BadAss SRT-Z - 2.4L / A568 - Update!!!

[cordes]

now that they've gone back to landing things successfully on mars rather than crashing them into it or getting them stuck a couple days into the mission I'm sure they'll be able to drum up some additional funds.

[black86glhs]

Maybe you can get the funds that used to go to NASA? Just mark out NASA on the form and write in Solyndra......guaranteed funding FTW!

[BadAssPerformance]

Going to the garage to dissect the beast... any final guesses at what it is?

You can actually see the incar cam when it blew up in this video after 0:50 LOL

[Khajjathefang]

jt, know where i can find the full clip of the polara @ 2:26?

[BadAssPerformance]

We got it somewhere, not sur ewhere MB put the file. It got out of it after that crooked launch

[BadAssPerformance]

[cordes]

Total devastation. Something got in there, or something is really loose to allow for that without damaging the case I would think.

[BadAssPerformance]

Before I took the axles out, had it jacked in the air and rotated one side and woulda guessed it was this or the diff blew up as it did not want to rotate by hand.

I'll take the trans out to see what shape the diff is in... right now guessing it was a shard of reverse that got sucked off the magnet during the burnout and let go on launch.

OR the diff bearings are loose or something allowed miss-alignment/binding/kaBOOM

OR the pinion teeth had enuff...

The front bearing is also cracked, prob result of pinion carnage

Lengels shift fork pads look great!

[Khajjathefang]

WOW.

We got it somewhere, not sur ewhere MB put the file. It got out of it after that crooked launch

He only make one pass? that thing is SEX

[BadAssPerformance]

Just not sure if we got the other passes on video

[Khajjathefang]

Recall what it ran?

[BadAssPerformance]

Qualified 3rd with an 8.12, Slowe had to run him 1st round, we left before then.

[Khajjathefang]

Qualified 3rd with an 8.12, Slowe had to run him 1st round, we left before then.

http://www.kilpatrickengine.com/bjr.htm

thats all i needed, You're the man!

this concludes our threadjack, you may now return to carnage already in progress :P

[cordes]

Dang JT. You're going through the hard pieces fast enough to pay for a straight cut gear set pretty soon as it is.

[MiniMopar]

If not debris, I'm going to guess case flex or some other alignment issue. That sux! Any idea what the diff preload was like the last time you had it out?

[BadAssPerformance]

http://www.kilpatrickengine.com/bjr.htm

thats all i needed, You're the man!

this concludes our threadjack, you may now return to carnage already in progress :P

LOL, no problem! that car is awesome!

Dang JT. You're going through the hard pieces fast enough to pay for a straight cut gear set pretty soon as it is.

The next 568 is going in with a fresh OBX and 3.85 gears in hopes to finish the season... straight cut research has begun

If not debris, I'm going to guess case flex or some other alignment issue. That sux! Any idea what the diff preload was like the last time you had it out?

I havn't measured it since I put it together, but will before taking the diff out... like your thinking, was wondering if it may be sloppy enough to improperly load the gears.

[cordes]

What are you doing with the old OBX, and how are you going to use the new one with the 3.85 gears?

[BadAssPerformance]

If its OK, either shelve it for a future trans or sell it "sold as is" LOL

Got a 3.85 gear out of 523 from Jackson

[MiniMopar]

I havn't measured it since I put it together, but will before taking the diff out... like your thinking, was wondering if it may be sloppy enough to improperly load the gears.

It doesn't take much misalignment to focus the stress on the edges of the teeth. They are quite brittle, so I imagine they eventually fatigue. I'm pretty sure that's how I exploded 2nd gear in my A520 on the CSX. A little different though, since that was probably due to input shaft misalignment from retainer plate flex. That surely wasn't the case here. Going with the 3.85 set will give you a little more tooth engagement, too.

Since you don't really drive it anywhere, I would probably set the preload abnormally high to help compensate for any case flex. Good luck!

[cordes]

If its OK, either shelve it for a future trans or sell it "sold as is" LOL

Got a 3.85 gear out of 523 from Jackson

Wow, jackpot on the 3.85 523. Those didn't come in many of the cars.