Miss-shift aftermath
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Racer
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From: greenville SC
Miss-shift aftermath
I was doing some spirited driving about 2 weeks ago , as i was going around a sweeping right hand turn i went to shift from 3rd to 4th , but hit 2nd instead. the car acted fine. nothing wrong . Then yesterday i went wot for the first time since it happened and the car sputtered real bad in the 4500-5000 range. I pulled the pushrods to see what was up. ill let the pics speak for themselves:
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Sorry about the damage. Lucky it wasn't more.
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Originally Posted by Raped-Ape
new set of hardened comps on the way 
would you rather replace a set of pushrods or replace damaged cam, lifter, rocker etc.?
interesting options!!!!!!!!!
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Have you removed the electronic cut-off? Or how did it get to a high enough RPM to do that damage?
I had a 289 with a bent pushrod and I didn't find it out until the the misaligned rocker had chewed its way halfway through the rocker stud.
I had a 289 with a bent pushrod and I didn't find it out until the the misaligned rocker had chewed its way halfway through the rocker stud.
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From: How the hell can I make it faster???
Originally Posted by lemansbleu2004
Have you removed the electronic cut-off? Or how did it get to a high enough RPM to do that damage?
I had a 289 with a bent pushrod and I didn't find it out until the the misaligned rocker had chewed its way halfway through the rocker stud.
I had a 289 with a bent pushrod and I didn't find it out until the the misaligned rocker had chewed its way halfway through the rocker stud.
The same thing happened to me with my rotary engined twin turbo RX7 during a roadrace a few years back. Luckily for me, the only thing that engine does is spin round and round
(the tach went off the scale, which I'm assuming probably happened here too)
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Originally Posted by Billy182
Ouch!!! I guess that's what happens when stuff moves too fast! Luckily your bottom end stayed together!
Good luck with it, keep us posted!
Good luck with it, keep us posted!
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Originally Posted by Raped-Ape
new set of hardened comps on the way
Just my $.02