That's why shops like mine exist. : )

I have a few customers that never knew how to check their oil levels.

Great point Greg. Maintenance is extremely important.
My work day is 12 hours long. I have 3 kids, a wife, and on top of that I'm a landlord which sometimes takes up a day away from my weekends. I enjoy working on my car but realistically I don't have the time to give it the maintenance it needs.

Once again......Thanks Vince. :thumbsup:

Interesting stuff.. I went and checked my bearings today. It has PN LSB M12649 outter bearings on it

Have always appreciated your attention to detail and safety Vince. :thumbsup:

But why ya gotta talk about me on the internet like that? :innocent:


Looks like you coulda done a lot worse Jer! :thumbsup:

See ya in August. :popcorn2:

You holding out Dawg? :poke:

I teach, they learn....well now you did it, I wasn't mentioning names.

Sonoma? hello?

I'm not complaining 1130# is better then 922#:thumbsup: . We'll see about Sonoma. I will be at BW in Sept


Would I do that :underchair:

Hey Ron,

To the best of my knowledge there are three C5/C6 hubs: the standard C6, the Z06 which LG Motorsports sells with the larger rear bearing and the ZR1 which I believe is still only available at the dealer. I could be wrong, but as far as I can tell the ZR1 is the same as the Z06 with the exception of the ABS sensor and inner spline count. Do you know if the load rating is any different for these hubs?

Ron, can you find out if you can get me a good set of bearings for a C4 hub?

Cool. If my car doesn't brake before then I'll see you there. :thumbsup:

You have a Baer hub which is basically a factory GM drum hub.

I remember a few years back...90's someone had a first gen hub that ran a larger outer bearing. I tried searching around but can't seem to find it here. I believe it was Herb Adams could be wrong.

Tobin makes a billet hub but I am unsure what bearings are used.

Makes perfect sense Ron. Thank you Sir :thumbsup:

Tobin uses stock replacement Timken bearings for his hubs.

Thanks Tu, I wasn't sure.

On my '67, Maeco used either second gen hubs or SCP hubs on a custom spindle that had the big outer bearing. At the time, Mike really felt that was critical on the race applications. I don't think I've ever seen a first gen throw a shoe though, but I'm sure it's been an issue here and there.

Personally I haven't witnessed any failures on properly maintained cars. Most where due to neglect, lack of grease and improper free play.
Im not sure how long Gaetano went on his very first set before coming to me but there was a layer of dark grease at the outer bearing. I believe it was right after the 341. If he had a season on them its doing good. So far his bearings look fine but they normally get serviced 3 times a year.

I was actually going to come back and mention that... I've seen a fair number of crazy failures of all types at HPDE events, but not on the vintage race cars.

We had to change the seals on the caliper pistons every session when I ran the J56 4 piston brakes on the front because I didn't have a set of the sexy insulated pistons (which is why we went to the CNC brakes fairly quickly!)...

I didn't mean to say that I hadn't seen it, to dismiss it. Just an off the top of the head comment and absolutely related to the level of maintenance that goes into running a heavy, high power race car.

Yeah I got that. It maybe an overlooked service part. I am more concerned about spindle failure than bearing failure. He is running a lot faster now.

Look who about has their new motor back in the car... they are shooting for June 15 @ Sonoma. :unibrow:

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps92e719a6.jpg

That would be cool. Last I talked to Carl Dave is supposed to ride with me and give me some tips. Hopefully that will happen.

That's absolutely the 1st gen Camaro driver I'd be talking to!

That's because Sieg is unavailable of course.... ringer on Team Weld.

I picked up some poly carbonate material from tap plastics today and built my rear quarter windows. Tomorrow I'll put the new front rotors and pads on unless I get pulled away for some family activity.

Haven't been to Sonoma in 8 years so should be interesting.

Just as soon as I teach him how to find the rev limiter....

You do know if you just ran a vintage Mustang -- they fixed that issue back in like '65....


See how that rear window is open up near the roof... creates a low pressure area and sucks all that high speed air right out! LOL

Yeah, I really like that. Wonder if that would work for my car.

If its convenient enough for you can you post some pics of that rear window area.

Sieg= Sandbagger (racing):snapout:

Sandbagging describes someone who underperforms (usually deliberately) in an event. The term has multiple uses, such as a driver who competes in an event in a series below their level of expertise to finish high.[1] In bracket drag racing and short track racing when a racer has a dial-in time / qualifying speed much slower than the car can actually perform. The term can also be used to describe a fast driver who holds back during a race until just before the end, when they suddenly pass up through the field to win the event.

here you go

its flappin cause you don't have glass supports. high pressure low pressure differential.

Ringer.......:wacko: :lmao:
Rev limiter = Meatball Flag :badidea:
Sieg = LOFT
That would be more accurate. (Lack of F'n Talent)
:D

Yup, seen that. Weld sent me a link. You would think that rear glass would be flappin.

Nah, yer jes pacin' yerself cuz you know ya got all that latent talent on reserve...


:D

No flappin goin' on there at all.... and there's zero parachute effect. I think the low pressure area created over the roofline is the reason. If there's no pressure being built up "under" the lexan... then there's no buffeting like what would be felt if there was air pressure trying to find it's way and creating all manor of turbulence back there.

Mind you - the old clunky Camaro's may have a different issue compared to the sleek racing lines of the mighty Mustang...

Just more sandbagging!!:RunninDog:

I'm going to buy this tomorrow to replace the low life foreigner.... We'll see how well he can handle it vs the go-kart.



http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/ch...83419533la.htm

AWESOME!
:thumbsup:

Mankar alert!

Could be a handful...lol

http://24.media.tumblr.com/71c9366c8...zxy4o1_500.gif

^^^ HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII* that's really NICE, Congrats!!

That's comforting to know........:D

Has Charlie approved the purchase yet?

Well I was only half joking..... I still think the little British Go-Kart is perfect as a back up track car... But I am going down to look at it.