Trailer looks great. Best of luck and we all will be pullin for you guy's.

The good news is that the old hubs are in good shape and, in all honesty, shouldn't be a problem unless we make them an issue. I'll pop one out and we'll have a spare if we need it - just in case.

Hopefully we have the balance of our spares in tomorrow... Kinsler has sent us a fuel pump which arrived today, as did another set of tires and (thankfully) our shock. AWESOME customer service from Penske!

Tomorrow we're expecting our Raybestos R43 pads which we'll carry as backups (on the other side of the customer service fence are the AP reps in California - after a month and a half of email and phone messages I wound up calling England to get help. As soon as the OLoA is over I think that there will be a change coming there) and some more bits and pieces.

Currie Enterprises also sent us a care package....

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I had forgotten that Tyler had modded the hubs for the spindles sorry for the luck but everyhting else is looking great. Cant wait to see some action shots really pulling for you guys:woot:

James,

What is the gear ratio on your new rearend? 3.89?

Also, is your magnum the .63 final gear one?

Thanks

I can answer this since our cars are vitural clones.. lol

Yes to both of those questions.. it makes a sixth gear that is actually usable and doesn't make the car bog down at typical freeway speeds.

When you say "useable" based on your specs (26 inch tire, .63 final gear, and 3.89 rear end) you are doing around 2500 rpm @80 mph. Wouldn't it be nicer if it was closer to 2000 rpm @80 mph?

For example, I think Jackass has specs like this:
(26.6 inch tire, .50 final gear, and 3.90 rear end= 1971 rpm @80 mph)

Let me know if my figures are off...

Thanks and sorry for the small hijack...

What he said - lol

I will probably change out the gear ratio in the spare 3rd Member after the One lap to something around 3.55 ratio (give or take) for the Silver State. Eventually we want to get in to the 150+ class and a drop would be nice for that.

Excellent customer service (by the way) from Currie. We spoke to them last week and told them what we were looking for and had the 3rd member assembled and shipped out the same day. It's essentially the same as what we are running now (they rebuilt our old one last summer) - Strange aluminum housing, True-Track differential, 3.89 gears and heavy duty pinion support and yoke. Great products, great price and fast!

My personal preference is to have some more RPM vs less. I know that it's not perfect for mileage but I'm trying to balance street and track manners and I just hate borderline lugging in 6th.

But... in all honesty... the only time I've ever been in 6th I've been at 110+

I guess.. if this were my daily commuter, but I don't like my car all quiet and luggy.. When I had my T56 (.50 sixth) I never drove in 6th because it was too quiet. lol

I probably should swap to 3.70 gears given how much torque my new engine has, might make 1st gear more friendly. The hard part is that my gears are expensive (lightened and polished) so it's tough to toss them to buy new ones.

What he said...