Blew it up....
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,009
Likes: 491
From: South Florida
Blew it up....
Went to Atco tonight with Pete... made one pass at 13.20@111 spinning real bad which is better than my normal first run of the night. I was excited about the mph for my first run so I was looking forward to the next few runs. I had trouble with my burnout on the first run which was odd. Next pass I brought up the rpms to do my burnout, let out the clutch and BANG. Car didn't move... workers were like pull up and I just kinda threw my hands up as I was cursing up a storm. Looked under the car and it looks like I grenaded the real end. I am guessing I broke an output shaft which completely destroyed the case. The stupid thing was we were just talking about them before that run and I said I should put one in my car. So as it sits now my car is at Atco, and I am hoping Fran can come to the rescue and towe it to RPM. Congrats to Pete for going 12.46@113 with his catback/intake/drag radial 6 speed vert. Car was moving out pretty fierce.
Dave
Dave
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 7,250
Likes: 6
From: Glassboro New Jersey
Damn, Dave. That sucks. This just reinforces why I will stay away from drag strips and stick with road courses.
Check this thread. Maybe something for you?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/nort...-parts-fs.html
Check this thread. Maybe something for you?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/nort...-parts-fs.html
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 9,420
Likes: 8
From: Southern New Jersey, The wet part at the bottom
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
Damn, Dave. That sucks. This just reinforces why I will stay away from drag strips and stick with road courses.
Check this thread. Maybe something for you?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/nort...-parts-fs.html
Check this thread. Maybe something for you?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/nort...-parts-fs.html
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
AMP Racing
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 10,756
Likes: 589
From: Washington TWP NJ
2023 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
2017 C5 of Year Finalist
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12
Hey Dave, Glad I could help.
It's unbelieveably ironic how we were just talking about output shafts and rearend cases prior to that run.
Call me in the morning.
And to Marc and Ed...
Breaking stuff is just an excuse to put in something better
It's unbelieveably ironic how we were just talking about output shafts and rearend cases prior to that run.
Call me in the morning.
And to Marc and Ed...
Breaking stuff is just an excuse to put in something better
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,009
Likes: 491
From: South Florida
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,009
Likes: 491
From: South Florida
Thanks Fran for coming through for almost half the price of what it was gonna cost to get towed last night. Now I need to figure out if I wanna go with stock gears, 3.73's, or 3.90's.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 6,276
Likes: 227
From: Farmington CT
Cruise-In VII Veteran
street tires and diff fail seem common, street tires seem to hop more w/out the smooth traction provided by track specific tires
I saw the same thing here in LVD/NY, C5 on street tires
RPM would be able to help your more in the cause, both the Indiana and Del/Maryland?? people
I saw the same thing here in LVD/NY, C5 on street tires
RPM would be able to help your more in the cause, both the Indiana and Del/Maryland?? people
Thread Starter
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,009
Likes: 491
From: South Florida
Yeah my 96 LT1 camaro took an *** beating, but it was an automatic. Charlie, you are right. Things could have been much worse. It looks like I am going to be doing an RPM Stage 1 diff along with an RPM stage 4 trans. Picking a gear ratio is going to kill me though.
And yes, the RPM that will be doing the removal/inspection/assembly is the RPM in Claymont, DE. They run a good show down there and are very reasonable.
And yes, the RPM that will be doing the removal/inspection/assembly is the RPM in Claymont, DE. They run a good show down there and are very reasonable.