Seems that you posted earlier that you had direct involvement with this stuff.....?
Big stink, now, about the tranny's......read the latest on Nascar.com?
Hendrick MS is whinning, big time. They used "Mid Valley Engineering" tranny's.....
""The internal parts in the transmissions were fine," Loomis said. "We tested these transmissions at (Virginia International Raceway) and used them at Pocono without a problem. "But every problem we had today was with the linkages and that shouldn't happen -- these things should be worked out by now." Gordon expressed a desire to return to the old transmissions."
My question to you is this, is the tranny builder also responsible for the linkage to the shifter?
I would think that would be an in-house thing, very curious.
They (DW) made reference to the tranny issue during the race, said now that there are many varations on the original - forget name he mentioned.
Obvious that it was linkage related, not internal.
Took me forever to find out what Dale Jr meant by, "I like'd the old one better!" - the tranny.
Who made the call to change #8's tranny - and why?
Not a bad race - three 48 year old drivers in 1-2-3 at one point.
And one 48 year old fan just a giggling!
Glad to see DJ get some payback on "Smiley" (my boy's name for the back flipping dude) and also to give JJ a lesson on how you pass someone.
JJ said on the radio, "DJ is done!"
More giggling. DJ said about a month ago, "I'm not taking anymore of this...."
LVM
I really don't know much about the transmissions. I think the old boxes were Jerico. I will do some checking tomorrow.
Gordon and Johnson's cars had transmissions from Mid Valley Engineering for the Dodge/Save Mart 350, while the cars for Busch and Vickers had different units, Gordon's crew chief Robbie Loomis said.
Ricky Rudd said.....
CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THE TRANSMISSIONS WORK?
"The only thing I can say is it's a completely different gearbox. It's made different. It's cast different. For many years we had to run a transmission that came out of a Ford product or a GM product, and now these things are custom built and specially built - made for racing. The older transmissions - you go back about eight years ago - the shifter handle was about three-feet tall, and to go from first gear to second gear you'd grab a handful and a whole armful and have to pull it.
Now they're almost like little hydraulics. Actually they're not, but they feel that way. You've got a little shift handle and it's more like a true road-race transmission. It's very easy to drive - no clutch. It's a neat piece, but it's too easy."