Your story reminds me of the time in '76 when, prepping for the 4-hour
enduro SCCA race at Sears Point, my co-driver built a large-capacity pan
for the 'vette, but apparently didn't tie it to a block while welding it
up. Stayed up til 3am the night before the race to get it installed
because it needed three prybars and an angry moose to get the holes to
line up. After all that, the front seal had a 1/4" gap with the pan.
Filled it with silicone sealant, but it bled like a stuck pig during
practice in the morning. So, spent every minute until the race putting
the old 5-quart pan back in place. Ironically, the engine held up fine,
but the rear end started fading sometime during the last half hour or
so, and it went out completely in the last turn. Fortunately, had
enough momentum to ju-u-u-ust coast across the finish line for 4th
overall! A hell of an exciting weekend.
Benn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
To: "land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 4:49 PM
Subject: Engineering solutions or KISS
> Hi all,
> > World finals.
> In the meantime I sent our wounded pan and a new core to Stan
Shiroma
> so he could build us a new one. Jan 2004 the pan is done and I ship
it up
> to Ken in Salem. We decide to continue to run Nicks motor in 2004 so
the C
> motor rebuild goes on the back burner (see where this is going).
Lo and behold
> when Ken goes to put the pan on, the bolt holes on one side are half a
hole
> off. Thursday the 21st. Ken calls me and priority mails the pan to me,
it
> gets here last Saturday. I call Stan and leave him a message. Busily
> thinking of how I'm going to fix this thing if Stan is out of town,
>
> Jim in Palmdale
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