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Re: A successful Saturday...

To: drmayf@mayfco.com
Subject: Re: A successful Saturday...
From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 20:23:13 -0700 (PDT)
Engineers always gotta have too much information ;-)
Ed


--- drmayf <drmayf@mayfco.com> wrote:

> Well, the speedo is at eye level and it is a memory
> unit to boot. So I 
> can see top speed while waiting for the chase car.
> My sender is the 
> stock ford vss unit, all electrical, no cables. But
> I maight take a look 
> at it anyway from that standpoint. Also gives me 1/4
> time and 0-60 times 
> plus it has an odometer, so there...I'll know
> exactly how far it went 
> before it explodes...and what speed it was at... no
> guess work for me, 
> no siree...
> 
> mayf
> 
> Ed Van Scoy wrote:
> 
> >Sounds like a great day indeed! You are close enuf
> to
> >almost smell the smoke when you fire it for the 1st
> >time ;-)  Speedometer?? You don't need no stinkin'
> >speedometer...that's what they have Glen and his
> crew
> >for.... They will be glad to tell you how fast you
> >went! FWIW, I have seen speedometer cables break,
> and
> >tranny fitting s fail a real high speeds (like the
> >Silver State races). I have seen this twice on ZF's
> >with the result being the fluid was pumped out of
> the
> >tranny through the speedo fitting once the cable
> was
> >snapped. The results were predictable - trashed
> >trannys. Don't know if this is possible on your
> >tranny.... When you gonna have time to look at the
> >speedo anyway?? Things get busy at 200...... A GPS
> >will tell you what your max speed is (was) really
> >easy. Good luck & keep up the progress!
> >Ed 
> >
> >--- drmayf <drmayf@mayfco.com> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Well, we got Gary's water plumbing nearly
> finished.
> >>Just needs to be 
> >>painted and installed. Then GAry just has to find
> >>the odd little hoses 
> >>to make it all work. He will be running soon!
> >>
> >>I managed to check out my oiling systems today...
> >>oiled the shop floor 
> >>pretty well in the process. Good that it wan nice
> >>new oil. Gary cleaned 
> >>it up for me and did a great job. I had left oneof
> >>the oil supply hoses 
> >>to the driver's turbo really loose, almost off.
> When
> >>I hooked up the 1/2 
> >>in el
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