Eric:
I have no idea how to answer your question, but damn wish I knew you were at
the event. The group should have hung around for dinner and the beer
tasting contest. I was an assistant steward for the day but ended up
spending most of the time on the bridge as starter. Would have liked to
introduce myself. We always like having you Neon guys at our event, even if
the first morning practice for the group had a number of penalties and offs,
including the one mayday you speak of.
-A.
> From: "Linnhoff, Eric" <elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org>
> Reply-To: "Linnhoff, Eric" <elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org>
> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:19:48 -0500
> To: "'autox'" <autox@autox.team.net>
> Subject: power steering ?
>
> So, my Neon's PS/AC belt flew into the wild blue yonder, again. This time
> it happened on lap 2 of the morning practice sessions for a MSCC event at
> Blackhawk Farms road course this past weekend. Oh well, who needs PS on a
> road course anyway. ;^)
>
> The event was one of MSCC's "high speed autocrosses" where you get two 3 lap
> practice sessions in the moring (well, at least until some other Neon guy
> stuffs his borrowed car into a tire wall) and 3 times laps in the afternoon.
> the timed laps go as follows: You start on the false grid, from a stand
> still, go on the green and trip the start light just like a regular solo
> and go around the track to take the checkered flag, and tyrip the light
> again under the bridge at the end of lap 1. I still turned a 1:41, having
> never driven on the track before that weekend, with a grand total of 9 laps
> on the track, ever, on 3 year old Kumhos, and getting too greedy with 4th
> gear coming into turn 7 and having to literally park the car to keep from
> sliding off the end of the track and then make a 90 degree right turn to go
> down the straight for the checker.
>
> I replaced the PS/AC belt the next day, which was promptly rejected by the
> engine again due to the locked-solid AC compressor not allowing the belt to
> spin and causing the crank pulley to literally burn through a brand new $10
> gates PS/AC belt in no time flat. :^|
>
> Anyway, I drove all the way back home (500+ miles) and now have to wait 'til
> Thursday for the dealership to fix it under warranty.
>
> With all the driving I did, both spiritedly on the track and sedately on the
> freeway, should I be at all concerned about a reduction of life or
> functionality of the PS rack on my car or is the only thing that's going to
> wear out any faster be my upper arms?
>
> Eric Linnhoff in KC
> #69 STS
> '98 Dodge Neon (see-dan)
> www.geocities.com/eric10mm/KnuckleDragger.html
>
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