Here is something for you tuning and tranny guys to ponder.
Couple months ago, I was screwing around with a 12sec truck(Imelmo)......before someone de-rails,...I know I had no chance, it was just something fun to do.
We were on an old air strip, racing.....here's the dilema...
I have a Manual transmission, with a South Bend clutch....
When I dropped the hammer, my rpms went through the roof, yet I barely moved, I shifted into 3rd, same results.....I thought I smoked the clutch.
Well.....after that,...no problems when I would get on it,....it's like it fixed itself...
Ok,...fast forward to the Bash on the Bayou,...I pulled a trailer,...I beat the hell out of the truck the whole way,....no problems.
I decide to race the truck on the track,...I line up,...light turns,...and I stand on it,...it moves,...but not reall hard,...I slam it in 2nd,....lots of reving,...but not going anywhere.
Screw it,...I slamm it into 3rd,...more reving,...but the truck is slowing down...
I coast to the end of the track at a whopping 35mph......it seems like I really smoked the SB clutch this time.
I hook up to the trailer, hoping to limp home,.....but damn it all to hell,....no problems.....now I'm really confused.
I pulled the trailer all the way home (2hrs), not taking it easy,...and it hasn't acted up again.
Now for the crazy question-----I heard, I can't remember where, ....but.....here it goes.....
...A guy said the the manual transmission have a saftey,...that when you are REAL HARD on it,...it will release something to save the tranny,.....do you tuners guys know anything about this?.....do you tranny guys know anything about this?
I don't know if it is true,...but sounds plausible,...because normal driving(beating on it),...I don't have a problem at all.......but if I am EXTREMELY hard on it,.....it slips like it's blown.
Any ideas?
Couple months ago, I was screwing around with a 12sec truck(Imelmo)......before someone de-rails,...I know I had no chance, it was just something fun to do.
We were on an old air strip, racing.....here's the dilema...
I have a Manual transmission, with a South Bend clutch....
When I dropped the hammer, my rpms went through the roof, yet I barely moved, I shifted into 3rd, same results.....I thought I smoked the clutch.
Well.....after that,...no problems when I would get on it,....it's like it fixed itself...
Ok,...fast forward to the Bash on the Bayou,...I pulled a trailer,...I beat the hell out of the truck the whole way,....no problems.
I decide to race the truck on the track,...I line up,...light turns,...and I stand on it,...it moves,...but not reall hard,...I slam it in 2nd,....lots of reving,...but not going anywhere.
Screw it,...I slamm it into 3rd,...more reving,...but the truck is slowing down...
I coast to the end of the track at a whopping 35mph......it seems like I really smoked the SB clutch this time.
I hook up to the trailer, hoping to limp home,.....but damn it all to hell,....no problems.....now I'm really confused.
I pulled the trailer all the way home (2hrs), not taking it easy,...and it hasn't acted up again.
Now for the crazy question-----I heard, I can't remember where, ....but.....here it goes.....
...A guy said the the manual transmission have a saftey,...that when you are REAL HARD on it,...it will release something to save the tranny,.....do you tuners guys know anything about this?.....do you tranny guys know anything about this?
I don't know if it is true,...but sounds plausible,...because normal driving(beating on it),...I don't have a problem at all.......but if I am EXTREMELY hard on it,.....it slips like it's blown.
Any ideas?