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AK
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13th Aug 12 at 12:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Car - E36 M3 with S54 engine

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First of all,

Thanks to the marshal's at KH on sunday for helping me in Qually (where the throttle cable snapped) and in race 1 where my gearbox/proshaft/mountins/gearstick all exploded and started entering the car from all angles!!!

Well done to Mark for his results in both races and of course on his PB

on closer inspection... and the amount of oil on the trailer, it looks like the output shaft on the gearbox gave way, shunted the prop, sheared all 6 bolts, ripped the gear lever out of my hand, wrapped it round the prop started throwing bit of metal and rubber at me inside the car and cut holes in the tunnel!!

must say - scary experience sitting in the car while it was happening, but im ok bar a few bruised ribs and a dodgy ankle!!

pictures below ( i will be covering the tunnel wit some sort of kelar fabric when its all fixed, i was really lucky this time )


Untitled by clarkyboySE, on Flickr[/img]

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Untitled by clarkyboySE, on Flickr


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=breHhT6APHE
SetH
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that's some fast and furious blowing welds on the intake shit
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sharpy28
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Fffffuuuuucccckkkk
3CorsaMeal
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Tuned cars are silly and dangerous imo
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fuck about
BarnshaW
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if your going to break it then do it properly jesus christ
AK
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13th Aug 12 at 14:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i love the fact that the gear lever disapeard through the hole..

I can just image driving along flat out towards duffis - wooop, there goes the gearstick

foooook, he comes the gear stick again bang bang bang bang
big eck
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13th Aug 12 at 15:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Must have been an M32 Astra vxr box he used.
simonATR
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Fuck a duck that is mental.
bigron1988
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that makes mine look like nouthing

AK
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what happened there? Flywheel/clutch packed in? Or did the gears decide coming through the bell housing was the easiest option?
Alex_Rally
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that exact same thing happened to a lad in my street the clutch shit its self and ate the box
bigron1988
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Was using a helix paddle clutch and it was only rated to 400ftlb and I was putting 480 through it , 3 rivets that hold the friction plate decided to let go and it tried to made a exit , luckily it was only sat idling in my unit when it happened

 
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