Well, that just sucked. My g/f and I took a trip to Niagara falls for a couple of days. I have driven the Vette between Ohio and Alexandria VA a couple of times to visit the family and g/f, but this was her first real pleasure trip,and the first trip since the procharger install.

She did great all the way up and most of the way back and getting about 25 MPG highway. About an hour from home, there was a dead raccoon in the middle of my lane. i didn't have time to swerve so I just went over top of it. That thing must have been one of the biggest raccoons I have ever seen.

Anyway, I was driving pretty easy that night, so I didn't notice much difference in the way she was driving, but I did notice the wideband was acting differently. This morning, I floored the throttle, and there was very little power. This afternoon, I finally got a chance to check it out and this is what I found. The raccoon ended up hitting the IC piping crushing it and ripping the silicone coupler. I'm not sure yet, but it looks like it may have also busted a Power steering line.

I was able to beat the piping back into shape(sort of), and push the ripped part of the coupler on to the pipe to seal it off but I'm not sure how long it will last. It wasn't a huge deal, but it still sucked.

 

Too bad...that is ugly for sure.
Hope that you can get it fixed soon!

 

Ohio grows them 'coons big haha.

Hope you get it all straightened out.

 

Where's the pics of the racoon??

 

It's fixed, at least temporarily. Was driving full throttle this afternoon. Just need to make it look a little nicer now

 

Thanks. It's running, just needs straightened out a little more.

Now nobody wants to see that I'll be heading towards Columbus again in the morning. I can stop and snap some shots it ya want.

 

I can just see you out there snapping away while people wonder, "what the???"

 

while dodging traffic.

 

where am I, anyone seen my babbies....
.

 

Glad you got it fixed. Good luck with the permanent repair.

 

Thanks Cozmo. Hopefully it won;t be too bad.

 

That must have been one hard headed COON!!!! The Vette didn't get anymore damage than the pipe getting dented? I hope so!!!

 

Bummer, I hit a pheasant with the car this past January, but feathers just flew all over the place, and there was no damage to the vette thank God.

 

If it wasn't for bad luck ,you wouldn't have any luck at all! Here's to a quick recovery for your baby!!

 

Wow That racoon must've had a steel-plate in his head,good luck with the repairs.

 

Okay, here's the deal.....
Go back and collect the tail off that poor animal....

Mount it on your antennae......crap...nevermind...you don't have one.

Uh.....mount it between your exhaust tips and be proud!

That tail should last a few more weeks....go for it!

 

This reads like a redkneck joke The worst I ever had was a cat sleeping in the engine bay of my truck.......until I started it. I think it's tail got caught in the drive belt. You can imagine the rest I was washing bits of cat off for days, poor kitty.

 

Coons and Orange Cones........that's us

 

I feel your pain Leroy. I ran over a head-sized rock out on Rt 234 last summer - again, no time or room to swerve - and crushed a couple of primaries on my LT's. Nick at ARH made up just the driver's side for me so I didn't have to buy a whole set.

 

I felt the car goup as I ran over it! The only other damage was the PS line may have gotten pinched and possibly leaking a bit, I'm not sure yet. It looks like it also bent the core support cross member a little as well

[QUOTE=Pheasant]Fortunately I keep my feathers numbered for just such an occasion. /quote(old foghorn leghorn quote)

glad there was no damage.

Lately it weems like that is the case.