Began some work today on the car in preparation for Bowling Green and found some interesting things. The previous outing shown in the video suggested I shifted at 8000rpm and it crossed the stripe at 7000rpm...that was not the case. Working with the two-step this morning revealed the tachometer is reading about 800rpm high...that means I shifted at 7200rpm and crossed the line at 6200rpm. This also means the convertor is not flashing as high as it showed in the video.
With a new 5.14 gear in hand we proceeded to get the car in the air for the gear swap. Pulled the cover and found another shocker...the 5.57 gear with only 20 passes was wasted with a good handfull of shrapnel in the chunk. I had no clue from the previous trip to the track as it was smooth and quiet as could be. I was not present for the earlier gear change and began to question my partner about it. After some discussion it became apparent what had happened...they neglected to clean the cavity between the two pinion bearings of shrapnel from the first bad ring gear. Oh well, I will oversee the install of the 5.14 this time.
While in the air I moved the Caltrac bars to the upper hole...when back on the ground I will adjust both bars to a 1/8" gap with driver weight in car. Looking at the stock springs there is about a 1/2" difference in arch on the passenger side spring...closer to the link bar. May be time to replace both springs. Also eyeballing those shocks...
