Culprit unveiled
As you know, a few weekends ago, I was qualifying at Summit Point Motorsports Park for a SCCA regional race in FP.
Summit Point has a nice fast turn 10 and a long front straight with a tight turn one. You have the foot the floor for a long time before you hit the brakes hard. In this particular session, I came down the straight and when I hit the brakes and shoved the clutch in, the accelerator cable stuck and pegged the motor at 8,000+ rpm. I say + because my tach only goes to 8,000 and I am not sure where the motor went.
Anyhow in that sequence of events and my attempts to recover while not hitting anyone or going off track, I managed to explode the clutch.
So, if you ever wondered what happens when you dump a clutch at 8,000+ rpm in a B, this is your answer. I had the heavy duty clutch and pressure plate.
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