So, what did you do today?

[Fbody383]

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.

[HoustonNW]

Wow... man, hate to hear that. That must put you in the essential employee stack.

t. sips... Congrats, well played game by the Horns who made big plays when they had to.

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.

[Rob Liebbe]

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.

Give Glenn at Rosehill Performance a call. He is just west of Tomball.

http://www.rosehillperformanceparts.com/

Quick, honest, very reasonably priced and no expensive shipping.

[Fbody383]

Give Glenn at Rosehill Performance a call. He is just west of Tomball.

Thanks Rob, I'll give them a ring.

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.

[David Love AI27]

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...

[ShadowBolt]

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..)

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.
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

[kbrewmr2]

track was stupid fast Sunday - good air, killer tailwind, and once the sun got out enough to get a little heat in the pavement...

[ShadowBolt]

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.

JJ

[Crumpacker]

Cold and rainy weekend at TWS.

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...

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!

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.

[kbrewmr2]

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