I am wondering what is the rule with the NHRA as to when you need a scatter sheild on a honda?

Also who makes them? Where can I buy one?

I cant seem to find much in the nice new search feature..

 

personally if you are goin fast, you need one. IPG has em golden eagle( i run theirs ) has em, and deist makes trans blankets. clutch explosions arent anything to be taken lightly.

i dont have my rulebook off hand, but i think it is one of the 9.99 135 rules.

i think it should be there when you need a bar unless that is the rule 11.49

 

it is 11.49 or quicker you are supposed to have one.

 

so i wasnt off then. james you have that pic of one of your shields containing a flywheel?

 

I'm sure that is something to experience. I've heard of flywheels/converters from muscle cars shoot down into the pavement like a foot deep. Definitely not cool.

 

we have two tranmission tunnels beat to hell over in the corner right now. they go right throughthe 1/4" steel plate shield.

 

 

Last time when i took my car to Lebanon in NY i was told any car that has an aftermarket turbo setup has to have a scattershield or trans blanket.

Luckly they let me run that day but they said next time i had to have my scattershield on..

Lets just say i have mine sitting in the basement waiting for some nice weather for it to go on..

 

that pic is crazy! i have seen one go in a mustang but never really heard of it in a honda.

 

Glad it doesnt happen too often.

 

You don't remember that they were wrong do ya

 

does anybody on here safety wire their flywheel? just curious

 

Bergenholtz (Ron) did it back in 1997 in Vegas.. Shifted into 2nd gear and there was crap ALL OVER the track.... But that was when we didnt know about this stuff...

 

hah, i gots a maxzworkz scattershield now it seems like it should help def better than not havin one

 

You're talking about the bolts I take it?

 

yeah i am.

 

Yeah I safety wire them together. If they do wanna come loose it keeps damage to a minimun.

 

Okay so you guys haven't seen an issue to this point though?

I wire all my other stuff mostly, can't hurt in there either lol

 

Yeah I've had mad issues. I'm on my third tilton flywheel. Something about the harmonics in my motors that back those bitches out.

 

we have a problem on our 2300 motor, not sure why. we even use blue loctite (which probably just burns away anyways), but the safety wire keeps huge accidents from happening for sure. I dont do it on the civic though

 

Anyone have any good links on how to properly safety wire stuff. I know there has to be more to it than drill hole, run wire through, then twist.

 

you can drill the holes yourself if you have the right tools/machinery. we go through 3 flywheel bolts each time. here is a link to the tool you need for the twisting process.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/...wiretools.html

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools...e=snapon-store

here is a good how to article that i found searching on the net, takes some practice

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=215935

 

great article! , I appreciate it

 

There good to have.

 

do you wanna see a foot?