ANUTTER reason to run a 904 trans

Those don’t eXpLoDe like a 727

And when was the last time you owned or worked on a race car?????

famous for that time, neutral launch. Ring er up then push 1. NHRA banned that for a reason.

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

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.

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.

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.

I love a mope,,,,but if too many show up at a race, be sure it'll be a long day of oil downs lol. LS crowd too

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.

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.

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.

Wasn't the supposed neutral drop that sprayed Buster a '67 car?

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”.

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 !

Pic enclosed ! ...

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???

and to think of all the "J" patches we used to do............ go likehell in reverse, then push the 1 button, or slam the lever into low !
the statement "young and dumb" was aptly applied to us ! i'm sure the Saint of Luck worked overtime to keep us safe !