To which I can only reply...
ow! :-(
Condolences from a fellow broken Spitfire
--Rocky
----- Original Message -----
From: <fpspitfire@insightbb.com>
To: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Cc: <fot@Autox.Team.Net>; <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: results from the St. Louis Double regional
>I didn't mention that it wasn't really a mis-shift! I actually "put" it in
> first on purpose! I had this moment of flashback to earlier in the season
> when the 8500 rpm motor was in the car...by the time I realised what I did
> the
> dog rings had pulled it into gear and my brain didn't react in time to
> push
> the clutch in....one of the bad things of clutchless driving...
>
>
> --
> All the best
> Aaron Johnson
> #38 FP Spitfire Mk4 Southern Illinois Region SCCA
> http://www.geocities.com/spitracer9
>
>
>> Okay, Aaron. Time for the open-hand shifting lesson. :-)
>>
>> Most of the time when I teach driving schools, I have to get my student
>> to
>> quit grabbing the gearshift in his fist and stabbing it into the gear he
>> wants. It is so common a habit.
>>
>> I demonstrate shifting with the open hand.
>>
>> 1-2, hand on the right side of the shifter, pressure on the upper-right
>> side
>> of the shift knob, pull toward you
>> 2-3, hand on the left side of the shifter, pressure on the lower-left and
>> push across as if the shift pattern was an X (not an H). Push away from
>> yourself.
>> 3-4, hand on the left side of the shifter, pressure on the upper-left and
>> pull back but away from you.
>> 4-3, hand on the left side of the shifter, pressure on the lower-left and
>> push away -- just like the 2-3 shift.
>> 3-2, hand on the right side of the shifter, pressure on the upper-right
>> side, pull toward you across the X -- otherwise just like the 1-2 shift
>> 2-1, hand on the right side of the shifter, pressure on the lower-left
>> and
>> push up but toward you.
>>
>> Never grab the shifter.
>>
>> For 1-2 and 3-2, I often just hook a finger under the shifter ball and
>> pull
>> toward me.
>> For 2-3 and 4-3, I just push the shifter away from myself with the open
>> palm -- same action with 3-4 except I pull back.
>>
>> It avoids most missed shifts, especially catastrophic 4-1s! You'll never
>> do
>> 4-1 if you are pushing the shifter away from yourself.
>>
>> --Rocky Entriken
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <fpspitfire@insightbb.com>
>> To: <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
>> Cc: <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
>> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 7:49 PM
>> Subject: results from the St. Louis Double regional
>>
>>
>> > Well the weekend is over...thankfully.
>> > Weather was nice. The track was nice. Too bad I forgot to pack my brain
>> > into
>> > the truck.
>> >
>> > 1st lap of the first qualifying session I went from 4th gear to 1st
>> > gear
>> > and
>> > with the stock 1500 motor....it was a game over. We spent the rest of
>> > the
>> > day
>> > dropping the pan and replacing the rod bearings.
>> >
>> > This was all for not as the repairs didn't even last a lap. this time
>> > it
>> > must
>> > have been left overs from whatever we didn't spot on saturday.
>> >
>> > i've never heard a motor make this much noise without actually blowing
>> > up.
>> >
>> > Frank Axelrod was a repairing the gearbox when I showed up. That was
>> > all
>> > for
>> > not as well. During the first qualifying session he broke a camshaft
>> > and
>> > that
>> > put a hole in the side of the block larger than any i've seen before.
>> > This
>> > catastrophe was followed by fire, smoke and a huge mess.
>> >
>> > Overall...just a bad weekend.
>> >
>> > aaron
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > All the best
>> > Aaron Johnson
>> > #38 FP Spitfire Mk4 Southern Illinois Region SCCA
>> > http://www.geocities.com/spitracer9
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