Use a scatter shield on the car as the NHRA requires. I don't see why racers
don't use them in the chance that it could happen to them. Seems foolish
that they don't use one.
IMHO,
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "snyler" <marc@animalfirm.com>
To: "road" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: clutch/flywheel failures/risk assessment
> Marc Sayer wrote
>
> >A while back there was some discussion about clutch/flywheel failures.
The
> >excerpts below are from the wheel-to-wheel list from today. The cars
involved
> >were racing and weren't Datsuns, but none the less. Clutch and flywheel
> >failures
> >aren't common, but they certainly do happen, in all sorts of cars, as the
> >following shows. All you need is too see this sort of thing (or worse)
> >happen to
> >someone you know and you get real paranoid about these failures.
>
> The trick, I imagine is to determine just how often these things happen
> under the conditions you're likely to encounter. Am I more likely to
> encounter a flywheel failure or tire failure? Lightning strike? Life
> obviously involves risk, we're all keenly aware of that now. Is there
> any recordkeeping on such occurrences? It'd be interesting to know how
> many flywheels fail in a given year vs the nimber of cars on the road.
>
> -Marc T.
>
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