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Old 30-06-2005, 10:47 PM   #1
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have a look on page 3 for some good shots at what can happen for one simple part letting go

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Old 30-06-2005, 11:08 PM   #2
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Sh@#te!

Thats enough to seriously dampen your spirits- what the hell happened? Wrong torque settings on his flywheel?
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Old 30-06-2005, 11:11 PM   #3
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have a look on page 3 for some good shots at what can happen for one simple part letting go
that sums it up........
Q: 7800RPM, ouch, was that at the track?
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Old 30-06-2005, 11:40 PM   #4
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I saw that thread and was glad I ordered a Yella Terra Billet steel flywheel.... Have heard too many horror stories of stock flywheels coming apart....
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Old 30-06-2005, 11:57 PM   #5
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He's lucky it didn't go straight through his legs.
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Old 01-07-2005, 12:01 AM   #6
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yup, ouch!
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Old 01-07-2005, 12:34 AM   #7
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wow, thats pretty crazy sh*t, 7800rpm in a car park ,was he about to jump over Kmart or something
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Old 03-07-2005, 01:46 PM   #9
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Thanks for posting that up Dodge. Pretty sobering reminder of what can go wrong. That dude is sooo lucky he still has his feet...

Reminds me of a story in Street Machine about a guy that built himself a replica Lotus Cortina. He was turning some big RPM when the original cast iron pulleys on the front of the engine let go. One piece went through the front wheel, he lost control, and wrote off the Cortina.

The 'real' Lotus Cortina's ran steel pulleys.....it's the little things that will get you.
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Me goes look at C6 conversion.
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Now why would you wanna do that? Good steel flywheel, ceramic or brass button disc and the Aussie Iron/Steel toploader belhousings will be alot better than an organic disc and iron flywheel in a Alloy bell....

The common ground between most flywheel explosions is a slipping organic clutch and a stock cast iron flywheel.... he was turning 7800rpm and the back tires were not spinning.
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Old 03-07-2005, 10:20 PM   #12
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Damm that is nasty!
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