Funny, I can actually hear you saying that!Quote:
Originally Posted by David Love AI27
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Funny, I can actually hear you saying that!Quote:
Originally Posted by David Love AI27
Last rebuild, Jason went back to brass.Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennCMC70
He said for HD use, the nylon pads weren't holding up.
And the brass is softer than the cast gear, so no worries.
Does anybody have a preference on T56 parts suppliers?
I'm gonna try for some "quality time" with it this weekend to see what I HAVE to address.
D&D Performance was the "preferred" supplier several years ago when mine needed a rebuild...might be cheaper options now but D&D is still in business and ranks pretty high on a Google search which bodes well after all these years.
http://www.standardtransmission.com/Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
Matt found a guy in San Antonio that went through the trans in the camaro. wasnt cheap but WOW! It works awesome. I'd also suggest replacing the clutch M/C with the one from Tickracing.com....as well as their bleeder extension line. Totally better and precise if you could ever say that about an f-body! 1 day turn around and was around $1000 but it's built for several years of hard use now. here is his facebook link.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-...30432057056504
Nice guy, does great work and made it easy for us to drop off and pick up.
Hook'em Horns...
Richard P.
I am sitting at my desk at work crying thinking of 1,000 places I would rather be today. My boss SUCKS!!!!!
REALLY???? well my power was out all morning yesterday.... guess I should have planned on deep frying a turkey instead of using elec oven.... :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by mitchntx
Wow... man, hate to hear that. That must put you in the essential employee stack.Quote:
Originally Posted by michaelmosty
t. sips... Congrats, well played game by the Horns who made big plays when they had to.
T56 review... this is the one that started in the car:
Reverse synchro shot... both sides it looks like
5/6 synchro looks bad too
Trans still locked in 4th but I didn't have the right torx drivers tonight... Bearings and gears all look good at this point.
Nobody wanted the truck, race car, and trailer for $100 so I gave them to one of those "will work for food" guys on the corner. He said that he would have preferred $5 for beer but seemed appreciative anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
Give Glenn at Rosehill Performance a call. He is just west of Tomball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
http://www.rosehillperformanceparts.com/
Quick, honest, very reasonably priced and no expensive shipping.
Thanks Rob, I'll give them a ring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Liebbe
Good news is the whole gearset looks fine. 3/4 synchro was one of the main culprit and "donator" of the broken synchro keys/retainers. Also had sheared one of the roll pins on main shift shaft.
Only thing that's really gone wrong so far is the T40 bit that rounded over trying to get one of the shift lever guide bolts out of the case.
Halfway done with one of them.
Cold and rainy weekend at TWS. The Miatas were out in force and put on a great show.
Watched Sam chase a 355 Ferrari... reminded me of the dog races, chasing a rabbit, not sure what he was gonna do if he caught the Ferrari, but it was fun to watch...
Met Jerry's brother... he ran HPDE1/2... thought it was Jerry... you guys better hope he doesn't get a car to race cuz there are only 3 spots on the poduim and two will be taken by Jordans.. (Sam might move to SSU and go chasin' Ferraris, so that will leave one spot open..)
Martin was out in the "other 3 car"... it was really good to see him setting down some nice laps...
Casey drug his wife to the track and made her drive Patterson around all weekend...
Some guy named Todd was there, without a car of course...
The #5 Spec 944 was there and looked really fast, guess Al let someone else drive it...
I doubt anyone is worried about the Jordans taking podium spots but Keith (my brother) did turn 2:05's in only his second session ever in a car on track. He does motorcycle events but had never ran a car on track before.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Love AI27
I hope he is hooked so we can get him off the cycle.
Sam is still fast as hell at TWS. He ran a 1:58? in qual!
Congratz to Wade for a third in the Australian pursuit.
JJ
track was stupid fast Sunday - good air, killer tailwind, and once the sun got out enough to get a little heat in the pavement...
Your right Ken the track was very fast on Sunday but it does tear up tires when there is no rubber on it like on Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by kbrewmr2
JJ
It was really wet and slick Saturday... we were 30-35sec off 'dry' pace! Jerry, Wade and I had some fun playing in the rain. There was also a new AIX car/driver in the mix! Very cool guy and SWEET 450hp Terlingua stang!Quote:
Originally Posted by David Love AI27
I completely agree with D. Love's dog race analogy - I managed to stay within a second or 2 for most of the race - took a longer, muddier route from 11-12 at one point and lost some time. Finished 5 or 6 seconds back.
