[Spridgets] Diffs again, if I may

[Deikis, John G]

Is that why you were running down to the false grid waving your arms and
shouting excitedly? Not veddy distinguished for a crew chief of a
counterfeit works racer!


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Fisk [mailto:refisk at chartermi.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5:40 PM
To: spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Diffs again, if I may

John has the competition version of the Phantom Grip installed in his
Midget
race car.  When he broke the left axle at Gingerman raceway last May he
had
to be towed back to the paddock.  The car would not move under it's own
power.

We got the broken axle out and a replacement installed in about twenty
minutes.  John took off for the false grid for his next heat and
realized at
the last minute that we had forgotten to reinstall one "kind of
important"
piece when we put it back together.  We had everything in there except
the
brake drum.  LOL

Rick



----- Original Message -----
From: <Daniel1312 at aol.com>
To: <John.Deikis at va.gov>; <derf247 at gmail.com>;
<robertduquette at sympatico.ca>
Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Diffs again, if I may


> Not necessarily so.  One reason the European rally cars right down to
> clubman/amateur status like the clutch plate diff is that if a
> halfshaft/driveshaft/axle breaks they can still limp out of a special
> stage to the service area.
> For the very same reason they are loathe to use a Quaife/Torsen.
>
> Where is Alan East-Jones - he works for Ferguson!