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CVPete
11-26-2008, 01:41 PM
I went to Cecil County Drags last weekend...hoping for new lows...what I got was no 3rd gear! Turns out I spun the direct drum input right out! I have a hardened input shaft but the direct drum was the weak part....I limped home 190 miles with 2 gears! Oh well that's racing. I had my best 60ft also...1.62!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/pa86gt/IMG00122.jpg
DTRMiguel
11-26-2008, 01:44 PM
Good time. Man and good luck on that fix
Master
11-26-2008, 03:30 PM
No OD for the trip back? I made a trip with the dyno-truck and trailer with no second. That was a weird and wonderful ride!
CVPete
11-26-2008, 04:36 PM
No OD for the trip back? I made a trip with the dyno-truck and trailer with no second. That was a weird and wonderful ride!

No 3rd or OD.....direct drum is third gear.
offroadkarter
11-26-2008, 04:43 PM
Your lucky you didnt come to englishtown on sunday pete, you would need a new motor, like 6 other cars that ran :D


Although i would have gotten great pics and vids of your car lol
CVPete
11-26-2008, 04:55 PM
Your lucky you didnt come to englishtown on sunday pete, you would need a new motor, like 6 other cars that ran :D


Although i would have gotten great pics and vids of your car lol

Yeah...ya know more cars engines blow up in the cold then the heat. I almost opted for E-town would have been an hour and a half closer!

BTW I will have this fixed by Tuesday and plan on Atco in December....yes I'm nuts!
CVPete
12-03-2008, 06:51 PM
Getting her back tomorrow......Direct drum was shot and replaced the intermediate powerpack and the carbon fiber OD band.:banana2:
scruff
12-03-2008, 07:35 PM
you need a turbo 400 in er lol
Stranger in the Black Sedan
12-04-2008, 09:56 AM
How late does Cecil run T&T? I used to go there a lot for T&T when I was in college at Villanova a few years back.
DEFYANT
12-07-2008, 11:34 AM
What causes this kind of failure?
justbob
12-07-2008, 11:44 AM
And how hard is it to fix?
DEFYANT
12-07-2008, 12:57 PM
And how hard is it to fix?

Deffinetly requires a rebuild!

My original trans lasted a good 45K+ miles. Then blew up 2K miles after a massive burnout. After the first rebuild, I kept blowing transmissions. The parts above kept giving out. A few hundred miles before it would quit, I noticed some eratic shifting. I have since had the trans rebuilt with a hardend stubshaft. There have been no problems since.