Blue's Barracuda

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Thu May 08, 25 9:46 am

Glad to hear trans is ok, but Boss Hog are definitely off my list. That’s two people I know personally with similar issues and a check online shows a lot of people having problems.

Fingers crossed you can sort for Dragstalgia.

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Fri May 09, 25 11:32 am

You know, thinking about it, you didn’t race at all last year, did you? So it’s lasted even less than I first thought!

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Fri May 09, 25 5:53 pm

I’m thinking they are not great quality, I will get it cut open at some point to see what’s what. Order placed Today for a Custom built PTC race converter, could be here in 3 weeks. To place the order I need the cars weight so it was on the scales this morning. With a full tank of fuel and me in it it went 3125Lb and a surprising 48% front 52% rear bias. Pretty much as good as you could hope for with a full interior mostly steel street car.

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Fri May 09, 25 6:15 pm

Good distribution! Fingers crossed all good for Dragstalgia, then!

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Fri May 09, 25 6:31 pm

Yes, nothing more I can do right now.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sat May 10, 25 6:24 pm

Total strip on the transmission to clean out all the aluminium scarf and I’ve started to reassemble it.

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Sun May 11, 25 9:57 am

Probably a stupid question, but with all the gaps, nooks and crannies in a trans, how do you make sure you’ve got all the swarf? Is it a case of swilling with trans fluid once you’ve got the majority? Never had to do it, so interested in the how.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sun May 11, 25 4:32 pm

It goes into the parts washer and run the nozzle down all the ports. To be honest the filter will have stopped the vast majority of it going through everything, most is just sitting on the surface. It’s like a fine silver mettalic paint.

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Sun May 11, 25 6:39 pm

Sorry to see this mate.
Obviously know the pain, so hope you are back up and running for Dragstalgia.

It's interesting to see that it looks like an almost identical failure to mine. Nobody likes metallic trans fluid!

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Jun 04, 25 8:16 pm

New race converter is here, let’s hope in performs better and lasts longer than the last one…

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Fri Jun 13, 25 12:57 pm

Bit of a road test this morning to confirm all is well. Brake lights and shifter solenoid are not working but other than that, it’s all good. I know what I’m doing next week…

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Fri Jun 13, 25 6:10 pm

Good to hear it's back on the road Blue. Stunning colour in the sun.

Mick70RR · Post by **Mick70RR** » Fri Jun 13, 25 6:24 pm

I noticed my brake lights were not working a few weeks ago. A few days before I'd had the dash out and when I'd got it all back together and connected the battery I noticed the hazard lights were on so switched them off. The brake lights are routed first through the hazard light switch and then the indicator switch. Must have been a bad contact on the hazard switch because all I did to get the brake lights to work was operate it a few times.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Fri Jun 13, 25 6:31 pm

Nice one Mick I’ll check that first, the dash has been out recently.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Fri Jun 13, 25 6:34 pm

Dave81 wrote: Fri Jun 13, 25 6:10 pm Good to hear it's back on the road Blue. Stunning colour in the sun.

Thanks Dave, just need the thing to perform now!

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