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Originally Posted by Panteracer
Bryan,
Sorry to hear about the Motor... I have had many problems
with Pontiac motors in the past and hope mine is resolved now
was thinking the Ls motors were bullet proof but I guess not
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The LS motors don't like long sweeping turns (what motor does I guess). It's easy to suck the pan dry. I confirmed today that I don't have restricted diameter pushrods, which I thought I did, so that didn't help either. I'm told you can have up to 2 quarts of oil in the valve covers (hard to believe it's that much, but I've been told that from 2 sources). So I need to do all I can to limit that.
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Originally Posted by Panteracer
Car does look great on the track
Wondering why brakes actually cracked..
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Heat, I'm sure. COTA is a fast track, and TOW is heavy. 3900# plus slowing from 120-130 down to 45 at 2 points on the track is a lot of heat. And I'm not exactly nice to brakes. There is also limited cooling to them currently (I'm thinking about ways to improve that). But the drilled rotors were probably a bad idea for a big track. I had them all apart the week before COTA, and I didn't see a single stress crack at the holes. Now, every hole has one! Front and rear...
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Originally Posted by Panteracer
Finally looking at your car's weight 3942... I was at 3710 and taking a bunch off the front and hoping to be in the 3350 range Hopefully I can weigh mine this weekend I have a 5 point roll bar, no ac or heat.. glass front end and hood now
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You are definitely getting some weight off the front. I'm a big guy (260-ish), so that doesn't help. I only have the fiberglass hood, I'd like to replace the nose as well like you did. That's 60-70 pounds right there, plus those heavy mounts. I didn't build this car with weight in mind though, it was built as a driver / Pro-Tourer. I need to build another one that's more racecar.
