Bob,
Glad to hear you came out of it all right, with no
real damage to the Dak. Good thing you hit the
restroom before that run ;-) So how did ya run on that
run, or did you not even bother with the time slip :-)
Ed
--- Bob Tom <tigers@bserv.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> You won't find me complaining about the brakes on
> the Dakota :-)
>
> I have never had any brake work done on my Dakota
> since I bought
> it in Feb. '97. For me, there has been no reason
> that has cropped
> up after each of my periodic inspection. Am I ever
> glad that they
> came through on the track last Saturday!
>
> I have had manual upshift problems at WOT since '99.
> Gear will not
> upshift some of the time and I generally will hit
> the rev limiter. I have
> gone the whole nine yards in trying to fix the
> problem, short of spending
> the big bucks for a tranny rebuild or a valve body
> replacement.
>
> Anyhow, on Sat., I decided to try a trick that had
> been posted a long
> time ago (in the '98 archives).
>
> It worked, to the extent that my manual 1-2 shift at
> 5200 rpm and 2-3
> at 5600 were right on the button. BUT after I
> crossed the stripe and
> lifted on the pedal, the throttle remain wide open!
> Thank heaven the
> renovated track has a 1/4-mile shut-down beyond the
> finish line :-)
>
> I tried everything to get the throttle off but was
> running out of track
> room. I put both feet on the brake pedal and pushed
> as hard as I could.
> Fortunately, I got it slowed down enough to safely
> make the turn at the
> turn-off. Thank heaven again that the turn-off area
> had been widen :-)
>
> I pulled way over and got her stopped with throttle
> still wide open.
> Back tires were doing a burnout (sorry, wrong spot
> :-) ) I turned the
> key off to kill the motor. The timeslip official
> came running out of his
> shack to see what's what. He had heard me going WOT
> as I approaching
> the end of the track and didn't think that I was
> going to slow down!
>
> Good thing that I went to the washroom before making
> that run :-)
> I wonder if my rotors were flame red just like those
> Winston Cup boys :-)
>
> When I got the air cleaner off, I expected the
> butterflies to be wide
> open but to my amazement they were fully closed!
>
> I have since gone through an extensive test and
> investigation (with scanner
> as well) and I have no idea what caused the problem.
>
> Shurr hate to see what the rotors/pads look like now
> :-) Spent an hour
> getting the brake dust off the rims :-)
>
> Bob Tom Burlington, Ont., Canada
> 97 CC Dakota, 5.2L, 4x2, 44RE, 3.92SG, 4,075 lb
> (truck, driver, 3/8 tank)
> Pre-ported heads: RW: 231.2 hp 340.0 torque
> PB: et 14.313 trap
> speed 95.92
>
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