Nice!! Who drove? Ron? No way. BTW: No one asked how I did racing last Thursday. Here's a hint: Yesterday I learned how to pull the transmission out of my car. :sorry:
Ouch. At least the tranny's are fairly easy. haha That is a friend of ours Corvette. They also are the owners of Yearwoods. A local Speed Shop here in ABQ. Maybe I will take you there when you are in town next month?
That'd be cool. Here's what happened: (Powerglide 2-speed with shifter solenoid) Do normal burnout: Pull into water box, pump up brakes, hit line lock. Start burnout in first, slam it into 2nd, heat tires, off the line lock, roll out of the burnout. No problem. Pre-stage, stage, hit the transbrake, wait for lights, let off transbrake, wait for hit. First gear lauch - tires up, hit about 75 mph in less than 2 seconds, solenoid bangs into WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Felt like trans blew right through 2nd and into neutral. Clunk, bang, clunk, bang, bang, bang...... Try for 2nd - no luck. try for 1st - no luck. Clunk, bang, clunk, bang...... Roll through traps in about 30 seconds at 23 mph..... Get towed off track, listening to grind, clank, grind, clank.... At least I didn't split the case or drop the driveshaft. But this trans is toast. Pulled it yesterday. Taking it to COAN Racing this week. At least a trans only costs about 10% of what an engine costs. (About $1500-$2500 depending)
Pfffffftttttt..... NEVER!!!!!! I'll have a new trans within a week or so. Don't know if I'll actually run it anymore this season though, or if I'll just go ahead and pull the motor now too. I'm hoping to add 50-100 HP through cam and heads in the off-season. We'll see.
Dunno if you are gonna get 50 -100 hp by adding Cam, but Cam does give good head... eerrrr umm, so I have been told. lol Sorry that the tranny failed Matt.
Thanks Ron. It was definitely a catastrophic failure. not like my SRT-8 days with slipping, hot transmission issues. This was more like a bomb went off. I kept looking for a hole in the trans tunnel, or thought the driveshaft was on the gorund or something. I was shocked the case was still in one piece. I'm pretty sure I broke the planetary or the output shaft. I'm also going for the 50 pound weight loss mod over the winter. Ought to be worth another .05 in the Spring. I just want to run consistent 8.90 at 152 +/- 2 mph next year. Not sure if I'll ever graduate to 7 second cars. My wife and I watched a Pro-Mod crash at Indy during the U.S. Nationals over Labor Day. Guy hit the wall at 230 mph. Died two weeks ago. Most horrific thing I've ever seen in person. 150 mph may be my comfort zone. Maybe 170 in the future. But that's probably it for me. That Corvette's gotta be a blast to drive though........ :love:
I would LOVE to drive the Vette, but for now, it is a blast watching Jim take it down the 1320. Damn, what a rocket it is.
You know - that's actually a little slow for that MPH. (Or fast/high MPH for that e.t.) I'm guessing he's a bit slow off the line (maybe 1.18 seconds?) but makes it up with a turbo? I can tell you from my limited experience - I wouldn't want to jump into that car without training in something like my car first. That's got to be one heck of a ride. I'd bet my car feels similar for the first 100 feet, but he just keeps going, while I tail off.
Ahh. Well that would account for a slow start. I'm betting with good D.A. and track prep, that's a 7.70 second doorslammer, isn't it?
