Anybody else ever done this? Launch out of 1st, nail 2nd, spin spin spin.. let out and pop followed by some other interesting noises.. Slow down car feels ok, go to take off and more noises followed by vibes and clutch peddle feels really strange.. Stop again and look under the car to find gear oil dripping.. Turns out center diff went kaboom and busted the whole bottom of the case and even in the bell housing and even took out pieces of the pressure plate.. Oh well got another tranny and ordered a gmpp clutch kit



Il get more pics before work..

 

ugh this makes my skin crawl...i just know my tranny is gonna pop soon lol

 

Iv had 3 of these cars and have always thrashed them pretty hard up into 100k miles range and never had any driveline problems...until now lol Barley made it over 50k miles of abuse

 

well im also on a 3.82 tranny (slighty more prone to breaking) and im above 400hp...and on slicks at the track. my chances are a slightly higher of breakage! haha but regardless im sorry to hear of this

 

thats why my engine is stock.

 

looks like you got wheel hop and then didnt pull out of it in time before it blew out your bell housing.

 

Damn that's some scary sh** right there!

 

It's just a matter of time until this awesome built tranny goes on my car too lol, 1st to second shift already feels like things are ready to fall apart

 

this is a result of driver error, improve driver mod trans should be ok

 

No wheel hop what so ever...

It is a result of the transmission not handling abuse/hard driving. There was no "driver error" involved. Im not new too racing or cobalts even for that matter. These trannys arnt known for their strength, Which was to my benefit because a local just happened to have a spare waiting for his to let go and i twisted his arm to sell it. As i stated iv done worse to these transmissions is other cars.. Iv actually been considerably easy on this one in comparison, Guess thats where i screwed up..

 

it HAD to be wheel hop....... i mean u had 20" wheels on this!?!?! and launching it? i cracked my first trans with it bone stock launching it. got some Trans mounts and stage two axles cured that problem.........however now, somehow i lost fifth gear and am looking for a new tranny......any offers? lol.