[Fot] Endurance TR6 at COTA

Mon Aug 8 02:49:03 MDT 2016

Racetarations sell them or something like it....I think....

On 8/7/16 7:10 PM, Bill Babcock wrote:
> See if you can find one of these diff covers. About three times the 
> oil capacity and a heck of a lot more cooling. Fitting it might be a 
> challenge, but it solved my frying diff problem completely. That and 
> RedLine diff oil.  No, I don’t remember where I got it. sorry. Maybe 
> someone else knows where they come from. As you can see by the empty 
> bracket, I didtched my panhard rod to run this thing. Subbed in the 
> solid brass spring eyes and big washers from Joe (I think, great 
> memory) which keeps the axle centered almost as well. .
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>> On Aug 7, 2016, at 6:52 AM, Greg Blake <gblake58tr3 at icloud.com 
>> <mailto:gblake58tr3 at icloud.com>> wrote:
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>> Just a quick update. We were beaten by equipment at approximately 
>> 1:30 yesterday afternoon. Although certainly disappointed not to take 
>> the flag, we were all pretty proud of the old girl. She put in a 
>> solid 8 hours Friday and another 5.5 on Saturday.
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>> We were racing cars from the past two decades with a few exceptions. 
>> Out of 100+ cars, there was a pair of 60s mustangs, an Opel with a LS 
>> motor and us. Friday we finished 47th with 114 laps and yesterday 73 
>> with 81 laps.  We were averaging 3:10s around the full F1 course. As 
>> a point of reference, the leaders were running consistent 2:50s. A 
>> certain pair of drivers on our team were clipping close to 2 minute 
>> laps and both swore they weren't pushing too hard, maybe.
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>> We were running with 18 month old 200 tried wear tires that had been 
>> flat spotted at the last race. This became very noticeable at 100+ 
>> down the straights. We again limited RPMs to save the motor.  With a 
>> 3.7 rear end and no OD we were full speed about 1/2 into the 
>> straights.  This is where the leaders would pass us.
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>> Some of you recall last summer we raced this car with WRL in the June 
>> Texas heat and had some issues with lower than desirable oil 
>> pressures and a diff that boiling its juice.
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>> For the engine side of things:  This time around we installed an oil 
>> cooler and used VR1 full synthetic. Oil pressure at full tilt was 90+ 
>> all weekend and 40-50 at idle at pit stops.  Problem solved. I am 
>> very impressed with synthetic motor oil. The oil still looks brand 
>> new after 13+ hours of racing. I know from past endurance races with 
>> Dino oil, it would be pitch black and stinky at this point.
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>> On the diff side (not so good):  after boiling the Dino based 
>> lubricant last summer, we opted to simply switch to synthetic. This 
>> seemed to be working on Friday as our diff catch can stayed dry. We 
>> had some terrible noises coming from the rear end on Friday that we 
>> thought were hub bearings going out.  The hub bearings are still 
>> suspect and will require attention. But our more serious problem was 
>> heat in the diff. The diff puked at about 1:30 and our day was done.
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>> Last summer Keith mention his solution was a diff cooler and I think 
>> we will be heading down that path for the next endurance race. Who 
>> knows, we may end up with a triumph that can go the distance, 
>> eventually.
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>> We were so close this time.
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Aug 5, 2016, at 5:53 PM, Greg Blake <gblake58tr3 at icloud.com 
>>> <mailto:gblake58tr3 at icloud.com>> wrote:
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>>> We finished the day strong. Only a brief stint in the garage to 
>>> check some bearings. Other than that, ran all day long in the Texas 
>>> heat. Right now 47th out 100+
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>>> Notice the only hood down in the pic?
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>>> Sent from my iPhone
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