Blew stuff up at the track

Pops Fun

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Carnage photo's... or why I blew up!! (actually if my foot wasn't so heavy it the engine might have lived)

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Pops Fun

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Piston Photo's or "why you should plan your build" !!!

built this short block without the thought of forced induction!!!

Pistons say... Not in use with forced induction..

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Smiley face piston!!!! Dimpled!!

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BaBysARM

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Man thats terrible....that there looks like a real good excuse to build a 408

 

Venom351R

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If your going to break it then break it good !!!

 

Pops Fun

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I take the block out to a builder thursday... Hope to get a cost soon after that..

 

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94gtfreak

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WOW! Hope you get some good news back about the block! The clutch is just....wow! How did that thing even grip enough to launch??

 

Pops Fun

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94gtfreak said:

WOW! Hope you get some good news back about the block! The clutch is just....wow! How did that thing even grip enough to launch??

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Wish I knew exactly what happen.... It launched fine the first run got my best on DR's !! Anyway... I've had clutch trouble for a couple years... At the track, it seemed that after it got hot it would slip... Go home and it worked fine ( I drive it hard) go to the track it would make a couple runs and then start slipping or not shifting..
I think I have an incompatibility with the flywheel and the clutch plate ?? Don't know if that is possible but .... Guess one could expand or something...

Steve

 

Pops Fun

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Pistons our out, here are the 2 worst. Dropped some money off so he can get started!!



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BlownFiveLiter

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YIKES!

 

revhead347

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Eh, those pistons are only mildy scratched. Nothing a little JB Weld and a dremel couldn't fix.

Kurt

 

revhead347

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Pops Fun said:

Hi
Wish I knew exactly what happen.... It launched fine the first run got my best on DR's !! Anyway... I've had clutch trouble for a couple years... At the track, it seemed that after it got hot it would slip... Go home and it worked fine ( I drive it hard) go to the track it would make a couple runs and then start slipping or not shifting..
I think I have an incompatibility with the flywheel and the clutch plate ?? Don't know if that is possible but .... Guess one could expand or something...

Steve

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Probably just a cheap clutch that got too sticky when it got hot. What brand was it?

Kurt

 

Pops Fun

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It was an RPS performance clutch

 

revhead347

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Pops Fun said:

It was an RPS performance clutch

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I've never even heards of an RPS.

Kurt

 

Pops Fun

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revhead347 said:

I've never even heards of an RPS.

Kurt

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They were big around here for a while....

Performance Clutch 2010 Camaro , Carbon Clutch , Twin Disc Clutches

 

MysteryMachine

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wow