What's with all the fuel leaks at Gingerman? (Page 2 of 2)

power window actuators.  only problem was that it would bind up b/c (i suspect) they weren't running at exactly the same speed.

edit:  d'oh!  no hotlinking from Phil's uber-gallery, apparently.  you want pics 0528 and 0529 for closeups.

the original plan was to run it though a logic box wired to the TPS, but between the box being a little wonky still and the car having multiple more serious issues, Dave just ran a manual toggle switch into the cockpit.

funny...by the time we got done building the wing, we realized it would likely have been easier to go to an aircraft junkyard and grab a piece of Cessna wing.

forgot about that...i think it was Kurt, then.  i'm pretty sure we fixed it sometime after my stint.  and i wasn't pushing the car nearly hard enough in my first stint to run the fast time; i was mainly trying not to blow it up (remember when the bearings were our main worry? -- LOL).

Thanks for the link to the pics.  Sounds like keeping the spring might be our best option!

I always ran my 4R70W locked in second. Torquey enough to pull out of the corners, tall enough to wind out on the straights, and no shifting meant to heat/wear/slippage/failure.

if you're thinking about running a manual control, i would do it.  our limit switches were breaking b/c they were not the highest-quality pieces; they were what we could find near the track.  the automatic setup through the TPS presents some additional issues as Rob noted, but that is a different matter.

the setup you have looks cool and is providing downforce, but not as much as it could be, and is also killing your top speed.  as i said, we saw an easy 5-7 mph difference at the end of a straight between having the wing up on the straight vs. having it flat.

STS, I think it is weird that your Crown Vic looks a lot more like our MR2 than your MR2 does.  WTF! 

LOL - All weekend I kept saying that we needed a magnet on the back of our gloves to activate the wing.

Hmmm... I like that.  Who says a turbo needs to feed air back to the intake?

As for the driving dynamics, the wing made a big impact.  The few corners I left it down for it got very loose on entry and you had to wait longer to put the power down.  It was quite fun to experiment with.

With the wing up, we had enough downforce to take turn 5 pretty comfortably at full throttle, it was very confidence inspiring.  And stupid inspiring.  If I scared anyone by passing on the inside there at about a 15 mph closing speed, I apologize

Why a turbo?  All kinds of reasons.  Its a silly use of a turbo, it already has a valve, exhaust gas would melt the fiberglass, and the turbo whine would be entertaining while producing as little performance benefit as possible  

I'm pretty sure rob has some questionable turbos lying around his garage which I wouldn't trust to use for their intended purpose.

Wait, did the green neon get busted? Cause when I was behind them, every left turn they made I would see fuel pour out. My only goal was to get around them to avoid it. I did, but had no way of letting my team know the other car had such a severe leak.