Nasty trans explosion!

Alan Nyhus · 05-13-2016, 07:06 PM

I was a front seat passenger in a '701/2 Z28 one night that peeled the ring gear off the flexplate at about 6,000 rpm in second gear. The ring gear sawed the right subframe almost in two, blew the rt front tire and cut the fuel, brake and trans cooler lines along with ventilating the rt. side of the block.

Don't know how big the fireball was from the outside.

It was d@m^^ big from the inside of the car........

05-13-2016, 07:06 PM	#9
Alan Nyhus VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lower Dakota territory Posts: 1,182 Likes: 1,074 Liked 800 Times in 237 Posts	Re: Nasty trans explosion! I was a front seat passenger in a '701/2 Z28 one night that peeled the ring gear off the flexplate at about 6,000 rpm in second gear. The ring gear sawed the right subframe almost in two, blew the rt front tire and cut the fuel, brake and trans cooler lines along with ventilating the rt. side of the block. Don't know how big the fireball was from the outside. It was d@m^^ big from the inside of the car........ __________________ "That'll never work....."