I flew on my S/E and when i landed ....

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Jul 6, 2004 | 09:19 PM

Calderone

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Car: 87 Vette

Engine: 355/195AFR/SR/219CAM/1.6

Transmission: TH700R4/Vigilante

Axle/Gears: D44/3.45

I flew on my S/E and when i landed ....

by mistake i was crusing on a downhill and a street was like a ramp i jumped a little bit and when i landed
the car started to hesitate ...
the shocks are really bad and i saw smoke came out the car ,but then all become normal ...10 minutes later the car started to hesitate again ...like it was runnin out of gas and turned off (i had enough gas)
and then ... waited and become normal again
what happened ?
any ideas ?
damn street

Jul 6, 2004 | 09:35 PM

ME Leigh

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From: Valley of the Sun

Car: 82 Z28

Engine: Al LT1 headed LG4 305

Transmission: TH350

Axle/Gears: 3.73 posi with spacer

Busted oil pan, torque converter hosed. Get under the car and see if anything is broken.

Jul 6, 2004 | 09:39 PM

Calderone

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Car: 87 Vette

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Axle/Gears: D44/3.45

well

nope ...
cause the big hit was received with the rearwheels
i though i crushed a fuel line
but there are no leaks and the car ran fine 10 minutes later

Jul 6, 2004 | 09:42 PM

Red Devil

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Re: well

Quote:

Originally posted by sammycalderon
...cause the big hit was received with the rearwheels
...

The weight transfer coupled with the landing of the front wheels could do more damage than the rears bottoming out. You have to systematically start checking a lot of stuff.