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quote:
Originally posted by Bosswrench:
The problem with 'using a damaged ZF until it REALLY fails' means constantly being on edge while moving, and if this car is to be a race-clone, failure may well come at high rpms & speeds. I've heard of teeth and other hard objects getting in the ring/pinion mesh under power and the forces involved splitting a ZF's aluminum cases open like a walnut! Not something I'd want to risk on a track or in highway traffic; YMMV.

Isn't that part of the "rush" a driver gets from racing, i.e., they "dodged a bullet" and lived to tell about it?

In a race car, anything at anytime can go wrong at extreme duress?

5/6/173:58 AM

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