Southern3.0
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I was w/ my dad today in his '03 Cobra, where out on some back roads having some fun getting a few good runs in. Everything is going good on the third run down the road,
Good launch, shift to second.....
Here comes 7K rpm shift to 3rd......
At 6k RPM making 21 lbs of boost the Supercharger is screaming WHOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRR then all of a sudden...... ERRRRRRRRRRRRRR.....the motor cuts out and it smells like burnt rubber.
No big deal, probably just threw the blower belt, We coast to the side of the road a take a look. The belt is still on the Supercharger, Then I look at the crank pulley and notice its cocked upwards at least a half inch out of square w/ the motor and the front main is leaking oil.........Thats not good.
When a motor goes its gonna be expensive so you usually want it to be exciting and explosive like this
http://www.xsrpms.com:8888/dragnet/rides/maynard/blowup1.html
But no, we get the bitch way for a motor to die, the end of the crank snapped off in the timing cover.
Dunno how the hell that happens, its a forged crank and it broke after the front main cap so its not getting pushed on by the pistons there but its probably for the best. The motor only had 15,000 miles on it so the heads, block, pistons, and rods should still be good and that means it can be send it back to the shop that built it and have a new crank and bearings put in it
Oh here's a pic of the car
Good launch, shift to second.....
Here comes 7K rpm shift to 3rd......
At 6k RPM making 21 lbs of boost the Supercharger is screaming WHOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRR then all of a sudden...... ERRRRRRRRRRRRRR.....the motor cuts out and it smells like burnt rubber.
No big deal, probably just threw the blower belt, We coast to the side of the road a take a look. The belt is still on the Supercharger, Then I look at the crank pulley and notice its cocked upwards at least a half inch out of square w/ the motor and the front main is leaking oil.........Thats not good.
When a motor goes its gonna be expensive so you usually want it to be exciting and explosive like this
http://www.xsrpms.com:8888/dragnet/rides/maynard/blowup1.html
But no, we get the bitch way for a motor to die, the end of the crank snapped off in the timing cover.



Dunno how the hell that happens, its a forged crank and it broke after the front main cap so its not getting pushed on by the pistons there but its probably for the best. The motor only had 15,000 miles on it so the heads, block, pistons, and rods should still be good and that means it can be send it back to the shop that built it and have a new crank and bearings put in it
Oh here's a pic of the car

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