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<DIV>might also be a handy place to mount Watts linkage center</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rkramer3@austin.rr.com
href="mailto:rkramer3@austin.rr.com">Bob Kramer</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 07, 2016 10:00 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=ponobill@gmail.com
href="mailto:ponobill@gmail.com">Bill Babcock</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=fot@autox.team.net
href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">Fot</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] Endurance TR6 at COTA</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>I'm guessing the four bosses will take a TR4A style IRS bracket. This looks
like a worthy upgrade. We are going to add a pump and cooler for sure. </DIV>
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<DIV id=AppleMailSignature>This time I think we had a more traditional pinion
failure rather than heat related. I felt it chunk something in the first
hour of the event when it was still pretty cool. It later calmed down to the
point other drivers said they didn't hear it. </DIV>
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<DIV id=AppleMailSignature>I'll pull it and find out soon.<BR><BR>Sent from my
iPhone</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Aug 7, 2016, at 6:10 PM, Bill Babcock <<A
href="mailto:ponobill@gmail.com">ponobill@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>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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<DIV>On Aug 7, 2016, at 6:52 AM, Greg Blake <<A
href="mailto:gblake58tr3@icloud.com">gblake58tr3@icloud.com</A>>
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<DIV>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. <BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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.
<BR><BR>We were so close this time.<BR><BR>Sent from my iPhone<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">On Aug 5, 2016, at 5:53 PM, Greg Blake <<A
href="mailto:gblake58tr3@icloud.com">gblake58tr3@icloud.com</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR>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+<BR><BR>Notice the only hood down in the
pic?<BR><BR><BR><BR><IMG_0793.JPG><BR><BR><BR><BR>Sent from my
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