vintagewrench
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- May 9, 2016
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In the rain after it was all over before heading home.
Looks like a fun event! Thanks for sharing the great photos.
Thanks 242gt, it was fun, the photographers captured some nice shots.
Some of the pre-race prep included lightning the car as much as possible which included taking out some of the interior which is easy to put back in for normal driving after the event, the following were removed: the rear seat and package tray, and the support for the bottom cushion, and the passenger seat. It all results in about a 85 lb loss of weight.
The total along with the removal of the bumpers and irons previously, and the interior pieces and brake booster over 200 lbs can be removed, it costs nothing, improves performance, and results in no non-reversible modifications to the car.
The brakes are working very well with the new EBS "Green Stuff" front pads so the non-original Lockheed brake booster was removed (the original came w/the car) to see how the brakes would operate without it. Was pleased to find that it stops very well without a lot of pedal pressure and resulted in a loss of around 30 more pounds.
The brakes did get hot coming down Equinox in 3rd gear using them sparingly. 2nd gear was better but the rpms were at about 4500 in the steepest spots. Will wait and see how the pads do racing at Lime Rock Park later this month.
As a part of operating the shop, part of my job is publishing The Old Motor (easy to Google,) a website all about pre-1966 automobiles with new content added 6-days a week, which you might enjoy. Go to the site and search for Volvo in the search box, and you can find an article written about the 1800s and the Hillclimb that contains all of the details to numerous to post here. Sorry not to include link to the post here because Google down-rates search results for websites w/links from online forms.
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