Band adjustments on PG's

[andybyrd]

I just bought the book How to build a racing powerglide By J.W. High performance Transmission. and in the book it says to do a band adjustment every 15 passes. both my other cars had Turbo 400's in them. this PG is my first, and I love it, I just need to learn all I can about them. So if this Band adjustment is nessasary every 15 runs then it will be done. I just want to get some input on this.
Thanks Andy

[hammertime]

IMO thats crazy I never adjust mine, it dont roll and we are good.

[shawnp]

The band in our car gets adjusted every winter when the trans comes apart for freshening. No need to adjust it that much.

[johnracer]

I don't adjust mine every 15 passes. That's pretty excessive. I usually adjust mine every 30-40 passes and have never had any band issues. You could probably adjust it once a season and be fine, but I have seen many pg racecars back out of the beams because they don't adjust the band. With the multitude of ways to lose, I've never lost a round that way......

[dparker]

Andy you can't listen to everything written. Pick a few people or techs that you trust and stick with them. Overall I think its much better than listening to alot of different people, especially as new as you are in the racing game. To much different info will just cause you to over analyze you situation....IMO

[zipper06]

I'm with everyone else on this one. If the band adjustment is off, the car will usually back out of the beams when the trans brake is applied, if it don't roll it's good to go.

JMO

Zip.

[andybyrd]

Thanks guys. and Parker your right I am new to this and I never want to screw up do to lack of know how. I thought that was a little excessive thats why I ask. so what I get here is if the bands need adj. your car will roll back when you apply the trans brake. hell my first Race durring Qualifing I ran out of gas at the 60' beam and had to be towed off the track with 500 people watching WOW did I feal like a Idiot :lol: . oh well that want never happen again.
Thanks Again Andy.

[johnracer]

So you've done that too eh? I usually do that kinda thing in eliminations though. I've run outta gas, forgot to turn on my co2 bottle, launched in neutral, (my favorite and thank god for rev limiters), had the chute fall out at about 100ft, shifted into reverse at 125mph (don't try that one, REALLY scary and crashes happen), forgot to turn the delay box on, entered wrong dial-in using crosstalk, and on and on......fortunenately I haven't done any of those things in quite a while.
Dparker is correct again, you can't follow everyone's advice. Kinda like machinists, and engine/tranny builders; pick someone you trust and stick with em.
Johnny

[fla1976]

Johnracer, did you race a yellow Maverick at Bandimere?

[johnracer]

Johnracer, did you race a yellow Maverick at Bandimere?
Nope, gray/silver SG 63 Corvette roadster. I did run the Milehighs though. Lost 1st rnd, double breakout 10.487 to my 10.482 on the 10.50 SG index. I have some pics in the show off section. pics of my vette
Johnny

[TheRabbit]

So you've done that too eh? I usually do that kinda thing in eliminations though. I've run outta gas, forgot to turn on my co2 bottle, launched in neutral, (my favorite and thank god for rev limiters), had the chute fall out at about 100ft, shifted into reverse at 125mph (don't try that one, REALLY scary and crashes happen), forgot to turn the delay box on, entered wrong dial-in using crosstalk, and on and on......fortunenately I haven't done any of those things in quite a while.
Dparker is correct again, you can't follow everyone's advice. Kinda like machinists, and engine/tranny builders; pick someone you trust and stick with em.
Johnny

Reverse @ 125mph!! OUCH!

[fla1976]

I saw a car that also got put into reverse at the top end at Bandimere in 1986. Luckily it had a good cage. Totalled the car though. I was told he wanted to put it in neutral so he could get a better reading on the plugs.

[TheRabbit]

I didn't think it would go into reverse or not go hard into it anyway.
I've hit my trans brake after I've taken off before. IT SUCKS WHEN YOU'RE A 4 WHEEL DRIVE!! It locks you down HARD! Also have hit it while backing up and turning around so I put a toggle switch in line so when I'm backing up a long way I just flip the switch.

[shawnp]

The only place that R is far enough away from N to be safe is in the alphabet.

[johnracer]

I saw a car that also got put into reverse at the top end at Bandimere in 1986. Luckily it had a good cage. Totalled the car though. I was told he wanted to put it in neutral so he could get a better reading on the plugs.
I always shift into neutral after the stripe, but really smacked the shifter hard on that one! Didn't total the car, but sure scarred it up. Not to mention the car in the other lane and the guardrail........not one of my finer moments and a really crappy way to make friends and influence people.......I shift into neutral very gently now

[andybyrd]

Man that all makes me feel better I really thought I was the only one that could of ran out of gas of all things. but I really like these stories makes me feel normal again.
Thanks guys Andy

[johnracer]

Yep, sucks being human..........how about cutting a perfect light, then breaking out by taking waaaay to much stripe? That'll make you feel like a goober.....hero to zero in one pass!

[TheRabbit]

Did you have to mention the Red light? Last night I made it to the final round and red lighted :evil: :evil: . What's so bad, I red lighted in the round before and the other guy did too, but worse and he broke out. Then I did it agian :x :cry: But, I almost ran my dial in perfect every time. + .001 or .002 on 5 of my 7 passes.

[Tod74]

, had the chute fall out at about 100ft, Johnny


:lol:

[fla1976]

Had a slick go flat after the burnout. Don't know why. Screwed rims and proper pressure. Filled it up and it never happened again. Embarrassing just the same. :oops:

[johnracer]

, had the chute fall out at about 100ft, Johnny


:lol:
Yep, that's a real ego booster there! Definately a Goofy hat moment.......

[chrisr]

I put a new battery in mine once and never locked it down. When I launched it slid back pulling out one of the cables and hum for some reason the car died. :oops:

[TheRabbit]

In my first bracket race and I looked at the truck going down the track for a split second then looked at the lights. I thought the lights were stuck and I finally looked down and it was green! These lights had been known to have problems and me and about 10 other people swore the lights never went down but the green just lite up. A friend said they had it on video and said theydidn't work. We all watched the video and sure enough IT WORKED! :oops: :oops: :oops: