Re: [AMC-list] Safety Weinie (reliability)

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,
You are so correct in your statements.
As a racer and crew chief we went over the car constantly with a fine tooth
comb so to speak, and triple checked everything.
Safety no. 1
reliability no. 2


I like best your mention of  maintenance. I routinely check over stuff on
the white Javelin all the time. It gets regular grease checks too.
I'm gonna keep that list and use it on my cars.

Armand




> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 04:53, Armand Eshleman <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>
> > Formula cars use 6 point restraint system with arm restraints,, [...]
>
> You felt like you were a part
> > of the car.
> >
> >
> This, and what Frank points out, and what anyone in business knows, it's
> simply a matter of cost! You can have anything you want if you wanna pay
for
> it.
>
>
> There's nothing wrong with a single-circuit brake system. If you maintain
> the crap out of it, and actually replace parts before failure
("maintenance"
> to me) it will work as great as anything.
>
> But "reliability" is a subtle thing, Formula racers -- with a budget -- 
will
> not miss a funny looking line or a seeping joint. Any of us hobbiests, no
> matter how vigilant, can't SWEAR that you will NEVER miss one. So
> inexpensive redundancy in the form of dual circuit brakes is worth the
> effort. (And even that is benefitting from the manufacturers data
gathering
> and engineering.)
>
> Every single component in everything ever made by humans is subject to
this
> sort of analysis, if you bother.
>
> My personal list for reliability when I get a "new" (sic) car is, in
order,
> more or less:
>
> suspension rebuild (complete disassembly replace ALL worn parts)
> new springs (usually)
> brakes rebuild (ditto) and upgrade
> new wheels and tires
> electrics
> transmission
> engine
> various chassis crap
> add gas tanks to this list
>
> Engine is LAST usually, short of broken internals you can usually cajole
> them into running well enough to check out, and a motor that drops dead
> doent usually kill you like suspension/brake/electric failures.
>
> If you reverse the list, it's then more or less "what's easiest to fix on
> the side of the road?"
>
>
> I've found that cars with the worst suspensions often have decent shocks
> left in them. ALl I can figure is, the car is rattling clanking and
> thumping, and owners put in new shocks. My 63 American still has the same
> rear shocks from when I go tthe car from Joe!! Hell I rallied with them.
> They're actually a decent rate and work fine. Shocks are safety-wise lower
> priority than bushings. Cheap and easy too.
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