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Old Mar 15, 2022 | 09:53 PM
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So I bought a cheap POS clutch and it exploded lol. Destroyed by bell housing.. does anyone on here have one to sell? Need it for an ls1 to t56 setup. Everyone else seems to be backordered and I want it sooner than 50 days from now!

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Old Mar 15, 2022 | 10:04 PM
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F i i i i ine collection of scrap metal ya got there, man! How high were you revving it when Armageddon happened?
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Old Mar 15, 2022 | 11:31 PM
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Holy **** man. Glad you had that steel QT one.
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Old Mar 16, 2022 | 03:24 PM
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F i i i i ine collection of scrap metal ya got there, man! How high were you revving it when Armageddon happened?
was only taking off normally from a stop. Prob about 2500 rpm.
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Old Mar 16, 2022 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by transamguy24
was only taking off normally from a stop. Prob about 2500 rpm.
It had to have had a BUNCH of cracks everywhere just waiting to let go, and they did all at once!
You sure don't see that every day. Good luck getting it all fixed!
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Old Mar 25, 2022 | 09:19 PM
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Moving this to manual trans section. Maybe you’ll get more replies over there.
This picture of the bellhousing here shows how much force that just the clutch disc/pressure plate can have…even at very low rpm. Imagine now a flywheel coming apart at big rpm. I’ve seen pics of that before. Practically cut a car in half. Totaled the car. Glad your ok.
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Old Mar 25, 2022 | 09:36 PM
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Looks like it penetrated the bell housing too. Did it contain everything or did anything go through the floor of the car?
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Old Mar 26, 2022 | 11:46 PM
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Looks like it penetrated the bell housing too. Did it contain everything or did anything go through the floor of the car?
it contained everything. I just wish it was still serviceable lol. But I need a new one asap but everyone is backordered…
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Damn, glad you are ok and the bellhousing did its job.

Unfortunately I have had the same bellhousing on backorder for the last 2 months with no real ship date to be given.

Which brand clutch was it the gave up the ghost?
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Quicktime was out of material to make them when I ordered mine and was lucky enough to get one Bowler had in stock last Fall.
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