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    Radiator Caps

    NASCAR teams often run 40 PSI caps, their seals, hoses, etc. are all excellent and replaced often. Every maximum PSI gained allows 2 degrees F higher temp before boiling. So, a 21 PSI cap, vs. a 40 PSI cap allows an additional 38 degrees F before boiling over.. (in theory) Mind you, they...
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    Xbox tsc gt40 announcement

    Wow, I figured out what I had been doing wrong all along... I forgot to dawn my Driver's Suit when working on my replicas... (I thought things were going slowly!)
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    What are the red (or yellow) dots on the Mark IV's for?

    Eric, thanks, I guess even 1,200 pound car nuts get the urge for something more powerful sometimes! Awesome 'Historically Significant' cars will always be cool... so if I had a hopped-up 2.6 liter 914 motor in my 550... I guess I have no choice than to have a 500 plus cubic inch FE motor in my...
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    What are the red (or yellow) dots on the Mark IV's for?

    FRAN, let me guess.... Magnesium? I know first hand not to put water on a Magnesium fire... learnt that the hard way when machining Mag on my Dad's lathe.... P.S> getting closer to ordering a GT40 MkIV from you... be ready for the customer calling every day with 'Is it done yet????"
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    What are the red (or yellow) dots on the Mark IV's for?

    MIKE CHRISTIAN, yes, (how did you know) I was RescueDiverSF about 10 years ago with my Porsche 550 Spyder replica... recently I have been super active in Factory Five Forum for my Shelby Daytona Coupe replica as JackLawrenceXXX Jack Lawrence Daytona - Home has some info on my car as well as...
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    Fast & Furious 5 - GT40!!!

    TrevS... I work out with 'The Rock' often at my gym... he doesn't seem particularly 'mechanical'.... but you know when they say in the script someone is FBI, they get all the knowledge.... automatically... I find it even harder to keep my meal down when Keanu Reeves is handed a script that...
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    What are the red (or yellow) dots on the Mark IV's for?

    Anyone know what the yellow or red 4" diameter dots on the Mark IV's are for? Looks like a line-up mark for tire changers, but they are on the roof sometimes too. If you get a chance to email me the answer I'd appreciate it, I'm not on this site much til the spring when I get my RCR Mark IV...
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