Post by CHELKAMINO on Jun 6, 2008 22:16:40 GMT -5
What a hot night to go racing!! So hot, that Sean's 66 blew out the water pump gaskets causing track down time. He changed his pants and with help from all that were there (Chad "the parts go-fer", Joe "the pizza guy", Rob the "Mustang racer", Dan "the photographer", and myself.....along with Sean of course) got the "other" green monster running and road worthy to get him home again. Dan was babying the 70 just getting used to the new Tremec ( I think its the first he got it out of 3rd 
?). Joe was having a few issues with his tranny, nothing that a home made funnel and some ATF couldn't fix. I couldn't hook to save my a$$. The right lane was terrible, the left was no better, I spun the one pass for 30 ft or more. The heat and humidity didn't help matters any. I had enough trouble trying to leave with my 2 step let alone keep my sun glasses cleaned off enough to see what I was doing. The track was slipperier then snot on a door knob!! My best was a 13.14 out of the left lane and Dan's was a 12.80 (I believe). Called it a night around 9:45 and all headed home. I had enough rice and tacos for one night 
.....right Dan 
;D 
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?). Joe was having a few issues with his tranny, nothing that a home made funnel and some ATF couldn't fix. I couldn't hook to save my a$$. The right lane was terrible, the left was no better, I spun the one pass for 30 ft or more. The heat and humidity didn't help matters any. I had enough trouble trying to leave with my 2 step let alone keep my sun glasses cleaned off enough to see what I was doing. The track was slipperier then snot on a door knob!! My best was a 13.14 out of the left lane and Dan's was a 12.80 (I believe). Called it a night around 9:45 and all headed home. I had enough rice and tacos for one night 
.....right Dan 
;D 
?
Glad you made it home Sean. Trans did no better going home last night. Wouldn't stop down shifting even with the gas pedal on the floor. Then all hell broke loose about 7 miles past route 100 exit...oil pressure gauge went to zero and engine stopped running a few seconds later. Even with me and a pa state trooper telling the tow truck guy where I was took until almost 1am for him to finally get her loaded up and start out for my house. After playing around with it since I got up around 11am today found that distributer is not turning and found metal in the oil. Pulled distributer out gear is missing teeth... 
Cam shaft gear doesn't look much better. Turned engine around by hand valves are moving which tells me that the timing gears and chain are still on and most likely weren't to blame. Got hot and humid out gave up playing around with it for now. I said "go or blow" last night at the track well...it "go'd and then blow'd"... 
