Re: I'm glad this isn't my home track, or car.
[Re: pittsburghracer]
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I was just watching that on YB , Phucking Demon fuel rails.......If it were me I'd be out of the car with my Fire extinguisher ....
1963 Thunderbolt 496FE 10.80 (still a work in progress) 1968 Mustang slow a$$ 428 FE 1971 Boss 351 Mustang 11.20@115mph 1993 Lightning 10.61 @ 129mph 408Ci A3 headed NA 1996 Viper GTS 2001 Lightning 8.99 @ 155MPH 5.4 Mod Motor 2009 Ram 9.65@144MPH 463CI G3 NA 2010 Challenger 9.91 @ 139MPH 408CI G3ci NA 2019 F150 (local dealer's Lightning package) ..11.90s
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Re: I'm glad this isn't my home track, or car.
[Re: Porter67]
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08/02/19 05:57 PM
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I'll give my perspective from a unique standpoint. I used to work at a dragstrip for over 10 years (Ubly Dragway)....Tom Ledford ran the track at the time. I usually worked the burn-out box, and at times the starting line....(Mr. P Body can attest to this) Our track team ALWAYS sprang into action IMMEDIATELY if there was a problem with someone's race-car/motorcycle/snowmobile/street car...etc. I remember one year (2003) we had Mopar's Against the World money race, a '67 Plymouth Belvedere did his burn-out in the box.... as he was shifting into high gear, his 440 EXPLODED all over the ground, kicked out 2 rods IIRC. Chunks of engine block, parts, oil/anti-freeze everywhere. We promptly opened the hood, used an extingisher just in case in the engine bay, cleaned up the mess. Yes, the car owner was helping too! The race resumed about 15 minutes later, after we cleaned it all up. It was like that almost every race day or test n tune days as well. Alot of oil downs, over the years...we never had an attitude towards the responsible party, sh*t happens, and we dealt with it. Often times, an offending racer, who would oil down the track, would buy us a couple cases of cold beer, for our trouble, of cleaning up after his mess! Our crew was always on top of it, and very professional, ask Mr P Body This Milan crew...well I'm at a loss for words, and I'll leave it at that.
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Re: I'm glad this isn't my home track, or car.
[Re: dvw]
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08/02/19 06:52 PM
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I ran there some in the early 80s and they always treated me good but it has changed owners and management a few times since and some of the things I have read don't sound good.
Sorry honey I spent the rent
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Re: I'm glad this isn't my home track, or car.
[Re: dvw]
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08/02/19 06:58 PM
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Why didnt the guy open the hood himself? You spend 80K on a car and just sit there and let it burn....
Yes, the track guy was an ass but owner of car should have done something.
I've had a car catch on fire at the starting line.
I got out, opened the hood, grabbed a fire extinguisher and put it out myself.
PSO headed 632 from MM. Cracked cylinder, loose valve seats, low oil pressure, low cylinder pressure. ..... Now its a door stop....
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Re: I'm glad this isn't my home track, or car.
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08/02/19 07:57 PM
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The car owner was a typical big mouth douch bag. I would have got the tow rig up there and drug that hunk of [censored] off my track it can burn on its own time. Plus, I'd tell the fat bald dude to never come back.
Screw that mouthy punk.
Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston
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Re: I'm glad this isn't my home track, or car.
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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08/02/19 08:30 PM
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I was just watching that on YB , Phucking Demon fuel rails.......If it were me I'd be out of the car with my Fire extinguisher .... Theres nothing wrong with the fuel system if it wasnt messed with There 30+ Demons that have caught fire that will disagree with you....and there is one that was set with a flare, but that "family guy" is a known D-bag. When I bought my Hennessy HPE1000 Demon it was made clear to me that "the Fuel rail issue" would not happen.
1963 Thunderbolt 496FE 10.80 (still a work in progress) 1968 Mustang slow a$$ 428 FE 1971 Boss 351 Mustang 11.20@115mph 1993 Lightning 10.61 @ 129mph 408Ci A3 headed NA 1996 Viper GTS 2001 Lightning 8.99 @ 155MPH 5.4 Mod Motor 2009 Ram 9.65@144MPH 463CI G3 NA 2010 Challenger 9.91 @ 139MPH 408CI G3ci NA 2019 F150 (local dealer's Lightning package) ..11.90s
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Re: I'm glad this isn't my home track, or car.
[Re: Ray408G3Hemi]
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08/02/19 08:43 PM
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I was just watching that on YB , Phucking Demon fuel rails.......If it were me I'd be out of the car with my Fire extinguisher .... Theres nothing wrong with the fuel system if it wasnt messed with There 30+ Demons that have caught fire that will disagree with you....and there is one that was set with a flare, but that "family guy" is a known D-bag. When I bought my Hennessy HPE1000 Demon it was made clear to me that "the Fuel rail issue" would not happen. I never heard of a fuel system recall and I worked in the fuel lab for 35 years
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Re: I'm glad this isn't my home track, or car.
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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08/02/19 09:02 PM
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That fat driver dude was definitely a mommy's boy. How many NORMAL men would stand there and not walk over to raise your own hood. Maybe he wanted his oil checked too. What a WIMP.
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Re: I'm glad this isn't my home track, or car.
[Re: madscientist]
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The car owner was a typical big mouth douch bag. I would have got the tow rig up there and drug that hunk of [censored] off my track it can burn on its own time. Plus, I'd tell the fat bald dude to never come back.
Screw that mouthy punk. That's the impression I got too, and seemed He was too lazy to get out of the car. When someone is giving order at their venue you listen. If you don't like it go somewhere else.
Mo' Farts
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Re: I'm glad this isn't my home track, or car.
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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08/03/19 12:47 AM
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I never heard of a fuel system recall and I worked in the fuel lab for 35 years .... well there was the plastic 3.5 fuel rail (LH) debacle that became a recall. That burned a few down. A few years back we had a few Jeep Wranglers towed in with failed fuel lines at the rail on 3.6 engines, and there’s all sorts of videos etc with them burning. Nothing surprises me anymore with cars....
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