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That gets favorited. Definitely.
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Its a Neon, it could be anything from the cup holder to the glove box.
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- GTP_Duke
Ummm, hello? That's exactly why drag cars are required to have a transmission safety blanket. Considering the orientation of the engine in your alleged Civic, and the location that the flywheel sits in, I'd be careful before doing a lot of hard clutch drops if I were you... at least if you want kids at some future date.
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An exploding flywheel is ten times scarier than a piston or rod failure. A piston or rod will punch a hole in the block. A flywheel going at 6000 rpm will punch a hole through the puny bellhousing... a few hoses... the paper-thin firewall... your pants...
Considering the copious amounts of smoke pouring out of the car, I'd say that's understandable.
Oh... wait... that's from the engine bay? You mean he wasn't sitting in a cloud of ganja fumes?
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- Anoka, MN
How what happens, the flywheel breaking?
Flywheel heated up by clutch not engaging all the way and creating friction.
Flywheel becomes brittle (metal becomes brittle after a lot of heat treatment).
Flywheel experiences large force and shatters. Due to fast rotational speeds and hardened metal, the pieces easily fly through anything in their path.
Flywheel heated up by clutch not engaging all the way and creating friction.
Flywheel becomes brittle (metal becomes brittle after a lot of heat treatment).
Flywheel experiences large force and shatters. Due to fast rotational speeds and hardened metal, the pieces easily fly through anything in their path.
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When it happens, it's usually a lightweight performance flywheel... a "lightened" stock flywheel... or a warped flywheel. Yes, flywheels can warp over time and use, and you sometimes have to have them resurfaced at a machine shop when you change your clutch... I had to do this to mine, since clutch engagement has been iffy since new... typically, the US boys get a recall out of it... but I have to pay for it out of my own pocket.
Warping causes an imbalance that adds extra stress to the flywheel... which, over time, added to the heat generated by clutch use, can lead to explosive failure. Lightweight flywheels, on the other hand, or excessively lightened stock flywheels, might not be able to take the stress in the first place.
So why not google it? Not many people here are dumb enough to have actually had a flywheel explode in their faces. It takes a monumental amount of stress or power or stupid to do it.
Warping causes an imbalance that adds extra stress to the flywheel... which, over time, added to the heat generated by clutch use, can lead to explosive failure. Lightweight flywheels, on the other hand, or excessively lightened stock flywheels, might not be able to take the stress in the first place.
So why not google it? Not many people here are dumb enough to have actually had a flywheel explode in their faces. It takes a monumental amount of stress or power or stupid to do it.
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- Panama City, FL
Sometimes this happens from improper assembly, when someone who "knows how to do it" saves a buck by building his own stuff. One little flywheel bolt backs out just a little bit. . . . .
I really like how he starts to try to open the hood at the end.
And exactly how do you brake-check a FWD car to start a burnout, anyway?
In the vids you can pick at the bottom when it's done, the Corvette one is rather epic as well. My favorite part of that one is the dumb-A camera boy walking in front of the car TWICE during the "burnout." Then they didn't know where the smoke came from! (F-bomb at the end.)
I really like how he starts to try to open the hood at the end.
And exactly how do you brake-check a FWD car to start a burnout, anyway?
In the vids you can pick at the bottom when it's done, the Corvette one is rather epic as well. My favorite part of that one is the dumb-A camera boy walking in front of the car TWICE during the "burnout." Then they didn't know where the smoke came from! (F-bomb at the end.)
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E-Brake it. Actually quite easy as long as you have a good e-brake.
Pathetic really... even with just the 2.0 and those huge tires, it should have been easy to get at least some spin if he wasn't absolutely shredding the clutch by riding it like that. That he didn't even get a chirp is already halfway to failhood. I have all of two liters of power and ultra-high performance summer tires (Advan AD07s), and I don't have any problems doing a standing burnout without using the E-brake and without revving the engine's nuts off.
Pathetic really... even with just the 2.0 and those huge tires, it should have been easy to get at least some spin if he wasn't absolutely shredding the clutch by riding it like that. That he didn't even get a chirp is already halfway to failhood. I have all of two liters of power and ultra-high performance summer tires (Advan AD07s), and I don't have any problems doing a standing burnout without using the E-brake and without revving the engine's nuts off.
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Whoa! Thats a lot of damage!
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Every once in awhile you see a project that makes you think "what were they thinking?". Sometimes though they don't get to that stage and realize they are just better off selling whats left on Craigslist.
This is one of them.
Really have to wonder what his "ideas" to finish it are, seems like he really didn't have one before he started. It is rather sad to see a classic bug that has been attacked with a hacksaw though.
This is one of them.
Really have to wonder what his "ideas" to finish it are, seems like he really didn't have one before he started. It is rather sad to see a classic bug that has been attacked with a hacksaw though.
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