Exploding Torqueflight

partsmonsta said

Jim; Forget about the measely Blanket. If you have an explosion like this again, the Blanket will only partially contain it. The fragments actually go around the blanket. Forget about the pricey and Super Hard to install Trans Shields like CSR. Your best bet is a Billet Drum. They're pricey at about 600, but you'll never get burned like this again.
Trust me, I've been where you are, broken foot and all and I had a blanket installed Correctly...DON'T THINK A BLANKET WILL SAVE U, IT WILL NOT.

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PARTSMONSTA IS 100% CORRECT. I have seen it twice this year, once with a blanket and the second with a CSR shield. They do not stop an exploding drum. The blanket will contain some of the pieces but it will still come through the floor of a 63 Dodge 330. and the CSR shield will slow it down a little but the shield will shatter and come inside the car with you. Both cases the transmissions had stock sintered metal drums.

The ONLY way to stop a drum explosion is to go with a A&A Billet Aluminum or Billet Steel drum. Rick Allison told me that if the billet fails it does not explode like the sintered metal does.