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  1. Nathan

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    #2 Nathan, May 6, 2009
    Thanks for stopping by...never did get that email to you with teh URL. Glad you remembered.

    Good luck racing this weekend!!
     
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    #3 Tüls, May 6, 2009
    What's up Todd!
     
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    #4 BlimeyCabrio, May 6, 2009
    Big Brakes in the house!!!!
     
  4. Steve

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    #5 Steve, May 7, 2009
    My favorite brake guy! I'm still running that pseudo-prototype Wilwood set on my Cooper and couldn't be happier! Welcome to MA Todd.
     
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    #6 goaljnky, May 7, 2009
    Welcome Todd.
     
  6. Todd TCE

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    #7 Todd TCE, May 13, 2009
    I keep forgetting to check back in here....bad me.
     
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    #8 Nathan, May 13, 2009
    How'd the racing go?
     
  8. Todd TCE

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    #9 Todd TCE, May 23, 2009
    Not as well as I'd hoped. The new 3.5L motor has waay more tq then the 3.2 did. Major wheel spin combined with a very slippery road netted a third in class and fourth overall. Struggled all weekend to get the car hooked up.

    On the positive side I ran a ton of wing (front and rear) and still managed to pull 3mph faster speed than the class winner down the straight. His car is very trimmed out so that tells me we really do have the speed and tq to keep in pulling that was not there before.

    Pulled the shocks off when I got home last week and sent them out for some valve work. Choosing to keep the same 175lb springs I'm going to soften the compression and stiffen the rebound in the shock. This should allow the rear to plant sooner and hold down longer. Forcing more weight on the rear tires should help. I can still bump the comp up some if needed via the nitrogen reservoirs if I want more.

    Top open wheel car was running sub 5psi rear tire pressure! I was around 7 and think too low makes too much wallowing on the wheel. And with bead locks on only one side could dismount a tire.
     
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    #10 Mike, May 23, 2009
    Todd, for those of us not in the know, what are you racing, and where?
     
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    #11 Nathan, May 23, 2009
    Among others...

    Pikes Peak Hill Climb records

    2007: The Mini Sprint record was broken by Todd Cook. He ran 11:37.62 in his 2000 Wells TCE Coyote despite a spin on the way up, bettering his own record set in 2005.

    Todd Cook, driver of the #4 Mini Sprint entry, rounds the corner at Mile Marker 11. Cook would finish and take the win on a shortened course due to inclement weather with a time of 08:43.290. This photo was taken on July 1, 2006 by Godfrey Brooke for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.


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    ©Godfrey Brooke/Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

    Drivers finished with their runs watch as Todd Cook drives his 2000 Wells Ice Coyote into Olympic turn on his way to winning the Mini Sprint division with a time of 11:37.62.

    hilkl3.jpg
     
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    Mike New Member

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    #12 Mike, May 23, 2009
    I looked at the picture and thought "Coyote" before reading the text. Wouldn't have thought I would know one just by looking.
     
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    #13 Vernon29RW, May 24, 2009
    Todd,
    Is that the old LH Chrysler body engines that were run in the late 90's early 2000's??
     
  13. Todd TCE

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    #14 Todd TCE, May 24, 2009
    Nope. Offset ground crank set up in a 3.2L SHO (Yamaha) motor for more stroke.

    Next stop on the Hill Climb season is Buena Vista CO. (same weekend as MITM's I believe. Then the third race is in Grand Junction later in August.
     
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    #15 MINInurse, May 25, 2009
    Hi Todd! I haven't gotten pictures out to you yet :blush2: I have been working so much since we got home! I LOVE MY BRAKES!!!!! I need to get out and get some good shots.. all the ones I have taken except for the very close up ones look black, but I love them!!:lol: I will post them as soon as I get some!
     
  15. Todd TCE

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    #16 Todd TCE, May 26, 2009
    Cool!