Few things can ruin a track day more than the sound of a horrendous thump, followed by the sickening “clackclackclackclackclack” of iron hitting aluminum. And then lots of smoke and lots of oil.
Since we didn't see any flames, we coasted our Corvette project car until we were in sight of a fire extinguisher. Once stopped, we popped the hood …
Yup, it went boom. Someone decided to add a new window to the room.
So, tensile failure? Looks like it from the one pic. If so, I'd call that a substandard part. What kind of rod was it? Stock 6600 rpm redline?
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