[Fot] tws part 2

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trany mount is broken been there!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg & Alison Blake" <ablake2 at austin.rr.com>
To: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:22 PM
Subject: [Fot] tws part 2


> Part 2
> 
> New head gasket installed, I had an absolute blast following Bob &
> Andrew around Sunday morning (pic below).  I had a strange noise coming
> from the rear end one lap after the picture was taken. At the end of the
> back straight I pitched it hard into turn 7 and it sounded like the
> drive shaft had let go and was bouncing around.  I pulled in to check
> things out.  When I drained the diff fluid, it was pretty shinny but non
> metallic.  This is a welded diff so I am not too concerned about fine
> brass bits in the diff.  Should I be?
> 
> Dad, Don Couch, and all the other Kramers were watching at the Carousel
> as Bob, I, and Andrew came around the Carousel nose to tail.  I think
> this was the point at which Dad found his confidence.  Watching Bob
> pitch his car around the track let him see what the car could do.  For
> the rest of Sunday, Dad was swapping positions with a 914.  At the end
> of his sessions he would come in with a very big grin.  I know he is
> hooked now.
> 
> I filled the diff in the 3 and ran again in the afternoon with group 7.
> The noise reappeared after lap 3, I thought about coming in again but
> decided to just back off a bit and keep driving.  The noise started to
> die down a bit towards the end of the race.  Not sure what is going on
> with this rear end.  This is the second fresh rear end in so many races.
> I'll pull the cover before too long to check things out, again.
> 
> 
> 
> Links below to various picture from the weekend.  I'll send out another
> link for the best picture of the weekend when Don gets us his photos.
> Don??
> 
> This Dad, Bob Blake, learning the Carousel
> http://cafephoto.smugmug.com/CVAR-TWS-9-200/Group-5/Sun-AM2/9709628_XabU
> q/1/656590819_t4fof/Medium
> 
> This is Bob Kramer, AKA spares, borrowing Dad's car for the Sunday am
> Group 7 race showing Andrew and I the line.  
> 
> http://cafephoto.smugmug.com/CVAR-TWS-9-200/Group-7/Sun-AM1/9709692_vJrU
> u/6/656627903_AtRU5/Small
> 
> 
> Kramer really does have an amazing amount of knowledge and spares.
> Along with the head gasket that he loaned me (I don't plan to give that
> one back Bob) I asked for a spare rocker arm adjusting screw/nut and
> push rod.  I had a nut back off which resulted in a stripped screw and
> mushroomed pushrod.  Bob hands me a complete ready to bolt on rocker set
> and a set of 8 push rods, take your pick.  Awesome.  Once again, I would
> not have made it through the weekend without him.
> 
> Thanks for all the help, especially Dad and Bob.  You guys rock.
> 
> Larry,
> 
> LOVE THE CAM.  
> 
> Greg
> 
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