legacycentral bbs

You lose first. Badly.


So the story is kinda funny.....

I roll up for my last run of the night. It would NOT have been the last run as I wanted the previous run to be my last run, but I missed 2nd and was shooting for the damn 12.999.

So I roll up to the lights, open my door and shake hands with the control guy and say "Thank alot! Have a great winter!" Then I roll up to the line, line up, rev up, drop the clutch and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I roll off the line barely, get it into 2nd and continue down the line. But obviously not fast. I make it to the end, turn off and look under the hood. Nothing obvious. Try the gears. Stuck, but I am able to mess with the shifter long enough to get the transmission into 2nd and roll out of PIR. I am damned if I am going to get towed! I get on the freeway, shift to fifth and cruise! The noise is weird, not a single vibration that you can feel, but a nasty loose rattle that is rhythimic to the rpm....

So I make it about 15 miles or so back to the shop and am finally able to try 1st.

NOPE. All it does is "CRRRRRRRRRRRRRR". Good thing I have an extra tranny or two! And alot of downtime... haha. Although it is getting to be a bitch pulling the motor because there is so much crap in the engine bay now. haha.


But the good news?

I drove home again, for the 4th time, when I have suffered catastrophic damage (three blown pistons, and now the tranny).

And the better news? The new motor, with 150 miles or so on it, did a best of 13.1 @ 105 mph at only 14 psi!

So, is that the first transmission you've blown? Isn't that the tranny you've been beating on for a long time now?

3 time, but same tranny case all three times.

1st time, I lost 2nd on a BAAAAAAD mishift from 1st to 2nd getting into traffic.

2nd time, I lost 3rd shifting out of 4th on the freeway.

3rd time, I lost 1st drag racing.

This is all with the 'twin charged' motor?

The 2nd and 3rd time, yes.

But only the 3rd time was due to POWAH!!!!!

The 2nd breakage I suspect was due to a loose piece of tooth getting sucked up into the tranny....

It must be hard, having all that power .
How do you do it?

13.1, that's a fast old wagon!

Funny that this is your first trans failure from dragging.

What do you do for engine break-in to go racing with only 150 miles on it? Or is that the break-in?

all i do is race this wagon, so the only milage this engine gets basic driving to and from the track for the most part.

Does the passenger still have to hold the jug of Meth?

Good to see ya Sunday.