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Sep 13, 2011 | 09:33 PM
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too day leaving the range...... 0730 I got on the car and shifted 2nd... and the toyo's didn't budge.... BANG.... WTF Diff or the tranny output shaft snapped... GREAT car is up on the trailer waiting to go to the shop for damage assessment!!
Sep 13, 2011 | 10:33 PM
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Sorry to hear you went boom.... Hoping for a quick diagnosis/recovery.
Hardened shafts?
Scott
Sep 13, 2011 | 11:10 PM
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yeah I got harden shafts... time to beef up the tranny output ... hopefully its not too bad
Sep 14, 2011 | 10:52 PM
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monster clutch.... plus toyo R888's = drivetrain snapping power... Wow that didn't last long LOL Guess I have to figure out which path to go for building a nice BEEFY rear end set up
Sep 15, 2011 | 06:28 PM
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Sorry to hear that man, hope you get it back on the road soon!
Sep 15, 2011 | 06:53 PM
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I'm working on it..... I did that on the street too Kudo's to the MONSTER that **** GRIPS
Sep 16, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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I'm working on it..... I did that on the street too Kudo's to the MONSTER that **** GRIPS
That is impressive...would rather hear that you went 10s at the track though
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Sep 16, 2011 | 05:21 PM
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