Went to Track Weds... Broke EVERYTHING

[R2D2]

yes

 

[68torinogt]

thats what i thought but i had seen it referenced fairly often and just thought i would make sure.

 

[8950HO]

You missed 3rd gear with a Pro 50 shifter?

Let the shifter find 3rd gear,don`t try and force it over under the gun in a race situation.
Hard to explain,but,in a tension race situation,when you shift from 2-3,just push the lever up without forcing/guiding and it should go into 3rd easily.

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

You missed 3rd gear with a Pro 50 shifter?

Let the shifter find 3rd gear,don`t try and force it over under the gun in a race situation.
Hard to explain,but,in a tension race situation,when you shift from 2-3,just push the lever up without forcing/guiding and it should go into 3rd easily.

Yeah, don't "think" about the action of moving the shifter to the right....just run it diagonally up from second into 3rd. I missed 3rd one time at the track and felt so stupid that it hasn't happened again lol.

 

[mackey]

A good reason to put your rev limiter 200 rpm over your maximum shift point.

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

A good reason to put your rev limiter 200 rpm over your maximum shift point.

Right, i also set my shift light a couple RPM before i want to shift to make up for reaction time.

 

[90lxcoupe]

yea i definitly didnt know that i didnt have a rev limiter before wednesday... i always figured that it was set at like 6500 with my tune, but i guess on never got put in there.

and i was looking at the head today, and the three valves that didnt break ALL BENT.

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

yea i definitly didnt know that i didnt have a rev limiter before wednesday... i always figured that it was set at like 6500 with my tune, but i guess on never got put in there.

and i was looking at the head today, and the three valves that didnt break ALL BENT.

Valves aren't a huge deal to replace though as long as the guides and everything else is ok. You can even look at this as a good chance to get a really good valve job done and end up better than before. As for the piston though...maybe it's stroker time too

 

[90lxcoupe]

im pretty sure the heads are junk cause that "piston valve" tore up the whole combustion chamber, i'll get a pic of that up later

 

[310stanger]

nows the time to get those twisted wedges on there that youve always wanted.... j/k sorry to hear about the engine failure, im surprised you handle it so well.

 

[Jack's95gt]

It's a very expensive hobby. I had my car come home twice on a flat bed from the track.

 

[90lxcoupe]

nows the time to get those twisted wedges on there that youve always wanted.... j/k sorry to hear about the engine failure, im surprised you handle it so well.

getting used to it unfortunatly... took off the drivers side head today and found out that i bent all those exhaust valves and pushrods also. but on the plus side i had no "piston valves" on that side

 

[PJB]

Was this at Lebanon Valley? If so I saw the pass that it blew on.

 

[90lxcoupe]

yep it was at lebanon