We did announce on Facebook that we would not be able to race at Dragstalgia this year and probably won't be racing at all for the rest of the year because of the ever increasing list of damage that we have found with the car and not enough time or money to fix it in time. I don't believe in miracles but! there is now a good chance the team will be there in fact the entry has already been sent.
The team should appear on the next update to the entry list, so what has happened then? with the gearbox casing now welded up Steve found damage to the brake band and the clutch plates when he dismantled the box.
A rebuild kit is on its way but the interesting thing is we have always complained that the change form first to second always seemed to drag the revs down and what Steve found was was the clutch pack had been put together with the wrong tolerances it was packed too tight!!! so fingers crossed this may help our ET's a little. a lot of the clutch plates were badly scored and burnt in some instances so again a rebuild may help a little.
So the trailer is nearly done, the axle is ready to be put back in place the gearbox is on it's way to be repaired new fuel lines to go in and the engine plate sorted. Lets hope that's it and the team can defend the WB4 number.
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