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2013-14 Shelby GT500
Trinity article about motors blowing up
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<blockquote data-quote="Norton" data-source="post: 16515478" data-attributes="member: 145307"><p>I can get behind the second half of this, but not the first. "All" modded cars do not necessarily break. Some do, some don't. (The same is true of 100% stock cars.) During the next car season, you'll likely meet many modded Shelby owners whose cars are just fine at increased power levels. As I said, it's about the right tune, fuel, driving style, etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Most Trinity owners understand and readily acknowledge that rods are the weakest, not the only weak, link in our engines. </p><p></p><p>I'm 100% onboard your "know... the risks" comment. I disagree, however, with the notion that racing automatically brings breakage/failure. My car has ~25 1/2-mile and ~15 1-mile race passes on it. Most were made at stock power level, but ~8 of the 1/2-mile passes were after bolt-ons and tune to 733 RWHP & 713 RWTQ. A local friend made ~15 1/2-mile and ~10 1-mile passes on his, all after modding to ~800 RWHP. Almost all our runs were from a dig to 155-175MPH (top-end of 4th gear or well into 5th). Both of us have yet to experience a failure of any kind, including our stock/original clutches.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Norton, post: 16515478, member: 145307"] I can get behind the second half of this, but not the first. "All" modded cars do not necessarily break. Some do, some don't. (The same is true of 100% stock cars.) During the next car season, you'll likely meet many modded Shelby owners whose cars are just fine at increased power levels. As I said, it's about the right tune, fuel, driving style, etc. Most Trinity owners understand and readily acknowledge that rods are the weakest, not the only weak, link in our engines. I'm 100% onboard your "know... the risks" comment. I disagree, however, with the notion that racing automatically brings breakage/failure. My car has ~25 1/2-mile and ~15 1-mile race passes on it. Most were made at stock power level, but ~8 of the 1/2-mile passes were after bolt-ons and tune to 733 RWHP & 713 RWTQ. A local friend made ~15 1/2-mile and ~10 1-mile passes on his, all after modding to ~800 RWHP. Almost all our runs were from a dig to 155-175MPH (top-end of 4th gear or well into 5th). Both of us have yet to experience a failure of any kind, including our stock/original clutches. [/QUOTE]
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