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Re: Boss 302 Advance Road Race setup thread
30% chance of showers means 100% full wet weekend. We ran 8 sessions at Summit in a constant drizzle with brief moments of heavy rain and clouds. We almost had a dry line established the last session on Saturday which then got washed away with more heavy rain overnight. The IMG group was fun, a little quirky but great guys. I actually did my first TT today and had a blast with my transponder and reading the run sheets. I was 3rd overall in the first wet session with a 1:53.76, 1st was a GTR at 1:49.45. was out there with F.D. Sako, Steve K (who I think is Race Red 302), his friend Charles who had a nice Boxster S and Greg W who is another BMO member. The IMG/Entropy Racing group runs Spec Renault and Spec Ford Sports racers so when they saw the 3 Bosses, my BAUS, and the 2 other 11/12 GT's they were all over us. It was a very relaxed group, they ran their 6 races, 2 DE groups with TT competitors running in the DE Classes.
Now for the bad news, may I say I am glad the 2013 Season is over for me. Between losing my truck and trailer Memorial Day, Pete crashing his car Memorial Day, Pete blowing his clutch and trans, Gary and John killing clutches, Puffer killing an engine and all the other problems we have endured I thought I had enough. No. Today my throwout bearing falls apart in my last session and I have no Clutch!, 300 miles away with no Trailer! Steve K offered to help in anyway he could but I decided to do what any good NASCAR driver would, I got the car moving by using the starter with the trans in 2nd gear. Needless to say this was very risky, all told I had to do it 12 times, 2 stop lights (1 uphill), 7 stop signs, 1 pee stop on the highway, and 2 gas stops. Say what you may about Ford and the MT-82 they make the best starter motors you can have. Had to put the car in second gear with the engine off, depress the clutch to override the safety switch and the car would roll forward and the engine caught every time. Was able to get from 2nd into 5th easily by playing with the throttle and made the trip in mostly 5th gear. By the time I got to the Tappan Zee bridge there was 13 miles of stop and go traffic, used 2nd and the shoulder a lot during that time. Made it home safely though and now I have a major project to undertake. I do have a take off MT-82 from Crazy Horse 1847 and the pilot bearing and new throwout bearing (must have had a psychic moment last month). Will be seeking advice on clutches, I think I want a dual disc with aluminum flywheel and of course the Ford Racing Pulse ring. Gonna check with Revolution Auto about rebuilding my original trans since it doesn't seem like it suffered too bad and freshing up the synchros, bearings and adding the brass shift arm pads will be a good plan to have 2 transmissions at the ready. Amazingly this was the first and only time I had the clutch pedal stick to the floor and the only shift I missed in 3 seasons of track days. C'est la vie' or some shiznit like that.
Steve
30% chance of showers means 100% full wet weekend. We ran 8 sessions at Summit in a constant drizzle with brief moments of heavy rain and clouds. We almost had a dry line established the last session on Saturday which then got washed away with more heavy rain overnight. The IMG group was fun, a little quirky but great guys. I actually did my first TT today and had a blast with my transponder and reading the run sheets. I was 3rd overall in the first wet session with a 1:53.76, 1st was a GTR at 1:49.45. was out there with F.D. Sako, Steve K (who I think is Race Red 302), his friend Charles who had a nice Boxster S and Greg W who is another BMO member. The IMG/Entropy Racing group runs Spec Renault and Spec Ford Sports racers so when they saw the 3 Bosses, my BAUS, and the 2 other 11/12 GT's they were all over us. It was a very relaxed group, they ran their 6 races, 2 DE groups with TT competitors running in the DE Classes.
Now for the bad news, may I say I am glad the 2013 Season is over for me. Between losing my truck and trailer Memorial Day, Pete crashing his car Memorial Day, Pete blowing his clutch and trans, Gary and John killing clutches, Puffer killing an engine and all the other problems we have endured I thought I had enough. No. Today my throwout bearing falls apart in my last session and I have no Clutch!, 300 miles away with no Trailer! Steve K offered to help in anyway he could but I decided to do what any good NASCAR driver would, I got the car moving by using the starter with the trans in 2nd gear. Needless to say this was very risky, all told I had to do it 12 times, 2 stop lights (1 uphill), 7 stop signs, 1 pee stop on the highway, and 2 gas stops. Say what you may about Ford and the MT-82 they make the best starter motors you can have. Had to put the car in second gear with the engine off, depress the clutch to override the safety switch and the car would roll forward and the engine caught every time. Was able to get from 2nd into 5th easily by playing with the throttle and made the trip in mostly 5th gear. By the time I got to the Tappan Zee bridge there was 13 miles of stop and go traffic, used 2nd and the shoulder a lot during that time. Made it home safely though and now I have a major project to undertake. I do have a take off MT-82 from Crazy Horse 1847 and the pilot bearing and new throwout bearing (must have had a psychic moment last month). Will be seeking advice on clutches, I think I want a dual disc with aluminum flywheel and of course the Ford Racing Pulse ring. Gonna check with Revolution Auto about rebuilding my original trans since it doesn't seem like it suffered too bad and freshing up the synchros, bearings and adding the brass shift arm pads will be a good plan to have 2 transmissions at the ready. Amazingly this was the first and only time I had the clutch pedal stick to the floor and the only shift I missed in 3 seasons of track days. C'est la vie' or some shiznit like that.
Steve
