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727 explosion at Milan last night.... #2389996
10/19/17 08:11 PM
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photos by Mike Yoksich...'65 Belvedere. Nice car.

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Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2389999
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Ouch!


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Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390001
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Damn...Hate to see that stuff happen


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Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390007
10/19/17 08:41 PM
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New best ET 10.259@129.65 .
New best MPH 130.32
Finally fitted a solid cam,
stepped it up a bit more
3690lbs through the mufflers
New World block 3780lbs 10.278@130.80 . Wowser 10.253@130.24 footbraking from 1500rpm
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Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: tex013] #2390009
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Wow, is that a flame in the hoodscoop in the first pic?


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Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: tex013] #2390010
10/19/17 08:47 PM
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Looks like you can see a little flame in the scoop on the first pic...Damn that hurts.

on another note how'd your carb test go?

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Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390022
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Dang!

I hope he is okay.

How bad did it hurt the car?

Was there a shield or blanket? If so what brand and how well did it work.

Thanks!
Bill

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390027
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Holy moly. That's scary. Hope he's ok. X2 on what kind of blanket or shield. Billet drum?

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390030
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Been there done that, don't wish that luck on anyone

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390035
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Hope he's ok. Bet it didn't have a rear band apply. Turbo action vb?

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: Mr340] #2390041
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Originally Posted By Mr340

on another note how'd your carb test go?


Only got to make 2 passes. We ran a baseline pass with the 750, then swapped on the 950 (off Tim's Challenger, with zero tuning, still has the stock jets in it) and it ran slightly faster then the well tuned 750, with a worse 60 foot time (track was getting cold and the street tire guys were tearing up the starting line).

It also didn't seem to run out of steam at the 1000 foot mark like it does with the 750. It was running a bit lean too, which I knew even before we checked the plugs as the temp spiked.

We were hoping to make a couple more passes after tuning it but there were a ton of oildowns last night.

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: 340Cuda] #2390044
10/19/17 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted By 340Cuda
Dang!

I hope he is okay.

How bad did it hurt the car?

Was there a shield or blanket? If so what brand and how well did it work.

Thanks!
Bill


Driver is okay. The car got a dent and is missing some paint on the passenger side. Guy said the slicks were brand new and shrapnel sliced the driver side one and ruined it. I don't know if he was running a shield or blanket or what kind of drum was in it.

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390062
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Originally Posted By dustergirl340

Driver is okay. The car got a dent and is missing some paint on the passenger side. Guy said the slicks were brand new and shrapnel sliced the driver side one and ruined it. I don't know if he was running a shield or blanket or what kind of drum was in it.


Thanks!
If you find out any more please share with us.
Bill

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390127
10/20/17 12:56 AM
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Sure wish him well!! Wonder what failed??

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Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390134
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quit spending money at the torque converter.... there are ways and means to eliminate this. we've seen it all before.

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: J_BODY] #2390154
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Looks like a fireball on the pass side as it's having a meltdown.

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390190
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Man that sucks! down Looks like he ran over a burning propane tank! eek That will cause a 45 minute delay for sure. Those pics are excellent by the way... whistling

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390196
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My friend knows Kelly pretty well. I saw pics yesterday of a 8"x 12" hole in the floor. Broke the snout off the converter and tore it right off the flex plate. Cut the headers up, broke the starter ear off the block. It had a blanket. He cut his leg slightly. His nephew had just bought the car from him.
Doug

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390207
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Doug, I take it that it had a stock drum? Seeing this stuff makes me cringe

Re: 727 explosion at Milan last night.... [Re: dustergirl340] #2390236
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Glad to hear hes ok. Sorry to see a nice car like that get damaged. Thats a big hole in the floor. Scary. Glad i used an aluminum drum with rear band apply.

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