<VV> [fastvair] Report from Corvair Olympix

[levair at aol.com]

I deserve that.
Ironically at the Convention I won a door prize of new posi clutch discs.

Warren


-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis PLEAU <ddpleau at msn.com>
To: fastvair at yahoogroups.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org; yenko108 at hotmail.com
Sent: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:17 pm
Subject: RE: [fastvair] Report from Corvair Olympix



The engine created so much heat and the mag fan wasn't able to cool it and some 
of the heat made it's way to the diff and welded the clutch pack together.
 
Sorry, I couldn't resist,
Dennis



To: fastvair at yahoogroups.com; VirtualVairs at corvair.org; Yenko108 at hotmail.comFrom: 
levair at aol.comDate: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:53:11 -0400Subject: [fastvair] Report 
from Corvair Olympix




After a few runs on the strip my Stinger had a strange groaning sound coming 
somewhere from the back while making the turn around. It didn't seem to effect 
my drags runs so I continued on. ?? During the autocross, I had some brain fade 
and did some stupid dnfs, but some of the dirty runs were simply not being able 
to turn the car in at speed and acceleration. I just simply mowed down?border 
?cones if I was agressive at all. On the last run I reluctantly disciplined 
myself to slow down and made a clean run--I hate that. ?? Sunday I barely moved, 
but Monday I jacked the Stinger up and checked the differential.The posi was 
mechanically locked, No amount of effort would make the posi slip. It was just 
like a locked axle. ?? Sooo I spend the rest of today putting in my autocross 
specific transaxle . I needed to anyway because I'm entered in the Central/Great 
Lakes Divisional? Autocross Championship this weekend at Grissom AFB. ?? It's?in 
and operating now. I'll?check it out this fall when I'm bored and rested.?30 
years ago at Muncie Dragway, I broke a clutch, apparently its a diff this 
time---any ideas about what's actually wrong??? The rest of the week is all 
piano gigs, but I'm ready to race. .Warren[Non-text portions of this message 
have been removed] 





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