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Originally Posted by ltusler
Guys,
Sorry I'm so late to the party. That is a picture of my crank. It was running a Aasco LWFW with a Sachs Sport spring clutch when it broke. During the rebuild Jake balanced both assemblies and I am currently running thr DMFW with a Spec non-sprung plate. Since I am interested in longevity over ultimate 10/10ths performace, I took the safer, but by no means absolute proven route. That said the HP and TQ put out by the Flat 6 3.8 with improved X51 upgrades, makes the advantages of the LWFW a moot point in my opnion. Now if Jake could come up with something to keep my skirt from flying up at 154 at the end of the main straight at Brainerd, I could get into the 40's and be happy!
Lon
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Lon,
My Wife goes that fast, actually he highest land speed record is only 153, so you have her slightly beat.. Are you wearing a Nomex skirt? Seemed to work for her. You could always couple your skirt with cloudsurfer's stiletto heels and have a true winning combination.
Anyway, the broken crank issue is being handled.. We finally decided to step up crankshaft production and have units mass produced from true forgings. The testing is going to be long and hard and we can't get it done fase enough. Most cranks we are seeing now are not passing magnaflux tests, even from bone stock street engines with DMFWs. Rebuilding without magnafluxing is like Russian Roulette with these engines. I received another X51 broken crank call last week, it was broken in 4 places, not just two.