Thread: bad nite racing

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so i had a bad night racing last night.... i was in my mustang racing this camaro... and i'm gettin on it hard and tearin past him no problem.... and next thing you know my engine sounds like a rev limiter is kicking on.... and then a screeching sound.... coupla pops and it dies..... starter locks... so i stick it in nuetral and try and push it and nothing happens.... so i got it towed home... today i assesed the damage.... transmission is locked up.... all the main bearings spun, and my ring gear is shredded..... i took my tranny to my tranny guy... and as far as he could tell and put two and two together.... the input shaft jumped forward and slammed into the rear of the crank and then blasted back out the tailhousing of the tranny... so it looks like i'm starting back from square one on my car....

sorry to hear that , but i guess thats part of racing

yup.... just blows that it happened this close to the holidays.... cause it means i'm gonna have to let it chill til january

well in these parts we are already chillin till next spring. BURR!!!! is it cold out

Originally Posted by 383 chev

well in these parts we are already chillin till next spring. BURR!!!! is it cold out

34 degrees in the foot hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains last nite. Lynchburg,Va that is.

Originally Posted by thesals

yup.... just blows that it happened this close to the holidays.... cause it means i'm gonna have to let it chill til january

Could of been worse, might of locked up the tires, slid, a bit of side bite on the tires and flipped it too!!!! (I don't suppose that helps cheer you up though, huh?)

if i was racing and blew the motor up, tore the trans up, and the rear end too, i'd let it chill for awhile. with luck like that i'd be scared to ever drive again.

hahahaha.... yeah maybe you.... i was out racing my packard last night

were you racing on the street?

nope... racing in a private industrial park that i have access to, the owners let us race there cause they're good friends of ours.... the cops aren't always too happy about it, but its private property

My teacher had a 396 BB in a Nova drag car he had ( street legal tho ), just got the motor finished, with a forged rotating assembly. had it for about a week when he wanted to go just a bit faster, and blew it up, right after that, he put the factory 6cyl back in it and turned it into a shop vehicle, for the shop he owned at the time, still registered to him, it had the shop name and they did small road service calls with it ( jump starts, tire changes ect... )