Let me tell you about my car.
I have owned my mustang for 5 years.
Over the past 5 years, I have driven it less that 700 miles.
Total time driven: ~10 hours
Total time spent fixing things that keep breaking: ~200 hours or more
This weekend, I got my motor back from the machine shop. Dynoed at 543hp 570tq at the flywheel on the engine dyno.
Dropped the motor and tranny in. Everything went smoothly (thanks to my friends for letting me use their car lift!). Get her running nice, then take her out for a quick test drive. Everything is going good. Get back to the driveway, and notice the clutch is getting looser and looser (cable not hydraulic).
Notice is extremely difficult to shift with the clutch to the floor, can't go into reverse without grinding (felt like the clutch was partially engaged still). Trying to manuver the car back onto the lift. As soon as I go up the hill I hear a loud BANG, and what sounded like a chunk of metal letting loose.
Instantly shut off the car. Get out the winch and pull her onto the lift. Look into the inspection slot of the bell housing, and see the ring gear from my flywheel sitting on my clutch fork! I spun it around and there was a clean shear on one side of it, and it was white where it sheared (also, it was extremely hot).
My friends and I were trying to diagnose the problem. I believe what happened was the clutch cable was bad and loosened up which is why the clutch wouldn't fully disengage the flywheel and shifting was difficult. Because of this, I believe the clutch was being subject to slipping and extreme heat from slipping. Since it is a Fidenza 2 piece aluminum flywheel, the head dissipated to the iron ring gear, which caused the ring gear to be subject to extreme heat. This heat caused the ring gear to expand, and once expanded enough, it dislodged from the flywheel, and the momentum of it spinning shot it into the bell housing, causing the shear in the ring gear.
I will post a video of the inspection plate so you guys can see what happened. I am pulling the tranny this week.
My luck eh? What do you guys think?
Here are my drive train parts:
Fidenza Aluminum Lightweight flyhweel
Ford Heavy Duty clutch and pressure plate
Adjustable clutch (both quadrant and on fork, old cable and setup though)
Tremec 3550 tranny (think this thing can handle the torque?)
Custom Aluminum driveshaft
I have owned my mustang for 5 years.
Over the past 5 years, I have driven it less that 700 miles.
Total time driven: ~10 hours
Total time spent fixing things that keep breaking: ~200 hours or more
This weekend, I got my motor back from the machine shop. Dynoed at 543hp 570tq at the flywheel on the engine dyno.
Dropped the motor and tranny in. Everything went smoothly (thanks to my friends for letting me use their car lift!). Get her running nice, then take her out for a quick test drive. Everything is going good. Get back to the driveway, and notice the clutch is getting looser and looser (cable not hydraulic).
Notice is extremely difficult to shift with the clutch to the floor, can't go into reverse without grinding (felt like the clutch was partially engaged still). Trying to manuver the car back onto the lift. As soon as I go up the hill I hear a loud BANG, and what sounded like a chunk of metal letting loose.
Instantly shut off the car. Get out the winch and pull her onto the lift. Look into the inspection slot of the bell housing, and see the ring gear from my flywheel sitting on my clutch fork! I spun it around and there was a clean shear on one side of it, and it was white where it sheared (also, it was extremely hot).
My friends and I were trying to diagnose the problem. I believe what happened was the clutch cable was bad and loosened up which is why the clutch wouldn't fully disengage the flywheel and shifting was difficult. Because of this, I believe the clutch was being subject to slipping and extreme heat from slipping. Since it is a Fidenza 2 piece aluminum flywheel, the head dissipated to the iron ring gear, which caused the ring gear to be subject to extreme heat. This heat caused the ring gear to expand, and once expanded enough, it dislodged from the flywheel, and the momentum of it spinning shot it into the bell housing, causing the shear in the ring gear.
I will post a video of the inspection plate so you guys can see what happened. I am pulling the tranny this week.
My luck eh? What do you guys think?
Here are my drive train parts:
Fidenza Aluminum Lightweight flyhweel
Ford Heavy Duty clutch and pressure plate
Adjustable clutch (both quadrant and on fork, old cable and setup though)
Tremec 3550 tranny (think this thing can handle the torque?)
Custom Aluminum driveshaft
