Any chance of some pictures under the hood of your Bill Fink special, I am a little in

of you these are amazing machines.
Dennis has one on the market here.
I just tough it out in my Plus 8 , in your climate I would consider putting a couple of those flip open vents in like the old cars had.
Mine is 2,072 Lbs dry.
About the cracking sound has the front suspension been greased lately.