Differential went SNAP...
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I'm going to keep this short because it's 2:00 AM and I just got home. Me and a bunch of the HouStooks went to the 1/4 mile track tonight (look for pictures in the Photo Gallery).
My first run I rev'ed to 8,000, because I had heard that these tracks are really sticky. 8,000 was way too much as I spun a lot and didn't move until I let off the gas quite a bit - it actually seemed slick, not sticky to me.
On my 2nd run I decided to come down quite a bit on the rev'ing, down to 6,500. At 6,500 I popped the clutch and CRACK! This LOUD noise comes from under the car and it didn't move an inch (we have this on video, with sound - very nice...soon to be digitized).
So, we're all assuming it's the differential, but it could be something else. Had the car towed, taking it to John Eagle Honda tomorrow - and need to call Comptech to see what they think.
Notes: I have 38,000 aggressive miles on my car with plenty of high RPM clutch dropping. I have 5,000 aggressive miles on my car with the supercharger with plenty of high RPM cluch dropping. I have 1,200 miles on my ACT Clutch Pressure Plate and Disk, with some high RPM clutch dropping. I do feel this is a combination of the SC and the HD clutch, probably not something to worry about if you car is stock.
Pics of the tow, how sad:
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My first run I rev'ed to 8,000, because I had heard that these tracks are really sticky. 8,000 was way too much as I spun a lot and didn't move until I let off the gas quite a bit - it actually seemed slick, not sticky to me.
On my 2nd run I decided to come down quite a bit on the rev'ing, down to 6,500. At 6,500 I popped the clutch and CRACK! This LOUD noise comes from under the car and it didn't move an inch (we have this on video, with sound - very nice...soon to be digitized).
So, we're all assuming it's the differential, but it could be something else. Had the car towed, taking it to John Eagle Honda tomorrow - and need to call Comptech to see what they think.
Notes: I have 38,000 aggressive miles on my car with plenty of high RPM clutch dropping. I have 5,000 aggressive miles on my car with the supercharger with plenty of high RPM cluch dropping. I have 1,200 miles on my ACT Clutch Pressure Plate and Disk, with some high RPM clutch dropping. I do feel this is a combination of the SC and the HD clutch, probably not something to worry about if you car is stock.
Pics of the tow, how sad:
Wesmaster
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Bummer about the diff... I feel your pain since the exact same thing happened to me this last weekend at the Atwater ProSolo. And as a further warning to the others on the board... my car is basically stock.
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From: Htown-land of smog n' potholes
saw this from the stands.. that POP was so loud i was afraid it was the engine.. heard some not good sounds while pushing it back into the parking lot.. the track was extremly sticky..
i dropped at 6.5, 7, then 7.5.. i'd have to do 8k drop to not bog and after seeing what happend to Wes's car.. i decided to call it a day. hot, muggy, humid typically houston day.. not ideal for drag racing.. but fun regardless.
i dropped at 6.5, 7, then 7.5.. i'd have to do 8k drop to not bog and after seeing what happend to Wes's car.. i decided to call it a day. hot, muggy, humid typically houston day.. not ideal for drag racing.. but fun regardless.