2000 Daytona 500 (Flexplate)

[ItsMolly]

Hello guys! I recently bought a 2000 Daytona 500 GP.
Gen V supercharger
3.5 Pulley
Pace Setter Headers (flex pipe leak, soon to be fixed)
N* V8 Throttle Body

Aside from all that, I was wondering what could cause my Flex plate to crack? I ended up fixing it, put a buddies old flex plate in there, cars running and shifting fine.
But, what would cause that to break? And could it possibly happen again? I was stranded on a bad side of town, don't want that happening again, any suggestions?

 

[Scottydoggs]

beating the snot out of it breaks them pretty good most of the time. yes it can happen again.

 

[ItsMolly]

One does not simply drive a quick GP without beatin it up a little, lol. But I was wondering more specifically what can cause a flex plate to just break?

 

[chrsmi1]

Uh torque?

 

[Scottydoggs]

most of the time it breaks after you beat the tar out of it, so my guess is you hammered the piss out of it and then clang clang clang.

 

[BillBoost37]

beating the snot out of it breaks them pretty good most of the time. yes it can happen again.

So untrue. You know I beat the snot out of the Bonnie and that plate never broke. Meanwhile I broke a plate in an NA Regal. Jason said it well... you had a bad motor mount which cracked the plate based on how things happen.