i've been tied up with my daughter visiting and taking care of my elderly mother and father...The Cuda broke the output shaft on the trans, which attaches to the transaxle..it tore both all to pieces..breaking the rear end case etc. Rockland has a new heavier duty output shaft they are putting in a new transmission with the G-Force gears etc in it...building a new rear end with a new case etc..we have a carbon on carbon 3 disc clutch going in it and Center Force is building us a new flywheel for it. Bilstein is changing the valving on the shocks and we're increasing the rear spring rate to stop the wheel hop. The independent rears are prone to the hop and it just tears the hell out of them. All the gears are out being rimmed and the trans/and rear will ship out Tues. or Wed from Rockland. I'm more than disappointed that we didn't make Maxton. We've built all the race set-up stuff for it and haven't used it. Scott Pruett figured out what was making it push so hard..his engineer and he were discussing what it was doing and they concluded that the posi unit was locking up under power and the inside tire was trying to turn at the same rate as the outside tire thus making it want to go straight. I called Rockland when we got home, and they told me to put some posi additive in it..We had been told by Amsoil not to put any in it..that their formulation already had some in it. I called them to see what Amsoil recommended. They said to go and put some in it that it wouldn't hurt anything. We never got to use it...broke it on the drag strip before we could put it in the turns. Scott said it would be turning in like crazy, then he would hit the throttle and it would immediately go straight so we were looking forward to see how it responded. People are wondering what i'm going to build. I saw Josh's 58 Buick @ Putnam Park and it flung a craving on me. So I bought me a 1 owner 58 Buick Century Caballero Estate Wagon..it came factory equipped with air suspension..Gonna get Air ride to build me a modern set up for it. It's over at Alan's now...I have Doan Spencers last car he was working on when he died...It's a 66 GT 350 Mustang...It has a set of Spencer 16" 3 piece Kidney Bean wheels on it. I want to put a SOHC Ford Cammer in it(427 mid sixties kind)...As far as buying your own car back at Barrett...it now cost you 18%..The buy fee is now 10%..By the way, it's against the law to buy your own car at a no reserve sale...lot of people don't know that...There was an article about it in the legal files in the Sports Car Market a few months ago. Chandelier bids are also illegal...you can buy your car if it has a Reserve..but not no reserve. Barrett is probably going to crack down on it...they can't stop it...but one of their competitors runs cars at no reserve..they only charge you 5% total if your car is bought back...they better watch it. lawsuit happy people are going to sue over this and stand a shot at getting damages to boot... Barrett is not going to agree to anyone buying their car...no law against getting a friend buy it though...but at 18%...OUCH...We have to be at the Playboy Mansion on the 20th...leave here on the 15th..We will be back at SEMA in Mattel's Booth...We'll bring it back and throw the new clutch in it and see what we can get done...We have kept the cars vulnerable places covered in the clear plastic to keep road rash down...it will be as new when it goes to Barrett...as far as Barrett paying show money...not a chance in He**..it's a full 8% sell fee all the way to the sale price. I wish I hadn't committed to the Mansion deal...Maxton is having their last run and I will miss it because I have to be in California...
Last edited by bob johnson; 10-02-2006 at 07:30 PM.
screw that, give me the playboy mansion anyday over a the maxton event
so what do all the vettes do to keep the rear from braking? I've seen plenty of vettes with more horsepower survive.
horsepower is only part of the equation..the killer is the wheel hop..loading and unloading the transaxle just tears it up. That was the first time i had sat dead still and hit it hard...I had experienced some lesser wheel hop before and feathered it out..Alan has never had it hop on him...it was hopping at the drag strip..I eased out and hit it again..it hopped everytime I hit it again in first and second...The bigger output shaft and the new shocks will eliminate it I hope...We already have the good bushings etc in it...
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