I just picked up the transmission from Rik at Ortonville Transmission. Well the transmission damage was worse than I thought. Broken bolts in the overdrive housing, intermediate clutch pack was cooked, overdrive clutch damage. TCC solenoid screen was full of converter clutch material. The filter was clogged up with a combination of transmission clutch and [...]
Entries from January 25th, 2010
Piston Damage
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Predator
Over the weekend Mike pulled the motor apart and sent me the following picture. Forunately, it doesn’t appear to have damaged the head. Mike is going to disasble the heads and inspect the seats just to be sure.
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‘Wha’ Happened’…
January 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
You may have noticed that the focus of the Predator-Racing website has changed. When Rik told me he had decided to take down the Predator-Racing website, I convinced him to allow me to take over the site and change to focus to Racing the Predator. In my mind Predator-Racing will always be Rik. I’m just [...]
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97.1 Video
January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Predator
While cleaning up some old files I found this video of the Predator doing a burn out for the Deminski & Doyle show, back when they we on 97.1. 97.1 Burn Out Video
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4L80E Trans Rebuild
January 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Predator
When I picked up the Predator the trans was out and the motor was damaged. The trans fluid smelled burnt, the color was off and there was some sediment floating in the fluid. No reason to take a chance, so I dropped it off for a rebuild. I’ve been using Rick’s Orion Transmission in Ortonville. [...]
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10 Weeks!
January 17th, 2010 · No Comments · General
It’s cold clear night, the air temperature is 22F and I can’t imagine how cold the track temp was today. The cars are packed away in the garage for the winter and I find myself looking for something to do, so I started this website. I hope to document everything I do this this season. [...]
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