J.D., I did not spin...The shoebox in front of me did. I was tight between two others and had nowhere to go. Either that, or my car (Jay's) felt a fatal attraction to one of those sexy SRF rear ends and decided it was mating season. Maybe we'll be having a Baby Grand in the Spring.... Either way, thanks for the info. Clint broke a belt, I broke a belt, Lyle and Chuck broke their cars (with help), and Berman broke a record. BTW, many times that I do spin I keep the gas on for that reason (to keep the wheels going forward). It works if i can react fast enough to straighten it in time and in the right direction. If it's a slow spin, I let off. 'Till next time, Eric Hellerstedt ATL Region -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 17 May 2007 4:08 PM Subject: [F500] Blowing a clutch belt
Eric, The next time you go backwards at speed in a F500 and push on the gas while going backwards (like in a spin), you have fatally wounded the clutch belt. With the secondary clutch going in the opposite direction (car is going backwards) and your pushing on the gas you stretch the living hell out of the clutch at the bottom of the rotation. It will look fine afterwards but its time is over as you found out. Just replace the clutch belt and throw it away. Jim Grizzled Old Veteran ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
