ass.

he's just mad 'cause he's slow.

 

WG, was it anyone who's on the board?

 

ohh lets not get into that. Wait till this season, and we will se who is slow.

 

it's all good anyway. He's rarely if ever on the board J-girl. We're trying to change that.

 

I'm the one in need! Willie Gee is right... I rarely post on S2KI, just due to lack-o'-time.

As for what finally caused the diff to go, Willie Gee's got that right as well. At the beginning of this season, I guesstimated that I've probably done 3000 clutch dumps with this car, with very few issues (1 clutch, 1 set of inner CVs), so I think I was due.

I noticed there was a whining - almost like straight cut gears - that was "new" to my car, about 5 days before Nationals. I took it to my mechanic for general prep for the Nationals, and told him to take a special look at the diff. He did, and found an unusually high amount of particles in the diff oil, and he didn't think it felt right for a Torsen when he turned the wheels.

We tried without success to get a diff in prior to our leaving for Nats, so I told him just to put the best diff oil he had (Amsoil) in and we'd hope for the best.

Fortunately, the course configurations at Nats did not benefit a launch start, having immediate 90 degree turns following the start. And the diff lasted through Nationals without any discernible performance degradation. At least it worked well enough to net me a trophy at my first Nats , with a fairly lightly prepped car (i.e., Konis, Gendron solid FSB, Carbotech Pads, Hoosier A6s, alignment).

So then the State Championships snuck up on me, and I hadn't done anything to the car. So we get there, and the start is the exact opposite of Nats: 200' straight after the start leading to a 5 cone 80' slalom. We had 4 counting runs, and for my first 3, I launched like I was leaving a red light with a Cop watching. And with one run left, I found myself in 3rd, .200 out of 2nd, and .7 tenths out of 1st.

Knowing the diff was toast anyway, believing I could easily make .2 and might make .7 with a good launch, and having the trailer just in case, I took it to 6500, dropped the clutch, hurd a loud bang from behind, and the car didn't move an inch...

Diff gone, and that's it.

 

damn terry that really sucks, I would get together with puddydad and jcarlton to get a cryo'd diff, it will be the last time you ever have to worry about it.

Have you takin it out of the car yet to see what accually failed?

 

have you any pictures?

 

Sounds like ya got alot of good use from the one that finally failed before it broke . Good luck with the replacement !!

 

I just got it to the shop today. I think his calendar is full today, so he's planning to look at it tomorrow. I'll get him to keep the shrapnel and take a picture later. As Bill stated, I'm in the market now, trying to determine the best way to go. I called Windscreen right after it happened as I knew he had a low mileage one as a spare he was unloading, but he had just sold it to someone I know.

 

thanks for the description of what happened. sad, but nice to know how she died.