Originally Posted by
SpexRacer
If anyone.can tell me why this happens and if it is preventable I'd be greatly appreciative.
Every now and then I am prone to losing the rear of my car (ex DSR, now P2, home built in 2001 with a solid rear axle, chain driven, K1/K2 GSXR 1000 power) and when it happens no matter how quickly I get the clutch in, my starter fries. Now I know the first obvious answer is Don't loop the car. I try not to but when it does go there's no saving it with this solid rear axle. It just snap over steers and that's it. Trust me, I'm working on it. But when I do have a spin, two feet in, All that good stuff, but the car is already stalled before I even come to a stop. I'll try to start it and click nothing. There's been times when I've been able to dump the clutch with it in gear while still rolling and get it to start and drive it back into the pits. But regardless the starter isn't doing me any good at that point anymore. It'll be too hot to even touch and once it's removed and cracked open, it's basically just a canful of crumbs at that point. I understand. It's possible that even during a 360 spin the engine was driven backwards for some very small amount of time between the start of the spin and the time I got the clutch in and I've been told that will do something to the starter, but I don't know what's actually happening.
Can anyone explain to me why this happens and also short of not spinning or getting the clutch in that much faster Is there anything that can be done to prevent it?