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Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!

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Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
June 27, 2015 06:10PM

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Saw he's entered this year in an Eagle Talon.

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
June 27, 2015 09:16PM

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He posted yesterday that they were done - something failed and it was 3 days or such to get replacement parts. Don't know if it's changed since then.

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
June 28, 2015 10:01AM

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Well, that'a a bummer. I know he's had his fair share of mechanical problems at that race.

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
June 30, 2015 02:59PM

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Thanks!

Really disappointing year, but I'll be back if they'll have me.

Ran into some weird suspension issues early in the week and missed 3 days of practice (and qualifying) as a result. Got the car out to PPIR on Thursday afternoon for some testing and things were going really well until they weren't. The talon is bonkers fast...makes my evo feel like it's got a restrictor on it! Doing some 1st-3rd pulls on the oval it blew an oil line apart on the back of the dry sump and some of the lobes sustained damage. I guess it's all custom stuff inside, because best we could do is new parts by the middle of this week.

Given the weather delays, even if we had gotten it back together it would've been a run to Glen Cove (about halfway) in the wet, so no chance at trying to catch the fast guys.

Dave

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
June 30, 2015 03:06PM

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I was curious why the Eagle Talon. So what does the future hold for the PPIHC Evo?

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
June 30, 2015 03:43PM

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Doing some 1st-3rd pulls on the oval it blew an oil line apart on the back of the dry sump and some of the lobes sustained damage. I guess it's all custom stuff inside, because best we could do is new parts by the middle of this week.

Dave,

I've solved the dry sump issues for the world! Trust me winking smiley

It's off the shelf parts from Home Depot FTW!

http://www.rallyanarchy.com/phorum/read.php?5,51279,page=7

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
June 30, 2015 04:19PM

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I was curious why the Eagle Talon.

More power
Less weight
More aero
More aerodynamic chassis than the brick wall that is the evo
More dogbox
More paddle shifter
Stickier tires

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
June 30, 2015 04:34PM

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I was curious why the Eagle Talon.

More power
Less weight
More aero
More aerodynamic chassis than the brick wall that is the evo
More dogbox
More paddle shifter
Stickier tires

That makes sense. Except you left off "More DSM". smiling smiley

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
June 30, 2015 04:37PM

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Post a picture of the thing dave, it's pretty wild.

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
June 30, 2015 04:54PM

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I was curious why the Eagle Talon.

More power
Less weight
More aero
More aerodynamic chassis than the brick wall that is the evo
More dogbox
More paddle shifter
Stickier tires

That makes sense. Except you left off "More DSM".

Hahaha....damnit!

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
June 30, 2015 05:02PM

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Post a picture of the thing dave, it's pretty wild.

Here ya go!

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
June 30, 2015 07:29PM

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Man, that thing is bananas. Care to share any backstory?

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
July 02, 2015 06:11AM

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Oh snap! You're driving that monster? Marco is always posting it on Facebook

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
July 02, 2015 11:55AM

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Yo dawg, I heard you like aero...

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Re: Good luck to Dave Kern at PPIHC!
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Yo dawg, I heard you like aero...

Indeed:

http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/06/a-brilliant-view-into-aerodynamics-2/