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Went to the track last night.. :(

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  • Start date Start date Oct 14, 2006

FordRacing302

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So my new tires came in for my car and I was planning on mounting and balancing them today, so yesterday I thought I would go to the local 1/8 mile track and thrash the hell outa whats left of my old tires. So I make my first pass, fouled and ended up with a horrible 12.8. The next run I got good traction and didnt foul and came out with a 9.1, and after that run things got bad. I made my 3rd run and didnt get any traction (spun 1st, 2nd) and got a 9.8, so I thought Id make one more run for the night and my friend told me to shift as hard as I could. BAD IDEA!...I got a good launch, came to about 5000RPMs and jabbed the clutch hard and something broke, I heard pieces of something hitting something and it wouldnt come out of 1st gear. So when the car is off it shifts fine through every gear but if its running I cant get into any gear...So I ended up driving home using the starter for my 1st gear and shifting without the clutch the whole way home

I jacked the car up this morning, adjusted the clutch cable as tight as I could and it still wouldnt go into any gear when running. I can rule out the tranny and the clutch cable, Do you think I broke my pressure plate????
 

ryan218

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you beat the hell out of it. id guess you blew your clutch to hell and back
 

BlownStangGT

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sounds like when I blew my clutch apart....good luck...but thats what it sounds like
 
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89white50

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i think you blew the clutch disc apart....no way you blew a pressure plate into pieces with what you have.
 

FordRacing302

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Well it sucks but I guess Ill have to start pulling the tranny and what not. So much for a KC clutch with only 5000 miles I thought those things are supposed to be heavy duty
 

ryan218

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FordRacing302 said:
Well it sucks but I guess Ill have to start pulling the tranny and what not. So much for a KC clutch with only 5000 miles I thought those things are supposed to be heavy duty
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now when you drive it like you stole it
 

FordRacing302

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Well I found out why my clutch went out so easily...It wasn't a King Cobra, it was a stock clutch. I called the previous owner and he said it used to have a KC but something was wrong with it so he put a stocker back in...
 

grey5.0beast

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what a bitch!

A clutch isn't as bad as a tranny...
 

mob

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man i was gonna say KC's are suposed to be pretty strong! I was about to cry for my King Cobra haha, sorry to hear about the clutch though, atleast it makes sense. Like 25th says its better to have a weaker clutch then tranny.
 

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Yes better the clutch than tranny, why I only run FMS HD clutches and not a Spec stage 45473. Personally it starts to slip sooner, but cheaper than a blown tranny!
 
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