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Posted by RO2USH (Member # 2002) on :
 
Went to the track today, made a couple passes, and the third pass went like this:

Nice burn out, to heat up the new tires...
Nice pre lauch, to kinda test the stickiness....
Pre Stage....
Stage...
Deep Stage....

AND

Yellow Yellow Ye-GO....


BANG...there goes an axle

Push the car back...

Pull out the Cell phone...

Call around for prices...

Find Wild Rides Racing....

Pull out Visa....

Dish out $ for 33 spline axles, posi, and delivery

Moral of the story..."If ya use sticky tires...expect to break something!!!"





Eric
 

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Posted by FasterDamnit (Member # 442) on :
 
I just sent you the pics.

Sure sounded cool!
 

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Posted by RO2USH (Member # 2002) on :
 
Yeah yeah...that was a BANG I never want to here again
 

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Posted by 2stangs69-91 (Member # 1951) on :
 
I was in the lane next to you in the Blue mustang when you broke. Bummer done it myself. I was wondering what happened.
 

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Posted by bunchmyfunky (Member # 360) on :
 
Eric what did you launch at when it broke. I went right before you and bogged hard leaving at 4500. The right lane was crazy sticky.
 

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Posted by kwikrob (Member # 835) on :
 
Is your mach white. Think I saw it happen. Was wondering how serious.
 

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Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 
33 spline's? Talk about some over kill
 

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Posted by 1SLOWLX (Member # 558) on :
 
Ouch that has to hurt
 

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Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 
Eric you must have some kind of factory defect going on with that axle. There is no way in hell you should break anything in your rearend at your power level on DR's. After all, it isn't a GM rearend

I have seen stock axle rearends go high 1.5 60fts on ET Drags before, and I'm not talking about a few fluke passes either. Something isn't/wasn't right with your rearend.
 

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Posted by Fast472Mach1 (Member # 2559) on :
 
Does'nt matter now. I don't foresee it happening again for awhile with 33 spline axles in it.
 

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Posted by eljefe (Member # 1753) on :
 
lol, just to let eveyone know, eric has summit on speed dail!
 

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Posted by Cobra5.0Jeep (Member # 1482) on :
 
were you that white car sitting on the side of the track? i was wondering what happened to that car. I saw you and some people trying to push it.
 

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Posted by 98slowhoe (Member # 895) on :
 

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Originally posted by Yellow94GT:
Eric you must have some kind of factory defect going on with that axle. There is no way in hell you should break anything in your rearend at your power level on DR's. After all, it isn't a GM rearend

I have seen stock axle rearends go high 1.5 60fts on ET Drags before, and I'm not talking about a few fluke passes either. Something isn't/wasn't right with your rearend.

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Originally posted by eljefe:
lol, just to let eveyone know, eric has summit on speed dail!

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Who doesn't?????


Brian
 

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Posted by 281n/a (Member # 1465) on :
 
your not the only mach 1 who has had this happen.That seems to be a problem with the mach 1's weak axles
 

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Posted by andyman_2k01 (Member # 1448) on :
 
Same thing happened to my buddy at sears point on this last wednesday in his 03 cobra. only he wasn't on drag radials. he took it back into the dealer and said it broke on the street, and now they are fixing it for free!
 

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Posted by 98slowhoe (Member # 895) on :
 
Well all I have to say is that Mark(bunchmyfunky) is running a better tire(ET streets) and has more RWHP then a Stock Mach 1 and his car is a Stud!


Go mark! do some more 5k dumps!!!
 

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Posted by FasterDamnit (Member # 442) on :
 
I think I saw him hit a 1.74 60 early in the day.
 

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Posted by RO2USH (Member # 2002) on :
 
Mark's car is definately a stud...takes a lot of abuse. However, if you want the number to the place I got the axles from, give me a call. That's the nice thing about Drag Racing, it's not a matter of "IF" but a matter of "When" and "HOW BAD"
 

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Posted by bunchmyfunky (Member # 360) on :
 

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Originally posted by FasterDamnit:
I think I saw him hit a 1.74 60 early in the day.

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1.73 to bad I bounce off the limiter twice
 

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Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 

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Originally posted by bunchmyfunky:

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Originally posted by FasterDamnit:
I think I saw him hit a 1.74 60 early in the day.

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1.73 to bad I bounce off the limiter twice

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Yeah, there went your 12.999999
 

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Posted by RO2USH (Member # 2002) on :
 
Hey, I still think he would have had it that one time if he would have driven in a straight line
 

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Posted by bunchmyfunky (Member # 360) on :
 

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Originally posted by RO2USH:
Hey, I still think he would have had it that one time if he would have driven in a straight line

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Or it would have been a 13.001

Did you get the car towed yet?
 

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Posted by Chiara (Member # 1843) on :
 
Sorry to hear about your rear-end mishap, Eric.

Beef up the rear end, don't warranty it. It'll be good peace of mind in the long run, and it's an opportunity to let the modifications begin.
 

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Posted by CobraSVT2001 (Member # 2309) on :
 

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Originally posted by 98slowhoe:

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Originally posted by Yellow94GT:
Eric you must have some kind of factory defect going on with that axle. There is no way in hell you should break anything in your rearend at your power level on DR's. After all, it isn't a GM rearend

I have seen stock axle rearends go high 1.5 60fts on ET Drags before, and I'm not talking about a few fluke passes either. Something isn't/wasn't right with your rearend.

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I agree with Drew! Save your money and take it to the dealer.......WARRANTY...... That means Free fix!!!!

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