiently and smoothly at low speeds, at high speeds, or anywhere in between, but not at all speeds.

So the first thing you need to do is determine the speed range you want the engine to work in. Horsepower is torque times RPM, but torque is largely determined by the displacement (size) of the engine, and peaks where the engine breathes most efficiently, which is also where mileage is usually best for that engine. A longer duration cam will move the torque curve to a higher speed, thus increasing horsepower, but the penalty is less torque at lower speeds, and torque is what we feel in our “butt-dyno” when we hit the gas. Unless the gearing of the car is changed to allow the engine to run at higher speeds, the result is often reduced performance in the range we normally drive.

A small increase in duration usually is a good compromise, but if you really want to make and use a lot more horsepower, you need to change the other parts of the powertrain to match. A balanced package would include a better-flowing intake with a larger carburetor, larger ports in the head and bigger valves to allow greater flow at high speeds, headers and a very free-flowing exhaust to permit better breathing on that end. Higher engine speeds mean greater stress on the engine, so better bearings, better pistons, connecting rods, crankshaft material, and block design may be necessary. With faster valve action comes the need for stronger valve springs, stiffer pushrods, better rockers, etc.

In addition for the typical V-8 up to about 5000 RPM, engine life if well maintained is 100K miles or more. Above that speed, cut life in half for

about every 500 RPM additional. So an 8000 RPM NASCAR engine is good for about 1500 miles, great on the track but not on the street. The cost to build also typically doubles for every 1000 RPM above 5000.If there is one place where you need to keep “More’s Law” in mind, it is in camshaft selection, as it affects everything else.

Years ago, cam duration was rated at .006” lift, just enough to get it started opening, and that is known as advertised duration. A few years back, they started using .050 lift as the standard, as little airflow occurs at less lift. This is a better measure of how it will act. Under this criteria, most stock cams have about 180-200 degrees duration, which works well from idle to about 4000 rpm, with best torque in the 1200-3000 range. Every 10 degrees duration above that range adds about 500 RPM to the top of the range, while moving the bottom up a similar amount. If you are keeping the car basically stock, I wouldn’t add more than 15 degrees max to the stock specs. If your desired working range tops at 6000, I would keep duration in the 220-230 range. This recommendation is based on a 350-sized small block. Larger engines (big-blocks) can use more duration, another 5 or 10, as the cylinders are harder to fill, and the opposite is true of small cylinders. The durations we see in a late-60’s Corvette are about the same as those in a 12,000RPM Formula 1 1.5Liter V-12, but their cylinders are tiny (125cc or 8 cu. In.).

Many newer cams feature higher lift than stock and this can add airflow, as can higher-ratio rocker arms, without noticeably affecting idle or low speed. But you do have to be aware that valves might hit pistons, springs might be too weak, or interference with valve guides, rocker slots, etc. might occur, so it takes some checking to verify there are no issues before you just slap it together. Also, you can choose between hydraulic lifters or solids and flat tappet or rollers, but the majority of older street rod engines will be flat-tappet hydraulics, which are cheap and reliable if you use the right oil to protect the cam.

My final words of wisdom on the topic- SMALLER IS BETTER. We have a tendency to over-cam the engine. The bigger cam costs about the same, and they say it makes more power (arr-arr-arr), so why not go big? Remember MORE’S LAW, keep the cam on the small side, and you’ll be much happier if your rig lives on the street. Race cams are for race tracks. And, when in doubt, consult with the cam manufacturer. They will ask you a whole bunch of questions and generally give very good advice. They don’t want you unhappy, either. Build it right, be conservative, and keep on motoring! SF

T e c h H i n t s & t i p s

BUMPSTICK SAVVY B y S t e v e f ow l e r

P A G E 5

     What event that  

     started in 1909  

        ends with kissing bricks? 

In 1908, the auto-headlight mogul and race promoter Carl Fisher decided to build a five-mile track that would give carmakers a safe place to test and show off their vehicles. He signed up three partners and bought 320 acres of farmland on the edge of Indianapolis, across the street from his Prest-O-Lite headlight factory. The original plans for Fisher’s “motor parkway” called for a three-mile “outer” loop and a two-mile course through the infield, but they were hastily redrawn when someone pointed out that such a long track would not fit on the parcel unless all the grandstands along the straightaways were eliminated. As a compromise, Fisher and his construction superintendent decided to build a 2.5-mile banked oval with grandstands on all sides. Instead of the concrete surface that other racecourse builders were using, Fisher covered his track with a sticky amalgam of gravel, limestone, tar, and 220,000 gallons of

asphaltum oil. For months, 500 workers and 300 mules laid layer after layer of the gooey mixture on the Indy loop and pulled steamrollers across it, pressing the roadway into a solid mass. In August 1909, the Indy speedway was ready to open. The first race at the new Motor Speedway, a motorcycle race on August 13, was a disaster: the new track was so abrasive that it popped everyone’s tires, and workers had to take a few days to sand it down before the event could continue. Even after that, the track was still a mess: As racecar teams arrived at the speedway to prepare for the 300-mile Wheeler Schibler race, one historian reported, “drivers were quickly covered

with dirt, oil, and tar…the track surface disintegrated in the turns, [and] flying gravel shattered goggles and bloodied cheeks. Driving at Indy was like flying through a meteor shower.” On the first day of that first car race, driver Wilford Bacuque and his mechanic were killed when their Knox flipped over and bounced into a fence post. Then, three more people died when driver Charlie Merz shredded a tire and went flying into the stands. After AAA threatened a boycott, Fisher agreed to suspend all races at the Indy track until he could put down a safer surface. He decided on bricks because traction tests confirmed that they were less slippery than gravel and sturdier than concrete. In 1909, workers placed the last of the 3.2 million 10-pound bricks that pave the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana (a town surrounded by the city of Indianapolis). When the “Brickyard” opened, it was much less dangerous than it had been, and only seven people were killed there between 1909 and 1919. The speedway kept its brick track for nearly 50 years. Today, the speedway has an asphalt surface. Since then, most of that brick has been buried under asphalt, but one yard remains exposed at the start-finish line. Kissing those bricks after a successful race remains a tradition among Indy drivers.

