AlbertD
Senior Member
Long story short... I used to cut 1.63s with a 26" et street and 4.10s, now I'm running 1.57s with a 28" et drag and 4.56s.
Last time out to the track I noticed that the car would make a continuous clunk (clunk with tire revolution) when coming to a stop and one distinctive clunk when taking off slowly. I figured that maybe my exhaust had come loose and started hitting so I didn't think much of it.
Well... I just lifted the vehicle up to do some diagnosing and rotated the driveshaft slowly back and forth and noticed a ridiculous amount of backlash. I'm almost certain that is whats causing the problem. My next step is to take the rear end apart to see the damage, but I will have to wait till I have a full day to do that.
Argh... it's sooo upsetting that this happened considering that I JUST installed those freaking gears and added a fresh set of carbon clutch packs. The spider gears do have more than 96k+ miles of abuse though so I wouldn't be surprised if they are toast. Rrrrr... I'm pissed. Oh well, just gives me another reason to tell the wife that I need to upgrade.
I think I'm just going to wind up going to a spool since I don't drive the car much at all throughout the week. What do you guys think? I'm also contemplating 4.88s. I currently cross the trap at 6200, but I make power up to 7k.
Last time out to the track I noticed that the car would make a continuous clunk (clunk with tire revolution) when coming to a stop and one distinctive clunk when taking off slowly. I figured that maybe my exhaust had come loose and started hitting so I didn't think much of it.
Well... I just lifted the vehicle up to do some diagnosing and rotated the driveshaft slowly back and forth and noticed a ridiculous amount of backlash. I'm almost certain that is whats causing the problem. My next step is to take the rear end apart to see the damage, but I will have to wait till I have a full day to do that.
Argh... it's sooo upsetting that this happened considering that I JUST installed those freaking gears and added a fresh set of carbon clutch packs. The spider gears do have more than 96k+ miles of abuse though so I wouldn't be surprised if they are toast. Rrrrr... I'm pissed. Oh well, just gives me another reason to tell the wife that I need to upgrade.
I think I'm just going to wind up going to a spool since I don't drive the car much at all throughout the week. What do you guys think? I'm also contemplating 4.88s. I currently cross the trap at 6200, but I make power up to 7k.
