OUCH!

Aww man, that sucks. Looks like all kinds of big dollar mess going on in the photos. What do you think started the chain reaction of breakage?

WOW hate to see that.

Lots of RPM's?
Good thing that stock bellhousing held together.

I'm not really sure. It was the first time spraying the 340. It had a 200 shot. When I shifted from second to third this happened when I let the clutch out. My initial thought was the mechanism screwed up and got stuck in between 2nd and 3rd gear, and it was a chain reaction from there....

At least it was not the R5 block!

Holy hog stools !
Had a similar event in a '66 Cyclone at Brainerd years back.
Had a stock shaft balanced and new joints behind a C-6 and a fair 429.
On street tires , it spun through 150 feet or so and when it hooked , it twisted the shaft in half........shelling the tailshaft and oiling the lane for half the track.
Since we were in the third pair in the first time trial session , so you could say that we made no friends that morning.
My better half was driving and she got it over to the rail like you are supposed to do , but it was a long clean up.
I was on the line and when the trans fluid hit the headers , it was white out time.........I didn't know if she was on the wheels or the roof.
But I definitely feel your pain.
Well , maybe not.
Even in 1990 dollars , yours would probably cost more.
Could have been worse , but still , condolences.

I've twisted off a few drive shafts like that ,but never broke all the rest including the motor . Sorry for your loss.

wow !!

sorry to see it man....





but you must be making some serious power !!!

I wouldn't call it serious. With a 200 shot of nitrous I figure it might have been making 650ish?

Just a set of x heads with max porting, 2.02 valves, M1 intake, on a 340 10.5:1, mopar forged crank, eagle rods. It was a budget build at the time.

I don't remember the cam specs off hand, it was comp cam custom ground.

.528 IN
.534 EX
307 Adv duration
114 centerline installed at 110

IIRC... It's been quite a few years since I built this engine.

That SUCKS, It even makes me feel sick.

Wow that is alot of damage, the way the shaft looks is it possible something in the rear end started this, maybe a broken perch. Either way sorry for your loss.

Looks like the shaft broke and started the chain reaction. Should be able to fix the block. What does the floor of the car look like?

Was that a numbers matching drive train that just got grenaded?

I'd have to assume that something locked up in the trans ro spin it on the bellhousing and break the ears like that. I'll be interested to see what the inside looks like. Bummer!

Sorry for the loss, I agree looks like the tranny locked up, and kept breaking stuff till there was no connection to torque input from either end.

That looks bad.
18 mths ago, my driveshaft let go going through the 1/4 finish line at 120 mph, smashed the trans case all the way round, and beat the hell out of the floor.
This year at the same meet, i over revved it and put a piston through the block
Mick