YLD-11Z Member 178 Member For: 18y 8m 7d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 19/04/09 06:22 AM Posted 19/04/09 06:22 AM Well after nearly six months of build time, I finally picked up the typhoon on friday afternoon. The run in tune made a very easy 450rwkw on 14psi. Quite confident that they 600rwkw barrier wont be an issue at all. Anyway driving it home and pulled up at a speed hump, went back to first gear to go over it and it popped out and the car stalled. I hit the button to start the car only to hear a shocking rattling sound coming from the gearbox/clutch area. When its out of gear, theres no noise at all but as soon as you try and put it in any gear, it starts clunking and rattling like no tomorrow. Car got towed bad to the shop to find the issue.Now this thing has 15000kms, I would find it very suprising if it was the box which makes mean lean towards the clutch. But this is my next problem, its Mal Woods top of the line option 6 clutch that has literally done 70km. 60km on the dyno and 10km by me on the way home. Surly the clutch could not have failed in this short amount of time??Would be interested to hear your opinions...If it is the gearbox, PPGs 1 to 4 Helical Gearbox sex is going in for the t56.
RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 23y 24d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 19/04/09 06:26 AM Posted 19/04/09 06:26 AM Well that sucks. Im sure that if its the clutch Mal wood will be able to help you out
Adam Here since the start... Legacy Donating Member 10,282 Member For: 23y 5m 4d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 19/04/09 07:04 AM Posted 19/04/09 07:04 AM A broken clutch would make a noise whenever the engine is turning me thinks...Since it only occurs when you try to put it in gear I'd say it's a safe bet it's the box.
6speedXR8 Mal Wood Automotive Member 537 Member For: 23y 6m 12d Location: WARWICK QLD Posted 19/04/09 09:33 AM Posted 19/04/09 09:33 AM The clutch will not fail in that time frame, but you will not know until you remove everything back to the clutch then go through it all.Give me a call tomorrow and I will go through a list of things to check first. Mal
YLD-11Z Member 178 Member For: 18y 8m 7d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 19/04/09 10:00 AM Author Posted 19/04/09 10:00 AM thanks Mal, ill get the boys at gentech to give you a call in the morining as they are fixing it, and we can go from there to find the issue.
YLD-11Z Member 178 Member For: 18y 8m 7d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 20/04/09 12:32 AM Author Posted 20/04/09 12:32 AM Problem sorted, big thanks to Mal Wood and Gentech for helping solve the problem and for the service they both provided.
XR06T Legacy Donating Member 4,146 Member For: 21y 3m 7d Gender: Male Posted 20/04/09 12:42 AM Posted 20/04/09 12:42 AM dont leave us hanging, what was the issue??!!?!
Moose Member 185 Member For: 18y 5m 13d Gender: Male Location: Ipswich, QLD Posted 20/04/09 01:19 AM Posted 20/04/09 01:19 AM x2!! You cant do that to us :(
XR6TEGO Banned 1 Member For: 17y 6m 17d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 20/04/09 02:04 AM Posted 20/04/09 02:04 AM (edited) a bolt came loose maybe? Edited 20/04/09 02:05 AM by XR6TEGO
jacob_xr6turbo Legacy Donating Member 433 Member For: 19y 18d Location: Richmond, Melbourne Posted 20/04/09 02:29 AM Posted 20/04/09 02:29 AM Geez, that's not nice not to tell us what the problem was!!haha.I'm watching this thread closely.
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