Engine blow up
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It will be covered if the car was stock and it wasn't on a DOT-R tire (OP said it was stock and stock tires).
As for those not understanding why someone would track the car? Because it's fun! It's one of the only safe and legal ways to actually use a sports car. I have been running HPDEs since '00, racing since '09, and instructing since '11.
These days they have trackday insurance policies so you're not out the full amount if you total your expensive car.
End of the day you are not out there racing. You drive as fast as you care to go. Think of it as the best back roads drive you ever went on but with no cops, no risk of getting put in jail, no trees lining the pavement, etc.
As for those not understanding why someone would track the car? Because it's fun! It's one of the only safe and legal ways to actually use a sports car. I have been running HPDEs since '00, racing since '09, and instructing since '11.
These days they have trackday insurance policies so you're not out the full amount if you total your expensive car.
End of the day you are not out there racing. You drive as fast as you care to go. Think of it as the best back roads drive you ever went on but with no cops, no risk of getting put in jail, no trees lining the pavement, etc.
I couldn't agree more!!!
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They do not have the OEM warranty, I tried to buy one and would have to buy a aftermarket warranty for the powertrain.
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I understand that all the manufacturers have had to reformulate the
composition on the rod bearings to eliminate lead and other "harmful"
metals in last few years.......
Is this a contributor or main cause of these failures ?
Interesting that the Gt350 Mustang forum is starting to report blow ups
that may be rod/bearing related.
Now I am all for eliminating lead and such from our environment, and
manufacturing, but how in the hell does a little lead inside bearings
inside a engine block affect anyone until it is recycled ?
composition on the rod bearings to eliminate lead and other "harmful"
metals in last few years.......
Is this a contributor or main cause of these failures ?
Interesting that the Gt350 Mustang forum is starting to report blow ups
that may be rod/bearing related.
Now I am all for eliminating lead and such from our environment, and
manufacturing, but how in the hell does a little lead inside bearings
inside a engine block affect anyone until it is recycled ?
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Depending on a lot of variables it can take a few weeks to get an engine replacement decision. My C6Z which was taken from the track to the dealership took 6 weeks from the time I dropped it off until I got it back with a new engine. Of course a major flood in the area kept the GM rep from seeing the engine for a couple of weeks and the mechanic's home was flooded and he took some time off from work. A year later my daughter's Pontiac Torrent's engine froze up while she was driving on the interstate. It took two weeks to get the approval and another week to replace the engine.
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