racecougar
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Well, I found the weakest link of my drivetrain a few hours ago in my splitport tbird. I had just pumped in some 93 unleaded and flipped the switch on my flip chip (tuned by Brian Herron of course), and I guess that the tune had more power than the passenger side halfshaft could handle. I stomped on the gas at a stop sign, left about a foot of rubber then heard a loud bang and the car took a leap to the right. I coasted down the side of the road to the nearest driveway and called for my dad to bring a trailer. Left a nice long streak of CV Joint fluid down the street.
I just hope that my Trac-Loc didn't get messed up by this. I'm crossing my fingers. I'm going to put a pair of SC halfshafts in tomorrow night, hopefully they'll take a bit more abuse. Are the SC's CV joints stronger though? I know that the halfshaft is thicker, but I'm not worried about breaking the shaft the CV Joint is weaker than it.
Here are some carnage pics. The needle bearings and other pieces that are on that towel were found on the lower control arm.
-Rod
P.S. - For those of you who know about the Cougar I'm building, imagine what would happen to those halfshafts with that kind of power. At the moment, it has the same size halfshafts in it as this one that I broke tonight. That will most definitely have to change before I even start and move the car though!
I just hope that my Trac-Loc didn't get messed up by this. I'm crossing my fingers. I'm going to put a pair of SC halfshafts in tomorrow night, hopefully they'll take a bit more abuse. Are the SC's CV joints stronger though? I know that the halfshaft is thicker, but I'm not worried about breaking the shaft the CV Joint is weaker than it.
Here are some carnage pics. The needle bearings and other pieces that are on that towel were found on the lower control arm.
-Rod
P.S. - For those of you who know about the Cougar I'm building, imagine what would happen to those halfshafts with that kind of power. At the moment, it has the same size halfshafts in it as this one that I broke tonight. That will most definitely have to change before I even start and move the car though!