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<p>Racetarations sell them or something like it....I think....<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/7/16 7:10 PM, Bill Babcock wrote:<br>
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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 class="">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
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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.<br
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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.<br
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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
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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
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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. <br
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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. <br
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We were so close this time.<br class="">
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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
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