NHRA Divisionals Didn't go so Well . . .

[TRUUBLE]

The Divisionals were a blast . . . but they didn't go so well and the price was high.

I red lit first round, but ran it out anyway and my car kicked a couple of rods at the big end . . (125 mph and 7,000 rpm).

I now have a custom ventilated oil pan (pics to come).

I'm hoping the engine damage isn't too severe.

 

[VertTireSmoke]

Damn man that sucks. Hopefully its not too severe and ur back on the track soon.

 

[scarface]

ouch

 

[Lightning Struck]

thats racing right :-[ :-[ goes with the territory, get her fixed and run it again

 

[TxCobrA98]

sorry to see that man. bummer definitely! glad you still had fun though. get her fixed and pop some wheelies!

 

[TRUUBLE]

I was going to change the rotating assembly (to a 460) anyway. So . . oh well. :

 

[Passenger]

Whats that ole sayin? Gotta pay to play! Sucks to hear, hopefully she'll come back bigger and badder! :bunny3:

 

[Hellion94]

Wow that sucks Truuble. any idea what caused it, Your motor was pretty stout if I remember correctly, I wonder what caused it to kick rods out. ??? :lame:

 

[Bluextc]

Wow, I'm sorry.

 

[TRUUBLE]

Wow that sucks Truuble. any idea what caused it, Your motor was pretty stout if I remember correctly, I wonder what caused it to kick rods out. ??? :lame:

Well . . . if there was a weak link in the motor, it was the rods. They were Eagle 4340 H-Beams and only rated for 750hp. I'm sure that one of em snapped, and it took out the one next to it. I'm probably going to step up to some Oliver Rods and a Callies crank. At the least, I'll step up to the top level Scat crank and rods.

I'll be able to figure out whether the rod just broke, or whether something caused it to break, when I pull the motor apart. I'm just hoping I don't find too much carnage.

 

[94darkhorse]

Ouch, That sux.

 

[Paul]

Well . . . if there was a weak link in the motor, it was the rods. They were Eagle 4340 H-Beams and only rated for 750hp. I'm sure that one of em snapped, and it took out the one next to it. I'm probably going to step up to some Oliver Rods and a Callies crank. At the least, I'll step up to the top level Scat crank and rods.

I'll be able to figure out whether the rod just broke, or whether something caused it to break, when I pull the motor apart. I'm just hoping I don't find too much carnage.

Tad - just get the Callies crank and Oliver rods. Here's a short story about my 422...

I pulled my 418 and tore it down because it had been overheated and I wanted to make sure it was okay.

My Eagle 4340 H-beams (6.200") had hairline cracks after only 7,000 miles, about 40 dyno pulls, and a few track passes. The car only made 460rwhp/615rwtq which should be well within the range of those rods. So much for that. Now I have Oliver billet rods so I don't have to worry about that crap anymore.

Then I bought a SCAT 4340 forged nitrided 4.100" crankshaft. After installing everything and firing the motor up, oil started POURING out of the bellhousing. I pulled everything back apart assuming I didn't put the rear main seal in right or something. It turns out the oil was coming FROM THE CENTER OF THE CRANKSHAFT. :slap: This is no bullshit. The folks at SCAT bored the pilot bearing hole so deep it breached the oil passages in the crankshaft. I had to take everything out and fix it all over again. What a fucking debacle. I sent perfect clear pictures to SCAT along with a description of the problem, and never heard anything from them.

Buy the expensive stuff - hopefully their quality control doesn't suck as much as SCAT/Eagle.

Paul.

 

[ripper]

YIKES! I got Eagle 4340 H-Beams. They should hold up to my measly 400hp no?
Sorry to hear bout yer motor there Tad. You race Div 1?

 

[sonicsn95]

Well that just sucks !!! I hope its not to bad. I guess Craig and I will have to make sure we get the intercooler and cog belt setup on the blue Car. Before we race!! I have a feeling that it will be a bigger badder Truuble mobile we will be faceing when we finally meet up! Good luck on the repairs and a speedy return to the track!!! Brian

 

[TRUUBLE]

Buy the expensive stuff - hopefully their quality control doesn't suck as much as SCAT/Eagle.

Paul.

I'm leaning in that direction.

YIKES! I got Eagle 4340 H-Beams. They should hold up to my measly 400hp no?
Sorry to hear bout yer motor there Tad. You race Div 1?

I'm in Division 7. I would hope they hold up at 400hp . . they are rated at 750. I was real close to that.

Well that just sucks !!! I hope its not to bad. I guess Craig and I will have to make sure we get the intercooler and cog belt setup on the blue Car. Before we race!! I have a feeling that it will be a bigger badder Truuble mobile we will be faceing when we finally meet up! Good luck on the repairs and a speedy return to the track!!! Brian

Yeah . . . it's going to be bigger and badder. I'm thinking of going 460 cubes for easy 9s on motor, so I can race supergas with the car. Then, I can dump the 300 shot on it when I want to go fast.

Of course, I'm also thinking of a 460 with a blower or a couple of hair dryers. But, it'll likely be NA for Super Gas and spray for other classes.