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Steering box grease or oil ?
PSweeney:
it is, sorry can't figure out who you are Oldboy ?
Car got there late Friday night, broke some clips on exhaust stem seals on warm up and had to strip valvetrain on Saturday. Found out wheelie bar didn't work, too much articulation and too high. Car also wouldn't idle under 2500rpm. Went home Sat night welded up the bar, made brackets etc. Sunday, first pass, chute fell off at the hit, dragged the chute. Second pass, low gear launch, broke the wheelie bar wheel hitting it too hard, top end got scary and bounced around got maybe a foot of air under the car, bottomed out the chassis, damaged a body panel and possibly cracked the axle case. Cars now parked until we get time to fix it.
JeffV8:
Other than that ow was your weekend 😱 Man that sux. Hope all can get fixed easily..
dreracecar:
Valve seals????
PSweeney:
--- Quote from: JeffV8 on August 03, 2016, 05:08:16 PM ---Other than that ow was your weekend 😱 Man that sux. Hope all can get fixed easily..
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was actually looking forward to seeing Rat Trap and Bradfords run here in the UK. Worked so hard on the car, I didn't see another car go down the track all weekend. :'(
PSweeney:
--- Quote from: dreracecar on August 03, 2016, 05:39:55 PM ---Valve seals????
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yep comp cams valve stem seal which have a stainless clip retaining them. Lash was too tight on first fire up, found a broken clip and recovered the piece. Had to assume others were broken. Stripped all 16 springs and found a further 4 cracked ready to break loose. I'm guessing you don't run them.
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