sleeperstyle

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it gets a little frustrating... long rant but worth reading...

have not been having any luck with the car lately. i blew up the stock trans, then had one built only to break the input drum 6 days later. the guy who built it made good on most of the parts and built me another one which seems to be ok. all of this ordeal took a couple months to get done.

so tuesday i decide to go to atco and run the car to see how it does, maybe get a new best.. after 2 shitty runs on motor- a 12.4 @109mph and a 12.3 @ 109mph i say f'it and decide to spray it.

get out of the groove and spin , so i had to peddle it and i run a 11.39 @ 122mph. not a fun race, the car NEVER got like that on me and it seemed to break up in the big-end a little bit. im thinking when i peddled it it dumped a little too much fuel and that caused the breakups.

next run, i decide to spray it a little sooner than i usually do, since it was only flashing to 3700rpms i decide to spray it at 3800rpms compared to my usual 3900. im nervous about this since i had a feeling the rear would snap, or it would just spin. but i say screw it and if i keep being a ***** the car is never going to go fast..

as i pull up to the line the tech warns me about not having a cage . mind you i've run 10.9 and 11.00's and 11.1's tons of times there and never got warned. oh well, see what happens.

i launch it hard and 5 feet out the spray hits. BOOM! i pull over to the side and see what broke. it was the rear . as they track officials are pushing me back the one guy says "now this is a good time for you to put a nice rollcage in there. i know you have a few 11.0's under your belt" i just smile and say "i don't know what you are talking about.

now i gotta wait till the weekend after labor day to rebuild the rear- waiting on parts and my mechanic to have time.

so yeah, frustrating but for some reason i just can't stop racing it and breaking stuff . i figure there are quite a few people on here in the same boat so i figured i'd post up.

maybe i need to be hypnotized to stop racing the car like how people quit smoking. it is honestly an addiction, and a costly one at that

SouthernSilverSpeed

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you said it yourself!!!
If you race it, it will break
If it breaks, you have to fix it
If you have to fix it it costs money.

So...

Racing = Money

You gotta pay to play!!

Denom

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Why not just save up for a 12 bolt rearend? Sounds like you've broken the 10 bolt often enough.

Other then that I dunno. Maybe you've got a cheap way of rebuilding your 10 bolt that no one else knows about.

tektrans

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Yeah if you're gonna be a regular at the track you gotta start getting parts that will last. A roll bar is probably a good idea also. The track officials there aren't too strict so if they are telling you to get one your probably should.

Hrod382

Yeah a cage wouldn't be a bad idea and the officials seem pretty cool about it. My dad was threatened to be kicked out once a while ago for running a 9.999 before he had his super gas license so these officials are very leniant.

I say 12 bolt it and cage it so you'll be legal and more reliable. If not now then for sure in the winter.

The fun >>>>> the pain of spending the money.

sleeperstyle

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this is actually the first 10 bolt ive broken. and i do plan on saving up for a 12 bolt over the winter, plus a cage now that i know i can't get away without it.

i know i know, "breaking is racing" just needed to bitch about it somewhere haha.

Villain281H

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Racing is an addiction, no cure found yet!

Good luck getting her legal and back together soon!

Derek

sleeperstyle

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had to pull this back up.

seems when i took out the 10 bolt i took out my new trans also . making BAD noises then it just lost 3/4 while driving it.

so now i went through 2 stock trans's, and 2 locally built trans's. all in a couple months...

going flt level 4 soon, maybe that'll hold up but i'll still be on a stock rear for now. since the 12 bolt $ is going into another trans.

when it rains it POURS would be a good saying here... it'll come together with time hopefully, or i'll just sell the ******* thing.

Ls1Won

Shoulda gone with a turbo400 from the start!

Caveman

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You just need another car or 2 to race so when one breaks you can still race. That is the best way to deal with dragracing addiction.