That looks amazing. !!!!!

 

Thanks.....

Got everything all bolted in, brakes on and bled..... I have 1 little mod to do on the exhaust and I'll get the drive shaft shortened this week, then we should be ready to go again.....

 

Looks good. Did you ever figure out why the first gear set would not give you a good pattern?

 

I have no idea, it looked like the pinion was to deep so I moved it out .005 and it got a little better..... The 4th time I moved it out .005 the pattern went off the reservation..... I was a Ford Racing Gear, I have never had a problem with one before but I guess there's always a first time.....

The one I set up this weekend was a US Gear, went in first shot no problems at all....

 

Finally all back together..... Went through the gear break in cycle, drove it around some Sat and Sun to put it through a couple heat cycles..... Everything seems fine so I reset the cal-tracs and recheck the front end alignment..... I'll probably drive it a some the beginning of the week and get it back out to the track on Wed nite!!!!!

 

I've been following along and I'm always impressed with your skills. I wish I were half the mechanic you are.

What's up with the Wed night track situation? I'm local and have never been to the track here. I'd be interested in coming by for a bit.

Tipsy

 

Thanks!!!!! Wed nite tune-n-test at Showtime Dragstrip..... East on 126 Avenue off 49th street all the way to the end..... You can look up Showtime on the net.....

 

Okay...right near PIE. I'll try to swing by.

Tipsy

 

Got it to the track Wed nite..... She leaft harder then ever right up to 1 sec into the pass when it had a catastrophic planetary failure..... It only had a rebuilt 1.76 planetary set, but I still find it hard to believe it gave up off the footbrake..... It leaft on 3.5lbs and was at 18.6lbs at 4 tenths into the hit, it was going to be a good run.....

Here is the carnage.....

 

Brutal damage! I thought PGs were supposed to be pretty strong?

Andrew

 

They are. Once you have 3 -4 grand in one.

Sorry about your luck out there Frank. I have killed a few planetaries myself. Not a good sound.

 

HA HA!!!!!


I must be gettin close to a good one now, with the new planetary set I'll be in for around $3500 and I do all the labor.....

 

I got everything all cleaned up and ready to reassemble, I put as much together as I could..... Parts are ordered.....

 

Dang...

Well, like I have heard before with cars we like: Build, Brake, Repair, Repeat!

 

That sucks Frank. Just one thing after another!

 

HAHA!!!!!



Ya play with fast cars and ya get a lot of broken ****..... Just how it goes.....


Got the trans parts this week..... The trans is all back together and ready to go back in tomorrow morning.....

Here's the new FTI 1.80 straight cut planetary set I got for it, and then the trans back together.....

 

Back together and running again, hopefully for a while this time.....

 

Sorry to hear about the trans, good luck with this one. Will the change to the 1.80 make any difference in your times?

 

From a 1.76 to 1.80 shouldn't make much difference..... Unfortunately I will never know, because it broke on the first pass at this boost level and the tune is still super soft.....

 

Do you mean it broke on the first pass last time, so you don't have a comparison, or that the just completed rebuild broke on the first pass?

Jay