Well, the car is finally finished. It looks freakin awesome. The only thing left to do is to polish up the front two rims & the trim chore around the doors. Ill have pictures posted up soon.
But now the bad news. I went racing Saturday night. The first race since the new paint & everything. On the third pass, after I shifted into second, I hear a loud BOOM. It was so loud that it shook me in my seat. Then the car started smoking really bad & the windshield was covered in oil. After I got the car stopped, which wasnt easy because of oil on the slicks (which got me a little sideways) & loss of vacume to the brake booster, with it still on the track & out of the groove, I opened the hood to find the entire engine bay covered in oil. There is a good size hole in the oil pan and you can take the crankshaft pulley and move it a good 1½ inches in all directions. THAT SUCKS!!!!!
Are basic assumption is that the crankshaft broke because of how we can move the pulley. We also think that a rod might have also broke because of the size of the hole in the oil pan. Well take it apart this week. But as to what actually caused the parts to break, well figure out when we take it apart. We have a spare motor in the garage just for these situations, but it is about a 100 horsepower less the the one that broke. Ill post pics of the broken parts as I get them.
Oh well, well put in the spare & figure out our plans later.
R.I.P. good ol' 347ci. You were a good one
But now the bad news. I went racing Saturday night. The first race since the new paint & everything. On the third pass, after I shifted into second, I hear a loud BOOM. It was so loud that it shook me in my seat. Then the car started smoking really bad & the windshield was covered in oil. After I got the car stopped, which wasnt easy because of oil on the slicks (which got me a little sideways) & loss of vacume to the brake booster, with it still on the track & out of the groove, I opened the hood to find the entire engine bay covered in oil. There is a good size hole in the oil pan and you can take the crankshaft pulley and move it a good 1½ inches in all directions. THAT SUCKS!!!!!
Are basic assumption is that the crankshaft broke because of how we can move the pulley. We also think that a rod might have also broke because of the size of the hole in the oil pan. Well take it apart this week. But as to what actually caused the parts to break, well figure out when we take it apart. We have a spare motor in the garage just for these situations, but it is about a 100 horsepower less the the one that broke. Ill post pics of the broken parts as I get them.
Oh well, well put in the spare & figure out our plans later.
R.I.P. good ol' 347ci. You were a good one
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