Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
[Re: DrCharles]
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10/30/21 12:19 PM
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That looks toasty. Hope he wasn't too scorched.
Is there any video of this one? famous for that time, neutral launch. Ring er up then push 1. NHRA banned that for a reason.
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Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
[Re: DrCharles]
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10/30/21 02:16 PM
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Unless the clutch disc decides to play chop saw....... That's why they make scattershields The scattershield on a 4-speed installation equates to a billet drum in a 727; point being, it's best to prepare for the possibility of a catastrophic failure in either.
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Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
[Re: DrCharles]
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10/30/21 03:17 PM
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Unless the clutch disc decides to play chop saw....... That's why they make scattershields You ever see a disc come out whole? It happens, and it's ugly. Hell, a buddy had a piece of a flywheel come through the driver's side back window of his Fairlane in the traps at Motion. It came out of the 396 Chevelle in the other lane. It blew a hole through a Lakewood scattershield. What we do can be dangerous. I think the OP's point is use the best parts you can.
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Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
[Re: fourgearsavoy]
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10/30/21 03:34 PM
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I imagine that is about the time Clutch-Flites came into the picture and they prone to failures as well. Now with todays clutch technology they might work better Gus Ohhhh boy a good buddy of mine blew one of those up at Norwalk in a front engine dragster that only ran 8.90’s. What a mess and there was a lawsuit because of it. It tore his safety blanket up so bad it looked looked like chopped up fiberglass and a piece hit a guy in the stands.
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Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
[Re: cudaman1969]
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10/30/21 07:00 PM
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That looks toasty. Hope he wasn't too scorched.
Is there any video of this one? famous for that time, neutral launch. Ring er up then push 1. NHRA banned that for a reason. Wasn’t a neutral drop. He never did them. Had no need to. Luckily it didn’t catch fire, just got his pant leg dirty from the ATF.
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Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
[Re: DrCharles]
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10/30/21 08:14 PM
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That looks toasty. Hope he wasn't too scorched.
Is there any video of this one? I got that poster for my son when he was 15yo or so. He still has it up in his shop after all these years.
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Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
[Re: A727Tflite]
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10/30/21 08:28 PM
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That looks toasty. Hope he wasn't too scorched.
Is there any video of this one? famous for that time, neutral launch. Ring er up then push 1. NHRA banned that for a reason. Wasn’t a neutral drop. He never did them. Had no need to. Luckily it didn’t catch fire, just got his pant leg dirty from the ATF. And the Easter bunny comes every spring.
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Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
[Re: cudaman1969]
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10/30/21 11:53 PM
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That looks toasty. Hope he wasn't too scorched.
Is there any video of this one? famous for that time, neutral launch. Ring er up then push 1. NHRA banned that for a reason. Wasn’t a neutral drop. He never did them. Had no need to. Luckily it didn’t catch fire, just got his pant leg dirty from the ATF. And the Easter bunny comes every spring. Do you know the owner/driver of the 64 personally ? I do. When I say he never did a neutral drop - I know for a fact. You are just guessing that he did.
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Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
[Re: A727Tflite]
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10/31/21 12:36 AM
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Wasn't the supposed neutral drop that sprayed Buster a '67 car?
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Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
[Re: A727Tflite]
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10/31/21 07:08 AM
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That looks toasty. Hope he wasn't too scorched.
Is there any video of this one? Wrong class and wrong track. Never saw a video. Is that even Ron Mancini's signature? The second 9 in 1969 looks suspect. Thought he ran the 1964 in SS/DA class and it was Dallas when the trans blew?
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Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
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That looks toasty. Hope he wasn't too scorched.
Is there any video of this one? Wrong class and wrong track. Never saw a video. Is that even Ron Mancini's signature? The second 9 in 1969 looks suspect. Thought he ran the 1964 in SS/DA class and it was Dallas when the trans blew? All the info and signature is bogus, and the neutral drop thing gets perpetuated because it sounds “cool”.
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Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
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10/31/21 10:40 AM
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And when was the last time you owned or worked on a race car????? tBlooper .... just yesterday I worked ON MY 27 roadster ! And I see you didn’t debate my 904 statement..... NO NEED to be a GRUMP ... just because its already snowing in WASTELAND! Florida weather is great .... come on down ..... But PLEASE.... lose the chitty ‘tude ! ... ... and IMAGE ...PElousy mooning Ted !
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Re: For those "well my tranny never blew up" fools...
[Re: dOoC]
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10/31/21 11:13 AM
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Very sad when it happens, indeed! There are many things that can go wrong with a 727. But a sprag’ failure is probably the worst! I like a lot of folks have been lucky, I guess? Home built transmission and 600hp engines, with no serious incidents. No bulletproof drums and bolt in sprags back in the 20th Century doh... Burning out through the gears, starting in low and “rolling out” of the bleach... How did we ever survive???
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Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero, thanx Horace!
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