well it's official

CobraJim · Post by **CobraJim** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:25 am

Mike and I had to drop out of the race sunday due to a lack of oil pressure. We were hoping it was a gage or broke wire but no such luck. I tore into it this morning and found that I sheared the oil pump drive rod. It's a good bet it broke some where on my last run but there's no tellin where; nothin left to do but pull the motor and find out how much damage was done. along those lines there is a little metal in the oil, soooo

GaryM · Post by **GaryM** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:36 am

Yikes! I saw you guys winching it on the trailer... I was hoping it wasn't something serious. Sounds like a rebuild is in order; maybe you caught it early enough that the damage is not too extensive.

Wheelman_13 · Post by **Wheelman_13** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:46 am

Eeew. Here's hoping you get out lightly.

MARKP · Post by **MARKP** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:16 am

That sucks. Good excuse to build some horsepower into it, though.

Post by **thrdeye** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:19 am

Turbo 5.0

JPS2345 · Post by **JPS2345** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:20 am

Metal in the oil pan isnt good, just glad it didn't seize....i noticed it smoking some after the end of your runs

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01badz28 · Post by **01badz28** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:31 am

That sucks, here is to hoping you come off with only minimal damage.

SilverMaxima · Post by **SilverMaxima** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:53 am

Not good. Hoping the damage is light.

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Oberstwill · Post by **Oberstwill** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:12 pm

Good luck with it..........Hopefully not too bad.

MikeKelly · Post by **MikeKelly** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:25 pm

MARKP wrote:Good excuse to build some horsepower into it, though.

What part of "traction limited through third gear" don't you understand???

Don't worry, traction limited through fourth gear is on the way...

It does suck, we're hopeful that it's not a complete loss - never heard lifter noise or bearings spinning, maybe we caught it in time...

MikeKelly · Post by **MikeKelly** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:27 pm

Update: It had the heavy duty aftermarket oil pump drive shaft installed - twisted + sheared it.

CobraJim · Post by **CobraJim** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:29 pm

yea I'm not too tore up about it... Like Mark says it's a chance to go faster, the thing that kills me is I had Mike beat, I was just about to lay the smack down and the motor gives up on me, that's what sucks; that and missing Bristol. Just hope I have it back together in time for the evo school; other wise I'll have to give up my slot AGAIN

Wheelman_13 · Post by **Wheelman_13** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:34 pm

Not a motor-related thing, but a "while you're in there", curious if you'd thought about putting a roll hoop on that bad boy?

MikeKelly · Post by **MikeKelly** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:15 pm

CobraJim wrote:the thing that kills me is I had Mike beat, I was just about to lay the smack down

Hmmmm, pretty sure I heard you finding religion in the passenger seat both times I was lining up to cross the hump...

oldmuscle69 · Post by **oldmuscle69** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:04 pm

Well that sucks !! glad it did not lock up and you shut it off after the qiuck restart. Pop her out and have the look see. Hope just a flush out from top and some new bearings pump and shaft. But on the bad side since the shaft shiered off it could have been a work in progress befor fail. Pop the heads and check the cross hatch.

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