Swiss_Tony Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 After 9 years with my 7 I have broken many components. I call this "destruction testing" ❗ To be honest the car has had its fair share of abuse, I guess, including lots of trackdays a few sprints and lots of abusive launches at the drag strip (1.5 sec 60ft times) as well as thousands of road miles all around the country. In no particular order I have broken a few clutches, gearbox(a few times), some alternators etc etc and have replaced the offending items with something which is more up to the job. Personally I put these things down to excessive bhp/revs and general abuse. Since these teething problems I have not had any failures for ages (read years) till today ❗ I feel very stupid having overlooked the need to up-rate this component 😳 but since its only 18months old I felt that it would be ok for a while but hindsight is a wonderful thing ❗ So the main point of the question is do Stack make an up-rated needle for their dash/rev counter as I have broken it in half James Su77on Se7ens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 *eek* *eek* 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 That was a 10,000 RPM rev counter that i solds you !!!! How on earth have you managed that James?? 😔 R500 260 BHP Mango Madness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Normuss Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 😬 😬 😬 😬 😬 VX HPC - Loud and proud here Watch out, whatever hits the fan will not be distributed evenly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Flatters Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 James, if you've buzzed your engine above 10,000, a broken rev counter needle may be the least of your problems . Anything I can do mate? *arrowright*Harry Flatters *arrowright* AKA Steve Mell - Surrey AO and Su77on Se7ener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss_Tony Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 The official story is................. I pulled this good looking girlie and decided that she needed impressing by my cars performance as well as mine so we went on a blat down some lovely country lanes driving flat out on the limiter most of the way. Overtaking everything in sight etc etc and generally being a hero After the needle of the rev counter being repeatedly banged on the stop at 10000rpm it finally broke or the alternative story............. I stopped at a friends house for a cuppa/chat etc and when I got in the car to leave,i put the ignition on and the rev counter does its reset thing it broke before I even started the engine One of these is true but I am not saying which 😳 James Su77on Se7ens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I've got a spare Stack ST8102 dash where the rev counter ends at some 25-28k rpm (Don't remember on the top of my head) Fancy it? /regin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Normuss Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 James Given your magnetic charm it must be scenario 1 which means you've been running it up to 10k repeatedly. That means Steve's right, your engine is toast. I'll gladly swap it with mine to keep you on the road VX HPC - Loud and proud here Watch out, whatever hits the fan will not be distributed evenly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss_Tony Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 Thanks for your kind offer ric But no Stack were very helpful and friendly on the phone today So i will post it off in the morning. Which means no car for a few days ☹️ but hopefully it will be fixed for the bank holiday weekend 😬 James Su77on Se7ens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss_Tony Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 RJ Thanks but I think that 10000rpm is enough for my little old engine James Su77on Se7ens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 James, For mine too... (I have just checked, the max revs on the one on the shelf is a mere 22k) /r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevsta Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Oh to have a lovely STACK dash display...RJ, I could have swapped it for that block I've had for you for nearly a year now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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