Butch just got back from Uncle Ted's. He was getting a new clutch. I ambled out of town and when the temp numbers were on the rise I made certain to miss the light at the freeway's entrance at the foot of 780.
Light turned green and I dumped the clutch and let him rip. Shifted hard through second and third and power shifted into fourth.
Some tire smoke in first a chirp in second, triple digits in third and the needle was coming around to meet the alternator light in fourth.
Clutch works good again. The cool down runs were fine, no nosebleed (read broken drippy nose cone)and the engine and ass-end are still one with car and the universe.
Like I said in an earlier post I like Simon's Kafer brace and would have one if I felt I needed it. I think if you are building a car and don't have to retro-fit or cut anything up, slap the brace in. It looks tits and the idea of cross-bracing makes sense.
If your car didn't come with one and you are driving aggressively with 150-170 HP I don't think you need it.
Everything I know I learnt in kintergarten. Seriously, I think some of us have too much time on our hands and fall prey to reading all sorts of articles that seem to support guys who sell aftermarket shit for a living.
I just reread this thread and see something I overlooked and that is all my experience is based on the horns being in top condtion. If you have questionable underpinnings in pan and points of stress, then all those things need to be addressed before any future mods are put into play... obvious I guess, but 8/
