Keith
Well I guess the clutch is locking up OK. Your little 295" must be
really
be making some HP. Tell us how fast you went on an easy pass.
If you have trouble finding a close ratio 4-speed let me know. I may
have
access to some rebuilt NASCAR T-10's.
Just a thought but you may want to consider a special made race drive
shaft. Big yokes (front & rear), balanced etc.
John Beckett
At 12:40 AM 5/5/99 -0700, Keith Turk wrote:
>Well it seems we have solved the issue about what gear ratio I had.... Key
>word here being Had!!!
>
>best I can figure I was on the 3rd pass, the First Hard Pass and the
>Driveshaft let go and took out the Tail shaft or the Trans let go and took
>out the driveshaft...
>
>in any event I learned why NASCAR has padding on the shifter... Hurts a ton
>when it smacks your leg after the tail shaft breaks...
>
>the only real consolation prize here is that the motor pulled really strong
>and following Tom and Johns Recommendations we didn't take it past
>8000rpm... well maybe just a tick but not much... and it should make great
>power
>
>I want to take a sec and thank Mayf and his Wife Cathy for coming with us
>and playing Data recorder... for the first time I have something to ref: in
>the future...
>All the play back stuff and Pyrometer readings actually got recorded... The
>Charts for RPM where interesting... I will post a note about them later....
>
>Keith
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>Keith Turk
>Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
>Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
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