A few times I spun the tires the whole length of the back strait - it was terrifying and entertaining at the same time.
Instructed Papa Kellam on Saturday and came away VERY impressed! There was counter-steering just about every lap including a full lock slide between5 & 6 - we never spun or went off.
All the newbies did great during the comp school! We even tried a standing start on the front strait... let's never do that again. As expected, many of us were facing the grandstands the instant the green dropped.
Very fun weekend, wish more of you guys could have joined us.
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Sam, you were the only one that looked like they got real sideways. But I do agree a different standing start location would be better :)
oh. I was told from the tower that the first 2-3 rows followed suit.Quote:
Originally Posted by kbrewmr2
Sam definately wasn't the only one sideways. He was the only one I was pretty focused on, but I know the other higher hp cars were sideway as well. The miatas didn't have an issue with the banking...Quote:
Originally Posted by Crumpacker
Little bit of sideways from some of the others, couple degrees maybe. Might've been easier to see from the tower or something versus cold pits though :)
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Went out to MSR Houston this morning and watched AJ Allmendinger test a couple of Roush Fenway Cup cars. He is FAST! It was humbling to watch him hustle that car around. Here a few pics, my camera was screwed up. More pics on my Facebook page if you want to take a look.
Cool!
I assume the car looked fast on track?
Did AJ leave Petty and go to Roush? He looks to be what.........about 5'6"?
JJ
The car ran like a scalded ass ape around there. The Cup car was 20 seconds a lap faster than our CMC cars around there. The front wheel was picking up off the ground through one and two so I hate to think how low they got after they made some changes.
I think 5-6 is probably accurate. He is a super cool guy. Talked to me for probably 30 minutes while they working on the car. I left when they broke for lunch so I was only there about 2 hours. He's still with Petty but they are aligned with Roush so Jack had asked him to test some road course setups for them.
What's 15-20hp, optimized suspension geometry, and a little aero among friends? Just think how fast an S197 body would have been...Quote:
Originally Posted by jdlingle
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Originally Posted by jdlingle
One more question..........why MSRH? Why would they drive all the way down to Houston to test when there are tracks all over the country that are closer to them and closer to being the kind of tracks they run on? MSRH is not like Sears Point or The Glen? Must be a reason.
JJ
He said they had narrowed it down to Moroso in Florida or MSRH. They quit using VIR as it was too hard on tires so their data skewed after one or two laps. I dont think he was terribly enamored with the track but he said the engineers liked it for that car. I was surprised myself to see them there. When I went out I assumed he was going to be testing a Daytona Prototype for Shank or something. Quite a few ALMS teams have tested out there in the past.
NASCAR connot test on tracks they compete at... thats why they use TWS alsoQuote:
Originally Posted by ShadowBolt
I understand that David but there are way more road courses they don't race on than 2 mile ovals. They come to TWS because they have no other options.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Love AI27
JJ
Have they been back to TWS since Biffle ran there a few years ago? I was told (not by AJ) that Biffle went well over 200 out at TWS and Jack told them to load up and come back home since there werent safer barriers.
Biffle asked what the track record was... commented that he thought he could beat it... Crew told him that they were there to test, no go after records...Quote:
Originally Posted by jdlingle
Jerry, Champcar would test at MSRH when they were in town and they did alot of prep for "the pros" maybe the word got out it was good for testing. Plus the track is very visible... who knows, I'm just speculating..
Went back and found my truck/trailer/race car. Gave the homeless guy a case of Keystone and he gave me my keys back. So I'll be racing with y'all next year!
(Coach Sherman was fired today, I don't care who the replacement is, anybody but Sherman!)
Jackie SherrillQuote:
Originally Posted by HoustonNW
Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Miss St every year. Georgia, Tenn, Florida, and SC on rotation. Good luck with that. Think a coach is problem number11 on your list. You should just keep your car and give up on football.
Haha, very well said John. :^)Quote:
Originally Posted by jdlingle
So very true.. I think I would have gotten rid of that dumbA athletic director and president of the school first.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdlingle
A&M is in for years of below medocrity..... they hate being in the shadow of Texas now....just wait until they are in the shadow of many other teams.
I just re-read the rules... I think all those Aggie bashes are allowable reasons for contact... even if they ARE true.
(make sure no sensitive new types read this and misunderstand the good natured intent of such comment)
A&M had the intention of hitting the ground running w/ SEC Football....instead they just hit the ground.