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  • Jay_W

    March 3, 2009 8:49 a.m. Jay_W HalfDork

    QuasiMondo wrote:

    Cobra 427 story:

    Guy walks into a dealership and tells the salesman he wants a Cobra 427. Salesman tries to talk him into getting a Cobra 289 instead but the guy is adamant that he wants the 427. Salesman convinces customer to go with him on a ride with a Cobra and proceeds to scare the bejeezus out of him. They come back, customer agrees with the dealer that maybe he's better off buying the 289 Cobra.

    "Son," the dealer replies, "that was the 289 Cobra."

    I can believe it. My claim to fame is I got a go for a ride in one of the Lemans spec FIA 289 Cobras once, the one that Ken Miles finished 7th in . I was just expecting a slow cruise but the owner found a short open stretch and punched it. I've messed with some fast machinery but that thing woulda pulled, say, a CBR1000RR. I was impressed...

  • Jay_W

    March 3, 2009 8:55 a.m. Jay_W HalfDork

    Xceler8x wrote:

    Urban legends about grassroots fixes:

    Worn out clutch? Poor sawdust into the area between the trans and the engine.

    At a rally in '03 I found my brand new kevlar clutch to be slipping. A lot. Discussing it with the rest of the reprobate crew that was there, one of the guys (unnamed to protect the guilty) recalled how someone's race was saved by pouring soda pop into the bellhousing so the sugar'd carmelize and make more grip for the pressure plate to work with. So we retasked the windshield washer bottle, filled it with Dr. Pepper, and routed the hose to the bellhousing. During the run, when the thing started to slip, I'd just hit the washer swithc and dump more soda in there. It worked well enough to get us through the event...prolly the most ghetto mod I've ever been party to.

  • psteav

    March 3, 2009 8:58 a.m. psteav Reader

    Jay_W wrote:

    Xceler8x wrote:

    Urban legends about grassroots fixes:

    Worn out clutch? Poor sawdust into the area between the trans and the engine.

    At a rally in '03 I found my brand new kevlar clutch to be slipping. A lot. Discussing it with the rest of the reprobate crew that was there, one of the guys (unnamed to protect the guilty) recalled how someone's race was saved by pouring soda pop into the bellhousing so the sugar'd carmelize and make more grip for the pressure plate to work with. So we retasked the windshield washer bottle, filled it with Dr. Pepper, and routed the hose to the bellhousing. During the run, when the thing started to slip, I'd just hit the washer swithc and dump more soda in there. It worked well enough to get us through the event...prolly the most ghetto mod I've ever been party to.

    That is officially the coolest thing I've heard in a while...

  • Slyp_Dawg

    March 3, 2009 9:28 a.m. Slyp_Dawg New Reader

    Jay_W wrote:

    Xceler8x wrote:

    Urban legends about grassroots fixes:

    Worn out clutch? Poor sawdust into the area between the trans and the engine.

    At a rally in '03 I found my brand new kevlar clutch to be slipping. A lot. Discussing it with the rest of the reprobate crew that was there, one of the guys (unnamed to protect the guilty) recalled how someone's race was saved by pouring soda pop into the bellhousing so the sugar'd carmelize and make more grip for the pressure plate to work with. So we retasked the windshield washer bottle, filled it with Dr. Pepper, and routed the hose to the bellhousing. During the run, when the thing started to slip, I'd just hit the washer swithc and dump more soda in there. It worked well enough to get us through the event...prolly the most ghetto mod I've ever been party to.

    trackside ingenuity at it's finest right there. I'll have to remember that if I have a clutch slip too much on me and don't have an opportunity to get a new clutch installed or at least get it worked on.

    that said, I bet that must have been a holy mess to clean up when you finally pulled the engine/trans to take a look at the clutch

  • fiat22turbo

    March 3, 2009 10:34 a.m. fiat22turbo SuperDork

    Slyp_Dawg wrote:

    Jay_W wrote:

    Xceler8x wrote:

    Urban legends about grassroots fixes:

    Worn out clutch? Poor sawdust into the area between the trans and the engine.

    At a rally in '03 I found my brand new kevlar clutch to be slipping. A lot. Discussing it with the rest of the reprobate crew that was there, one of the guys (unnamed to protect the guilty) recalled how someone's race was saved by pouring soda pop into the bellhousing so the sugar'd carmelize and make more grip for the pressure plate to work with. So we retasked the windshield washer bottle, filled it with Dr. Pepper, and routed the hose to the bellhousing. During the run, when the thing started to slip, I'd just hit the washer swithc and dump more soda in there. It worked well enough to get us through the event...prolly the most ghetto mod I've ever been party to.

    trackside ingenuity at it's finest right there. I'll have to remember that if I have a clutch slip too much on me and don't have an opportunity to get a new clutch installed or at least get it worked on.

    that said, I bet that must have been a holy mess to clean up when you finally pulled the engine/trans to take a look at the clutch

    I had to help my dad repair some of the automated beverage can recycling machines (used to count the bottles and cans for deposit) You cannot fathom how hard it is to clean up dried cola. Looking back now, I think "shotgun" may not have been the right answer, but it would have been one hell of a question!

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