Shutting off engine crossing finish line - Page 4

Floyd Staggs · 09-04-2019, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Hacksaw

Yes, you are 100% correct, dangerous. I had one fly apart, blew through the case like a bomb went off.

A friend of mine had one let go. Went right by the flex plate shield, through the dash and took out the windshield.

Frank Castros · 09-04-2019, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by GTS340

I've been putting it into neutral and shutting it off after the lights for near 50 years with all my Mopar cars . I never have used a clean neutral valve body. I personally like neutral in between reverse and first.

Have other MoPar racers been doing this?
I was always told not to by very reliable sources although I had always wanted to to kill the motor after crossing the finish line for all the right reasons and at the time it would have been easy because we were still using the push button shifter in the Max Wedge car.

Bob Mulry · 09-04-2019, 05:00 PM

Shutting down the engine at speed with an automatic means that there is no pressurized internal transmission lubrication...

The last time I shut off an engine in the lights we were running D/G at Half Moon Bay in 1968...

Just sayin'

Adger Smith · 09-04-2019, 09:49 PM

My Slayed Valve odd fire V-6 will shred Jesel belts if you kill it at the finish line. If I put it in clean neutral and let it idle, high idle, the belts last a long time. Guess how I found this out??

SS3257 · 09-07-2019, 07:24 PM

I’ve always shut mine off at the finish line. Super stock modified motor turning 10,200.

GTX JOHN · 09-08-2019, 01:09 AM

I always put it in neutral and shut off my small block Stockers
at finish if they are turning close to or over 7,500. The Stockers
that are still in the high 6000s....I do not worry about it.

Frank Castros · 09-08-2019, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by GTX JOHN

I always put it in neutral and shut off my small block Stockers
at finish if they are turning close to or over 7,500. The Stockers
that are still in the high 6000s....I do not worry about it.

With no transmission repucussionions I would imagine . I wish
I would have know this.

John Dinkel · 09-08-2019, 07:51 PM

Never had a problem putting trans in neutral after the finish line.

GTX JOHN · 09-08-2019, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank Castros

With no transmission repucussionions I would imagine . I wish
I would have know this.

Correct!

All my Protrans stuff always looks great when Dave goes
thru it!

Larry Hill · 09-11-2019, 07:13 AM

Using a clean neutral helps keep the big end of the rods round longer.

09-04-2019, 05:00 PM	#33
Bob Mulry VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Coarsegold, CA Posts: 1,016 Likes: 57 Liked 320 Times in 102 Posts	Re: Shutting off engine crossing finish line Shutting down the engine at speed with an automatic means that there is no pressurized internal transmission lubrication... The last time I shut off an engine in the lights we were running D/G at Half Moon Bay in 1968... Just sayin' __________________ Bob Mulry 7516 STK A & M Motorsports

09-04-2019, 09:49 PM	#34
Adger Smith VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Texarkana Ark/TX Posts: 2,446 Likes: 575 Liked 880 Times in 311 Posts	Re: Shutting off engine crossing finish line My Slayed Valve odd fire V-6 will shred Jesel belts if you kill it at the finish line. If I put it in clean neutral and let it idle, high idle, the belts last a long time. Guess how I found this out?? __________________ Adger Smith (Former SS)

09-07-2019, 07:24 PM	#35
SS3257 Junior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Shepherdsville KY Posts: 3 Likes: 37 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Shutting off engine crossing finish line I’ve always shut mine off at the finish line. Super stock modified motor turning 10,200. __________________ Jeremy Mudd

09-08-2019, 01:09 AM	#36
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,732 Likes: 2,797 Liked 2,476 Times in 697 Posts	Re: Shutting off engine crossing finish line I always put it in neutral and shut off my small block Stockers at finish if they are turning close to or over 7,500. The Stockers that are still in the high 6000s....I do not worry about it. __________________ John Irving 741 Stock 741 Super Stock

09-08-2019, 07:51 PM	#38
John Dinkel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pinckney, Michigan Posts: 507 Likes: 399 Liked 263 Times in 68 Posts	Re: Shutting off engine crossing finish line Never had a problem putting trans in neutral after the finish line. __________________ John Dinkel 3295 STK

09-11-2019, 07:13 AM	#40
Larry Hill Live Reporter Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hickory, Ky Posts: 10,632 Likes: 1,926 Liked 10,686 Times in 2,225 Posts	Re: Shutting off engine crossing finish line Using a clean neutral helps keep the big end of the rods round longer. __________________ IHM Used Parts https://ihmusedparts.com 888-821-1817