<VV> Drag Race

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Bill,
    If you DO try revving up the engine in Low and  using the brake to hold 
the car stopped, do NOT do this more than a very  FEW seconds before you let go 
of the brakes and start moving since this  puts lots of HP into heating up 
the trans fluid.  It won't take more than  a little time to destroy the fluid 
and cause all kinds of $$$$$  problems with the PG.  And after you do this, run 
the car for about a half  hour on the highway to give the fluid a chance to 
circulate and stabilize at  more normal temps.
    Check with Billy Bruce to see how he did it with  his turbocharged PG 
Corvair when he won the FTD at the Corvair drag race at the  Lexington, Kentucky 
Convention a few years ago.
    Frank Burkhard
 
In a message dated 4/20/2008 12:50:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
shaun_mcgarvey at shaw.ca writes:

Don't do  it, Bill. Or if you do, pray first.
A 140 automatic is arguably the slowest  corvair off the line, so you really 
don't have a chance at winning  anyway.
Your spider gears in the diff would probably be the weak link.  Expensive!
If you must do it, use the powerbraking tecnique. Put it in "L"  and stand on 
the brake and gas at the same time and release the brake on  "go". Practice 
it a bit first.

yea, Vairily ...  Shaun







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