John Parsons

Spring Mountain is going to replace all of the o-rings for me. They seemed quite alarmed at the prospect of me replacing them myself, and so off goes the assembly today. The gear drive front cover o-r...

Charley -- you should update the entry for #87. Here's what I think we know now: Engine refreshed and upgraded to 2012 standards, currently has 35 hours on it. New Hewland JFR 201 gearbox has 3 hours....

Hey guys -- has anybody out there ever (successfully) replaced the O-rings in the SR8 dry sump pump train? While the engine remains in the car? SMR tells me that it's possible, but doesn't recommend i...

The camera is DVD quality: 640x480 in NTSC format, a similar resolution in PAL (which is probably what yours is).

Alan, I think you will need to get one of these (my car is also missing this key piece of kit): Here are some documentation links:

Let me see if I can find the user's guide for it to answer that question.

My Stack guy was super helpful for several days, but hasn't returned any recent emails or calls. That stuff is now a decade old -- and you transfer the video data using an SD card. Try opening the ba...

Sorry Richard! I sure didn't mean to leave that impression! btw, I've got a preliminary effort going with VelocityHaus in Gilroy CA to see about Wilwood conversions for our cars. If anything comes of...

I've used the Harbor Freight hydraulic crimper with success as well.

Nicely done! Charley, any idea why silicone-based brake fluid was in the car? I hate the stuff, and think it should never be within a mile of a race car...

Hey Richard -- neither of my cars have carbon rotors. They both have the 280mm floaters (but with different hat designs). If I had the carbons I'd happily send one over there. Sounds like Hi-Spec will...

yes, thanks Dan. I thought the sensor was in some secret location up inside the crankcase near the chain sprocket or something. I have no memory of seeing or removing it when I sent mine off for reass...

Hi Alan, I found this one picture of mine... on its way to Spring Mountain for re-assembly once I'd repaired the lower crankcase casting problem. If you look closely you can see that the crank sensor...

The sensor isn't really accessible with the engine in the car. It's a two-wire (magnetic) sensor and is a standard (as mentioned by Dan) Hayabusa part. You can see the wire loom from the sensor comin...

I got confirmation today that the engine has never been to SRM for any maintenance. And the local tech said the previous owner got the car with a new refresh in early 2013, and never did another one. ...