Has anyone experienced or heard of C6 rear end (housings) breaking, etc.?
11-13-2004, 11:43 AM
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Has anyone experienced or heard of C6 rear end (housings) breaking, etc.?
I was wondering if anyone has heard of this or seen this on the new C6 cars - I understand one took a dive at E-Town last week (?) and there was another one mentioned here a while back 
What have you seen or heard - TIA
What have you seen or heard - TIA
11-14-2004, 07:24 AM
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It is basically the same design as the C5 unit, and they pretty much only break during drag racing with super-sticky tires. I don't know of any breaks due to normal, or even heavy use, on street tires. I have a friend at the Getrag plant, and he fills me in occasionally.
11-14-2004, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by davidfarmer
It is basically the same design as the C5 unit, and they pretty much only break during drag racing with super-sticky tires. I don't know of any breaks due to normal, or even heavy use, on street tires. I have a friend at the Getrag plant, and he fills me in occasionally.
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Did C5 units break much??
11-14-2004, 03:06 PM
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Did C5 units break much??
High power output and sticky tires will potentially cause breakage eventually if not treated just right.
11-14-2004, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1LT1
All things considered overall, they didn't/don't break much at all actually.
High power output and sticky tires will potentially cause breakage eventually if not treated just right.
High power output and sticky tires will potentially cause breakage eventually if not treated just right.
I have only heard of one C4 rear end cracking (A D44 w/ the car launching on slicks)
I know of two definates and maybe another here on the forum cracking in a C6
The old D44's in C4's were virtually indesructable
Just curious how mnay C6's we know of that have indeed broken a rear
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11-14-2004, 09:42 PM
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I have only had 1 C5 rear break. It was in Leighton Reese's car and I can't remeber but it could have been at Mid Ohio. There was a dip in the track that he was not letting up in and well at 140+ with wheel slippage and then traction it finally let loose. It shattered the pinion which then destroyed the housing. It was a stock rear though that we put a bigger gear in. He has been running our 8 clutch race rear since and has had no problems.