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class=088465816-08082016>I bought such a diff cover some years ago, also from
Racetorations (Darryl Uprichard) for my TR3. The 4 round protrusions on the rear
face can be drilled and tapped. I did this to strenghten the live axle to take
the load of a Panhard bar. The axle tube had been bended to get some negative
camber (0.5°-0.8°).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=088465816-08082016>Marcel</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>Van:</B> Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net]
<B>Namens </B>Bill Babcock<BR><B>Verzonden:</B> maandag 8 augustus 2016
01:10<BR><B>Aan:</B> Greg Blake<BR><B>CC:</B> Fot<BR><B>Onderwerp:</B> Re: [Fot]
Endurance TR6 at COTA<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></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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