168glhs1986
07-08-2015, 11:26 AM
SDAC 25 drag races.
Ran a couple 11.9's and it wasn't running well. Swapped the spark plugs and did a little burnout to heat my drag radials. The SOUND of the engine was back and I knew it was going to be a great run.
Staged and go. 1st gear sounded great, shifted into second and nothing !
Had a 1.7x 60' and ran thru the traps at 24 mph for a 32 second 1/4 mile. I gently gave it gas after the traps (didn't want to be towed) and I had power but the RPM's spun to 3 grand and didn't go any faster.
Pulled back into the pits thinking it was a clutch. Surely if it was an axle I couldn't even move right? Wrong.
Broke BOTH axles at the welds but they held enough for me to drive back to the pits to be pushed onto the trailer.
So these are the 2nd and 3rd axles I have broken. Definitely the weak link to my car. Ill be using Johnny's axle guy in Oregon and will try again for the 10's.
Ran a couple 11.9's and it wasn't running well. Swapped the spark plugs and did a little burnout to heat my drag radials. The SOUND of the engine was back and I knew it was going to be a great run.
Staged and go. 1st gear sounded great, shifted into second and nothing !
Had a 1.7x 60' and ran thru the traps at 24 mph for a 32 second 1/4 mile. I gently gave it gas after the traps (didn't want to be towed) and I had power but the RPM's spun to 3 grand and didn't go any faster.
Pulled back into the pits thinking it was a clutch. Surely if it was an axle I couldn't even move right? Wrong.
Broke BOTH axles at the welds but they held enough for me to drive back to the pits to be pushed onto the trailer.
So these are the 2nd and 3rd axles I have broken. Definitely the weak link to my car. Ill be using Johnny's axle guy in Oregon and will try again for the 10's.