Tom;
600ft-lb pulses? It sounds like they need some help in the flywheel
department. As they say, "To win, first ya gotta finish........"
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Dave Dahlgren
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:19 AM
To: tom sarda; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Daytona 24..gears
What in the world were they thinking? If it is GTP car it is rear engine
most likely and if so Hewland has solved all of those issues 30 or 40
years
ago.. Think spiral bevel gear for the ring & pinion and lose the heat
producing back gears.
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of tom sarda
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:40 AM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Daytona 24..gears
>
>
> I just heard from a guy who was at the 24 of Daytona.
> They were running a Mazda in the GTP class. They were
> running a quick-change rear and two hours into the
> race the aluminum carrier exploded. He was told the
> pulses of the motor produce 600 pounds feet of torque.
> When they return next month for another race they want
> to try a ford 9-inch rear end with a Gleason-Torsen
> or a limited slip instead of a detroit locker. He was
> told the locker won't work well in this car. I have
> run a locker in the Historic Stock Car series on the
> road courses with no problems but those races are a
> great deal shorter...thirty laps or so.I've also had
> lockers in NASCAR road races with no problems. The 24
> of daytona is somewhere around 2500 miles. Would the
> gleason or the limited slip beperform better? Any of
> you guys have experience with these? especially the
> gleason-torsen?
> Thanks for your opinions.
> Tom
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