SO!!!...
What happens when you mix 4,000+ lbs of `60's musclecar with 600+ lb.ft of torque, a 5 speed manual trans, a 3500 rpm launch with sticky tires and a 12 bolt rear end?...
Took the Chevelle back to Kil Kare today for another shot at redemption.
Pfft...yeah, right.
I'm now 0 for 2.
Got there at 5:30, zoomed through tech, hot-footed it over to the staging lanes, and promptly sat until after 7:00 before I got to make--er--TRY to make my first pass.
SUPER-light burnout...rolled up to the lights, brought the tach up to 3500, aaaaaaaaaaannnnddddd.......
The 12 bolt gave up the ghost right there in front of God & everybody--the thing barely even lurched off the line.
Video below (please excuse the potty mouth), post-mortem pics of the 12 bolt once I get the car off the trailer and on stands in the garage.
Oh, on the plus side, the Suburban did a GREAT job of towing today, but I REALLY need to figure out a way to upgrade the WOEFULLY inadequate OEM brakes.
