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Mr. Austin
07-31-10, 03:55 AM
Long story short My throttle return spring broke and when my foot fell to the floor for a split second after it broke the car was stuck at WOT.it down shifted in the rain and I lost control of it and fishtailed all over the road. I finally shut it down and as i came back around from fishtailing to the right i hit my brakes in turn understeering my car and spun it into a full 180 and up over a curb. Car is fine; I am fine. No one was hurt I was just shaken up and proud i kept it under control as good as I did. I pulled the linkage back to idle position after a small tug and idled it into a neighbor hood. Jimmy rigged the spring back on a eased it home. I drove it to work today and she is straight and no wheel hop at highway speed.
Wades GT
07-31-10, 10:03 AM
You have now joined the curb check club:hi:Glad to see no one got hurt.
trucker
07-31-10, 03:22 PM
no brain no pain now you have learned
SMOKE
07-31-10, 05:34 PM
I have a headache due to trying to read that; I stopped reading about half way down. Did you hit something because you were driving like an idiot in the rain?
Mr. Austin
07-31-10, 05:57 PM
No sorry it was kinda confusing. 1st off i don't drive like an Idiot in the rain. My throttle return spring broke while accelerating from a light and my foot fell to the floor since nothing was holding the throttle back. when it fell my throttle became stuck at WOT, after 60 or so Ft. of fishtailing and trying to keep it straight I shut the motor down and I had over steered, Flipped me around on a full 180 and brakes locked into a curb.
Jacostang
07-31-10, 06:36 PM
Could have been alot worse, glad you didnt hurt your car or yourself!
BurnTire
07-31-10, 06:58 PM
Austin has cobble foot.
SMOKE
08-01-10, 08:15 AM
Gotcha...Ya, that coulda been bad. Glad you're okay
izzie
08-01-10, 11:30 AM
Glad you are ok, good control!!! :0)
Torchmach
08-01-10, 11:39 AM
Good to hear you, and your Car, are OK Austin. Bet your heart hasn't beaten that hard before! The best thing to do in a situation like that is to stomp on the clutch petal, or pop the transmission into neutral. When you shut down the motor, you loose power assist to you brakes and steering.

But all's well that ends well, you and your Car came out of it OK.
fazm
08-01-10, 03:04 PM
Good to hear you, and your Car, are OK Austin. Bet your heart hasn't beaten that hard before! The best thing to do in a situation like that is to stomp on the clutch petal, or pop the transmission into neutral. When you shut down the motor, you loose power assist to you brakes and steering.

But all's well that ends well, you and your Car came out of it OK.

customer of mine did that with a 4-4-2 and cost him a pretty penny replacing a motor and transmission.

guess its better than a crash


glad ur ok
mntony
08-02-10, 01:26 PM
Worst part of something like that is you don't know what's happening and it takes you a split second to realize and then react. I'm glad your ok! Clean out your pants and get right back on the horse...with a dual return spring setup. (Huh, that must be why NHRA mandates it.)
Mr. Austin
08-02-10, 06:36 PM
Im setting one up right now actually i have a spring inside of a spring. Pedal will be stiff but worth it.
mntony
08-02-10, 09:12 PM
Excellent! All's well that ends well! Like I said, glad to hear your ok.