Big thanks to the DEZ/Slowhawk crew.
10-10-2006, 05:23 PM
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Big thanks to the DEZ/Slowhawk crew. I wanted to thank the rest of the group for helping out Sunday too.
Tracer, Thanks for offering your AAA Gold & cell phone.
Griff, thanks for trying to free up the clutch at the track.
Gary, thanks for the concern & offer to pick me up at Dons (hour drive each way) after getting home. As well as all the garage time too.
Brandon, thanks for giving the wife a ride home & overall concern about the car.
Keith, thanks for helping out with the car all along with Don.
Don, well you deserve your own thread.
Can't thank you enough for everything.
Tracer, Thanks for offering your AAA Gold & cell phone.
Griff, thanks for trying to free up the clutch at the track.
Gary, thanks for the concern & offer to pick me up at Dons (hour drive each way) after getting home. As well as all the garage time too.
Brandon, thanks for giving the wife a ride home & overall concern about the car.
Keith, thanks for helping out with the car all along with Don.
Don, well you deserve your own thread.
Can't thank you enough for everything. 
10-10-2006, 09:41 PM
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no problem dave, im always willing to help out where i can. im glad everything worked out for you tho, the car ran great all day, its too bad it had to end like that.
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10-11-2006, 07:17 AM
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I ask what happened to Dave's car, simply because I have an entire 6 speed driveline sitting in my garage, and there might have been a part that he needed ( driveshaft, whatever)... not to bust his *****.
Edit: I did not read your other thread Dave.
On another note.. you're not the first person I knwo of that has had a spec 3 clutch weld itself to the flywheel that I know of, Chef did that to his a few years back too.... what is it about that clutch that makes it do that? There's other clutches with similar materials that don't seem to do it.. or do they, we just don't hear about it? Is there some solution to what causes that to happen, or is it just the nature of the clutch design/material?
Edit: I did not read your other thread Dave.
On another note.. you're not the first person I knwo of that has had a spec 3 clutch weld itself to the flywheel that I know of, Chef did that to his a few years back too.... what is it about that clutch that makes it do that? There's other clutches with similar materials that don't seem to do it.. or do they, we just don't hear about it? Is there some solution to what causes that to happen, or is it just the nature of the clutch design/material?
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10-11-2006, 08:36 AM
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seems like the welded clutches come from cars that dead hook, the drivetrain doesnt slip and the clutch is the weak link in the setup. they just weld from built up heat. the car itself always moves a bit but i bet there is way too much friction there.
i think it has been happening to the iron spec3. wonder if that has anything to do with it.
i think it has been happening to the iron spec3. wonder if that has anything to do with it.
10-11-2006, 08:43 AM
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Could very well be the problem. I had a spec 4I in my car before the 6 speed came out, and it never missed a beat, but the 4 and 5 are a different design, probably why they don't seem to do it. Even after the abuse i gave it and about 5000 miles, it still looked pretty good when it came out, good enough so I'd reuse it if I had to.
10-11-2006, 09:23 AM
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my spec 3 X still holds great and hasnt welded but after 30k miles and 150+ passes it is showing its on its way out , i usally just see the spec 3I's weld them selves thats about it though .
10-11-2006, 10:16 AM
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just go with a spec 5 or spec's custom re-buildable dual disc.
the newer spec 5's drive better than the spec 3i's from a year ago and the 3i's were really smooth.
for a little while i tried to look for your car jl-ws6 but when i saw one after another that looked just like it then 3 of the same damn thing all lined up in a row i gave up. paint a big middle finger on the hood or something.
the newer spec 5's drive better than the spec 3i's from a year ago and the 3i's were really smooth.
for a little while i tried to look for your car jl-ws6 but when i saw one after another that looked just like it then 3 of the same damn thing all lined up in a row i gave up. paint a big middle finger on the hood or something.
10-11-2006, 11:10 AM
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sorry lol, I wasn't expecting that. I saw danno's car, then there was another one just like his with early stock ws-6 rims on it, and there was one other one if I remember correctly and mine. I had bogarts on it.. I know it was the only one runnign them on a pewter transam... at least I think.
My car's really not anything special to look at, you can see where GM, either at the dealer or the factory repainted one quarter, which showed up nicely after 3 years... other then that it's really nothing special, nothing done that a hundred other people haven't already done.
I was parked over near noyzee's trailer, it was there whenever it wasn't in line.
I wanted to see purevil's car, I'm sure the pic's of it really didn't do it any justice, but I never got a chance to really go walk around.
My car's really not anything special to look at, you can see where GM, either at the dealer or the factory repainted one quarter, which showed up nicely after 3 years... other then that it's really nothing special, nothing done that a hundred other people haven't already done.
I was parked over near noyzee's trailer, it was there whenever it wasn't in line.
I wanted to see purevil's car, I'm sure the pic's of it really didn't do it any justice, but I never got a chance to really go walk around.
10-11-2006, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
sorry lol, I wasn't expecting that. I saw danno's car, then there was another one just like his with early stock ws-6 rims on it, and there was one other one if I remember correctly and mine. I had bogarts on it.. I know it was the only one runnign them on a pewter transam... at least I think.
My car's really not anything special to look at, you can see where GM, either at the dealer or the factory repainted one quarter, which showed up nicely after 3 years... other then that it's really nothing special, nothing done that a hundred other people haven't already done.
I was parked over near noyzee's trailer, it was there whenever it wasn't in line.
I wanted to see purevil's car, I'm sure the pic's of it really didn't do it any justice, but I never got a chance to really go walk around.
My car's really not anything special to look at, you can see where GM, either at the dealer or the factory repainted one quarter, which showed up nicely after 3 years... other then that it's really nothing special, nothing done that a hundred other people haven't already done.
I was parked over near noyzee's trailer, it was there whenever it wasn't in line.
I wanted to see purevil's car, I'm sure the pic's of it really didn't do it any justice, but I never got a chance to really go walk around.
BTW ActionRacing has the photos up.