[evilzee28]

Originally Posted by Mean 69

USA, and Britain: Two countries seperated by a common language!

A good friend of mine has a 67 Camaro race car, and although his motor wouldn't be allowed in the class you describe, his chassis setup sounds like it is basically the same as what you need. One thing that might help the car out a bunch, in the rear, is a Panhard Rod or Watt's linkage. Sean's is fitted with a Watt's, but many of the Trans Am vintage cars on this side of the pond also use PHB's with apparent good success. He also runs the vintage era brakes, and has had some issues with them, mainly with seals letting go after longer events (i.e. the same duration you describe). When they work, they work really well, but he has had reliabilty issues that he is still battling. One other issue is brake hop in the rear, we are going to bring his car to my shop in a few days to fit an upper link to use in conjunction with the leaf springs. This is relatively common in the racers here too, but it is tough to get specifics on what works, when you ask the owners either they don't know (in the predominate case of the very wealthy guys who have their own crews), or won't tell you their secrets! Strange. Anyway, I can see a bunch of collaboration between his car and your project, might help you get there quicker.

I have to agree with Steeve on the accent/writing style. Steeve has a pretty good pen himself, but it is clear that you can tell the difference. In fact, I read in my own mind with a British accent! Americans can be very bland in their writing, and unfortunately, too many of them have trouble writing properly, at all. The coverage of F1 over here is usually done through Speed Channel on our cable TV deal. Two of the announcers are from England, David Hobbs and Steve Matchett. I assume you've heard of Hobbsy! Some of the best coverage and commentating out there. Hilarious too.

Great stuff,
Mark

Hi Mark, good to talk with you. I'm glad you said "British accent" as most people class everyone from Britain/UK as being English, I'm actually Welsh & live in Wales just outside the Welsh capital city of Cardiff. Hey, any help with information would really be greatfully recieved regarding car set ups etc. My set up is going to be pretty similar to my friends '69 Mustang because we know it works, so,...if it works on a Ford it'll be awesome on a Chevy huh? Yes he's had an awful lot of issues with keeping brakes to work, even down to having thicker backings for the brake pads machined & the possibility of using stainless steel parts ie backing pads & caliper pistons or ceramic coated parts to stop heat transfer to the seals.

The one thing I have noticed with most American email replies is they're extremely short, to the point & don't always answer the questions you ask & don't even say why they don't answer them lol My biggest problem is expounding on what I'm trying to say ( you only gotta read how carried away I got on the posting (Jodys projects) about paintwork problems. Got waaaay too carried away trying to explain things...............Have a good day! (thought of in an American accent lol )