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P A G E 7

Selling my 59 Studebaker

Silver Hawk this fall. It is currently

in the Payson body shop getting a

work over and should be done

soon. I have owned it about 20

years and is an Arizona car with no rust to speak of. Engine is 259 V8 with 3 on the

tree with O.D. Newer maroon upholstery and headliner inside. Radio, usual under

seat heater with A/C. Color is Studie Arctic White. Has 4 bbl Holley carb and runs well but not a hot rod either. Hawks

are getting rare so will ask $15 k for it. Call Al at 503-702-0685 or mail at agd931@gmail.com.

24' Haulmark enclosed car hauler, with bunks in the front. New tires and spare , its a 2006, $5500.00

Call Byron Gunderson. 928 4762168

Chrome cylindrical street rod coolant recovery tank. Speedway #911-2213. $20.

Two sets of "Yukon" diff gears for a Chrysler 9 1/4 rear end ( 3.90 and 4.10) $50 each.

Two fiberglass lo bucket seats (Speedway #1412400 ) and black seat covers ( #1412408). New! $150. $230 if you

buy them from Speedway.

16 inch chrome electric fan (2100 cfm ). Speedway #91015499-16. New! $50.Call John Cailey at (928) 474-3560.

For Sale– Hedman headers for a small block Chev with bolts. $50. Call Ken Tozi at 928-970-1700

NOTE: If you want to advertise please send an e-mail to margiefowler@suddenlink.net NOT the clubs e-mail.

Looking to sell parts OR Looking for parts!

July 23 Snowflake Pioneer Days Car Show August 6-7 Annual Car Exhibit, And Parts Exchange At Watson Lake September 16- Apache County Motor Sports Days, St. Johns AZ 23-25 Run to the Pines Pinetop AZ October 15 - Tucson Classics Car Show - Tucson November 18-20 Good guys Southwest Nationals—Scottsdale

For more information on more shows and registration forms visit the web sites below: www.cruisearizona.com www.cruisinarizona.com/carshows.html

If interested in going as a group contact Mary Cailey our Activities gal to see if something can be arranged.

Upcoming Car Shows

 

Meeting Minutes can be reviewed on the clubs website: along with back issues of the clubs newsletters and history.

http://clubs.hemmings.com/rccac/

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The Story of the Fourth of July In case your were wondering?

The Declaration of Independence We celebrate American Independence Day on the Fourth of July every year. We think of July 4, 1776, as a day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation. But July 4, 1776 wasn't the day that the Continental Congress decided to declare independence (they did that on July 2, 1776). It wasn’t the day we started the American Revolution either (that had happened back in April 1775). And it wasn't the day Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence (that was in June 1776). Or the date on which the Declaration was delivered to Great Britain (that didn't happen until November 1776). Or the date it was signed (that was August 2, 1776). So what did happen on July 4, 1776? The Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. They'd been working on it for a couple of days after the draft was submitted on July 2nd and finally agreed on all of the edits and changes. July 4, 1776, became the date that was included on the Declaration of Independence, and the fancy handwritten copy that was signed in August (the copy now displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) It’s also the date that was printed on the Dunlap Broadsides, the original printed copies of the Declaration that were circulated throughout the new nation. So when people thought of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 was the date they remembered. In contrast, we celebrate Constitution Day on September 17th of each year, the anniversary of the date the Constitution was signed, not the anniversary of the date it was approved. If we’d followed this same approach for the Declaration of Independence we’d being celebrating Independence Day on August 2nd of each year, the day the Declaration of Independence was signed! How did the Fourth of July become a national holiday? For the first 15 or 20 years after the Declaration was written, people didn’t celebrate it much on any date. It was too new and too much else was happening in the young nation. By the 1790s, a time of bitter partisan conflicts, the Declaration had become controversial. One party, the Democratic-Republicans, admired Jefferson and the Declaration. But the other party, the Federalists, thought the Declaration was too French and too anti-British, which went against their current policies. By 1817, John Adams complained in a letter that America seemed uninterested in its past. But that would soon change. After the War of 1812, the Federalist party began to come apart and the new parties of the 1820s and 1830s all considered themselves inheritors of Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans. Printed copies of the Declaration began to circulate again, all with the date July 4, 1776, listed at the top. The deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams on July 4, 1826, may even have helped to promote the idea of July 4 as an important date to be celebrated. Celebrations of the Fourth of July became more common as the years went on and in 1870, almost a hundred years after the Declaration was written, Congress first declared July 4 to be a national holiday as part of a bill to officially recognize several holidays, including Christmas. Further legislation about national holidays, including July 4, was passed in 1939 and 1941. Now you know, in case you were wondering!