Almost totaled #1931 today. - Page 2 - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

flyin ryan · 02-21-2010

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Originally Posted by Jeffvette

Or sometimes it was the POS that had the last pass that dropped some coolant or oil. You just never know.

Oh' for sure, you know it. If it's not a bigger event, sometimes the local track staff can get a little 'Lax',...unfortunatly.

02-21-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by flyin ryan

Oh' for sure, you know it. If it's not a bigger event, sometimes the local track staff can get a little 'Lax',...unfortunatly.

Which is one reason why I hate going to the local drags. It's amazing the piles they send down the 1/4. At least on the road course I know the vehicles are maintained to a little higher standard.

flyin ryan · 02-21-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeffvette

Which is one reason why I hate going to the local drags. It's amazing the piles they send down the 1/4. At least on the road course I know the vehicles are maintained to a little higher standard.

Touche',

GOLDCYLON · 02-21-2010

Glad to hear both you and the Z are ok.

XfireZ51 · 02-21-2010

This sounds eerily familiar. I almost lost it last year at Byron. Was in the left lane. Lgaff was there. Car running well then I hit 3rd gear and the rear end came out on me. I didn't have DRs. Just my old BFG KDs. The car fishtailed and I was heading towards the center of the track, then back towards the wall.
Back and forth 3-4 times. Now I am used to having second gear tire spin but the car tracks straight so I can stay in it, but take a bit off till tires bite again.
This time it was different since it was third gear and very near the traps so I have some significant speed going at this point. I did the same thing. I parked it for the day. They stopped the track and found someone had dumped diff fluid before I ran

tomtom72 · 02-21-2010

Man Rick, glad that you and the car are okay.

I'd of had to have changed my socks & shorts!

jonszr1 · 02-21-2010

bummer.

RICKYRJ1 · 02-21-2010

Man, you know if you would have F't it up everyone would have asked "are you OK"? then the next question would have been "what PARTS are still good on the car and how much"?

Glad you are alright, Did you still beat the FORD?

tomtom72 · 02-21-2010

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Originally Posted by RICKYRJ1

Man, you know if you would have F't it up everyone would have asked "are you OK"? then the next question would have been "what PARTS are still good on the car and how much"?

Glad you are alright, Did you still beat the FORD?

How much for the motor & trans?

rhipsher · 02-21-2010

The same thing happened last time in that same lane at about the 1/8 mark. A good friend of mine with a twin turbo c5 asked me, was it in the right lane at the 1/8 mark? I said yep. He said the same thing happen to him in the same spot. When I get outta the hole I shift really fast and with every shift I get tire chirp all the way up into 4th outta both tires with no pitching out to the left or right. At that point I just went into survival mode and the car straightened out. I thought a u-joint let loose. But when I got straight I hit the gas everything was still in tact. Its hard to tell what caused it. There are so many variables. But one thing I know for sure is thats never happened to me in the left lane ever.
By the way jeff have you received any of my p.m's? I need to get a price on a ss top end fastener kit.

02-21-2010	#14
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02-21-2010	#15
XfireZ51 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicagoland, IL Posts: 9,682	Re: Almost totaled #1931 today. This sounds eerily familiar. I almost lost it last year at Byron. Was in the left lane. Lgaff was there. Car running well then I hit 3rd gear and the rear end came out on me. I didn't have DRs. Just my old BFG KDs. The car fishtailed and I was heading towards the center of the track, then back towards the wall. Back and forth 3-4 times. Now I am used to having second gear tire spin but the car tracks straight so I can stay in it, but take a bit off till tires bite again. This time it was different since it was third gear and very near the traps so I have some significant speed going at this point. I did the same thing. I parked it for the day. They stopped the track and found someone had dumped diff fluid before I ran

02-21-2010	#16
tomtom72 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL USA Posts: 4,609	Re: Almost totaled #1931 today. Man Rick, glad that you and the car are okay. I'd of had to have changed my socks & shorts! __________________ 1990 ZR-1, Black/grey, #2233, stock. ZR-1 Net Reg Founding Member #316 & NCM member

02-21-2010	#17
jonszr1 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: lone pine and mammoth lakes Posts: 1,406	Re: Almost totaled #1931 today. bummer.

02-21-2010	#18
RICKYRJ1 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tinton Falls, NJ Posts: 1,167	Re: Almost totaled #1931 today. Man, you know if you would have F't it up everyone would have asked "are you OK"? then the next question would have been "what PARTS are still good on the car and how much"? Glad you are alright, Did you still beat the FORD?

02-21-2010	#20
rhipsher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,314	Re: Almost totaled #1931 today. The same thing happened last time in that same lane at about the 1/8 mark. A good friend of mine with a twin turbo c5 asked me, was it in the right lane at the 1/8 mark? I said yep. He said the same thing happen to him in the same spot. When I get outta the hole I shift really fast and with every shift I get tire chirp all the way up into 4th outta both tires with no pitching out to the left or right. At that point I just went into survival mode and the car straightened out. I thought a u-joint let loose. But when I got straight I hit the gas everything was still in tact. Its hard to tell what caused it. There are so many variables. But one thing I know for sure is thats never happened to me in the left lane ever. By the way jeff have you received any of my p.m's? I need to get a price on a ss top end fastener kit.

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