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At-Least-It's-An-Evo
08-14-2009, 08:03 AM
I thought the motor poooped out from it. Good thing it was just the intake manifold!
C3L1CA
08-14-2009, 08:33 AM
Yea I'm hoping the head didn't get messed up. There goes my idea that a little more nitrous was safer than a little more boost.

Any body have a cheap 1g throttle body or a q45 tb and a jmf drag mani?
HiImBrian
08-14-2009, 10:20 AM
Brad you and that car never cease to amaze me. That had to be the coolest/scariest thing ever!
Shane@DBPerformance
08-14-2009, 10:35 AM
It was a bit loud when it blew and the car kept running with the manifold like that.
428gt
08-14-2009, 09:56 PM
I should have let you struggle with that line...probably never would have made it back on the dyno. I guess you should blame it on me:biggrin:
john
08-15-2009, 12:29 AM
I have a couple TBs, you will have to look through them and pic as I have several I don't remember what they are off of. I know I still have some on the mani so I guess those would work.
john
08-15-2009, 12:31 AM
Try and have someone reweld it :) Do you mind saying how big of a shot you are running? Activate at too low/high RPM???
C3L1CA
08-15-2009, 02:30 AM
Haha no worries Kenny, I'd rather have it happen on the dyno rather than at the track.

We think it back fired on us because the first half of a pull my piece of crap bottle opener didn't open fully or at all, then I manually opened the bottle and then at maybe 5k it popped.

The throttle body seems all right once I pulled it off and I'm going to have Danny up at DB work his magic on the manifold and the car should be good to go by next weekend.

I was shooting a 125 shot at it which probably wasn't the smartest thing to do. Haha
john
08-15-2009, 07:54 AM
I would think that would be fine. I am throwing nitrous on my car and have read several places not to get the electric bottle openers for that reason. You don't know that they are open nor if they are open fully.

I am not going to get one (bc of above and) for the same reason I don't have tuning electronics in the car anymore. I don't want to be making last minute adjustments which may ruin my motor. May change if I get a wideband though.
john
08-15-2009, 08:02 AM
Vid of nitrous backfire, spraying at too low RPM:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ao8zqgweDo&feature=PlayList&p=FE779E1FDF0BE93B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=28