look what i broke!

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4bangen

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i was going about 70mph down the highway in my 89 n/a2.3l vert and desided to pass a slower car, i gave her alitle more gas and it downshifted. next thing i hear is a very loud snaping sound the RPMs shot up to about 7k real fast, so i let off the gass and it dies. now i had to cross 3 lanes of trafic going about 70-75mph in a dead car(not fun) well i got it toed home its a sad day to see your pony on a flatbed i pulled the trans and found this, whats left of my flex plate. i did not think i ever had to worry about this on a n/a2.3 with an a4ld.(and no i have never done a N-drop on this thing)
well the good news was that i pulled the trans, replaced the flex plate and drove it to work the next day.(having 4 spare motors realy pays off) all for about $6 worth of trans fluid.
has any one seen a 4banger do this?

 

351wcoupe

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thats a pretty bad break. Was there a seam or weld there? Thats really odd.

You're also pretty lucky, we were at the track earlier this year when a clutch assembly came apart and cut a guy's foot off.

 

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ive seen that happen a couple times

 

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4bangen

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it was one piece i stress was! it just snapped.
i didnt think 88hp could do that, maybe it was the big NOPI sticker i have on the side of my car (only kidding)
its an auto i thought the trans would go first.

 

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http://www.wheelspin.net/broke/broke.html

last picture on the page

 

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Thats a really ugly thing, hope mine never does that!

 

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DP

 

Dan P.

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Here is my 92 after she blew the front main seal on the tranny, damn A4LD. That would be the tranny fluid she was pouring out when I was on my way to the drag strip with my friends.

 

T3AL

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yummy red x's

 

Ray III

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4bangen said:

it was one piece i stress was! it just snapped.
i didnt think 88hp could do that, maybe it was the big NOPI sticker i have on the side of my car (only kidding)
its an auto i thought the trans would go first.

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RPM breaks that kind of stuff not power output.