OUCH - Tailshaft let go....

[Valencia]

Do you reckon it might have been possible that the diff rolled around under power and the rear uni joint went past its point of articulation? That would have locked the shaft up maybe causing it to twist. If the motor was making serious power and it was going fast enough it might happen.

Not with a pissy 253

[Innuendo]

More like reverse was selected at speed. Who knows, but something seriously went wrong.

[wbute]

Not with a pissy 253

I guess. That 253 that street machine built that made 515hp probably wouldn't. A 300hp 308 would for sure though.

[jason.ruff]

When i was an apprentice i built a 253, with help from some old-school speedway guys. In an LX it put a good fright into alot of guys who thought there car was the shizzle. They couldn't believe it was "Only" a 253. It helped that i had full use of an engine machine shop and access to Ivan Tighe, who ground the cam.

[Valencia]

When i was an apprentice i built a 253, with help from some old-school speedway guys. In an LX it put a good fright into alot of guys who thought there car was the shizzle. They couldn't believe it was "Only" a 253. It helped that i had full use of an engine machine shop and access to Ivan Tighe, who ground the cam.

Yeah there is some hot 253s going round but you know the old saying
there is no substitute for cubic inches

[jason.ruff]

Absolutely, after it was stolen from the Tafe car park in Brisbane while on my last block release. It turned up in the Brisbane river, completely F***K'd. I put a very warm 308 in. After a few years that got turfed for a Sweet 350. Sold it to a young fella who promptly rapped it around an electricity pole, Thankfully he survived. but that little 253 balanced and blueprinted loved to rev, and me being young i loved to wring its neck. Which is what i would have loved to do to the assholes who stole it. Thankfully my Dad and my uncle and others helped me rebuild it for a second time. Third time it was for the scrap yard.

[wbute]

Yeah there is some hot 253s going round but you know the old saying
there is no substitute for cubic inches

True. But there are plenty of HP hidden in a 253. There are lots in a Keith Black big block too.