I am not sure if this is where this post needs to go, I am used to having a journal section to put this type of thing in, so moderators if its in the wrong spot please move it for me. Also if a mod could contact me about changing my name on here that would be great.....since I don't have an STi anymore

So I took a little road trip down to Iowa and picked up Jesse's 42r monster as my new toy. The car is amazing! In great shape, runs good, pulls awesome! Here are some pictures of the car from AMS that I am sure you guys have already seen, but I still like them...and then some pictures in MSP on my way home. We took it out Friday and Sat night in the cities to have a little fun...video's to come

 

now that the motor is complete, time to start focusing on the outside. looks pretty plain. need to spice it up somewhat.

 

HERE ARE THE MSP PICTURES

 

Sleeper my friend...its not all about the gaut

 

AND THEN...on my first drive back home 5 miles into it....THIS HAPPENED

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So during a 2nd gear mid boost pull at about 8k rpm my clutch exploded into pieces and basically grenaded the engine bay! Shep trans, triple disk clutch, intercooler, radiator and more are all shot!

Initial details: When this happened I was on 35psi which on my setup is a little over 700hp. The turbo is a 42r, and there was only 400 miles on the clutch. I am waiting to find out what the clutch company is going to do before I say too much.

Edit UPDATE: This was a triple disk carbon Exedy clutch! I sent the clutch to Exedy for them to inspect it. They were unsure of what could have caused the problem, either the clutch bolts were not tightened properly or could have been a heat issue. Either way they decided to give me a brand new clutch for free! Full warranty! I was pretty excited to hear that they were going to back up there product. Customer service was awesome! I would buy Exedy again after this experience!

Shep said that he has some spare cases around so he is putting all new syncros in the tranny and slapping it in a new case for me. The intercooler is fixed, radiator will need to be replaced, what I thought was going to cost me 5000$ + is turning out to be not that bad!

Good times:

 

Very clean car...and a Beast on top of it.

Sorry to hear about the failure. Glad to hear it will be covered.

 

thats one of the worst clutch failures ive ever seen very nice of them to replace it for free cars so sleeper looks like your everyday evo good luck with it.

 

Holy ****! that clutch could of killed you! WOW

 

What are the specs on the block and when does it start to spool?

 

What kind of tires are you running????

 

nice

 

very clean and built ride! thats crazy wat happened tho! Glad ur ok and that it'll be fixed!

 

It spools full by about 6Kish

 

Scatter shield FTW

 

Nice sleeper, remove that infamous AMS logo off the doors and aside from having BFG's
on all four corners kind of simple , stockish . Will def suprise them honda boys.