I dunno if this is a repost, but Nitrous Backfire claims another one (DSM)...

[slowHonduh]

Apparently at the Suby VS DSM showdown in Ohio, this unfortunate DSM had a nitrous back fire which blew off the fuel rail...and so it began...


http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthr...=133835&page=1



Simply horrible. It's almost like watching a family member burn alive.

[john]

Holy shit!

[A//// Guy]

Wow that is bad news. That fire crew sure was quick... Do most big tracks have a water truck or better extinguishers? You would think they would need one.

[Jakey]

Definitely not good. I believe that was the first time the Showdown car had been taken out this year since being finished. I didn't scroll through that entire thread but I believe there is a video of the run/fire floating around somewhere.

[JET]

Yeah, they made the call to the tracks water truck. The driver comes back and says "It is empty!" Doh!! 1/2 of their fire extringuishers didn't work either. It was their season opener and they obviously weren't prepared. There probably wasn't much they could have done though, the water truck might have put it out though.

[clean2g]

I'm never putting nitrous on my car. That's two cars I've seen in the past two weeks with a nitrous back fire. I feel so bad for that guy.

[TheBlizzard]

It wasn't a nitrous backfire that caused the fire just to let everyone know.

CRAIG

[Matt D.]

Straight from the horse's mouth:
http://forums.evolutionm.net/showpos...9&postcount=83

[TheBlizzard]

That was before Showdown the owners of the car looked it over and said that it was something else. And clearly said it was not nitrous back fire that caused the initial fire.

CRAIG

[Shotgun!]

Showdown sound like hacks to me. This is what happens when you take the hack shit too far. Home Depot will get you in the 14s pretty safely but not into the nines.

[TheBlizzard]

I don't know them, but in their defense the kid that did most of the work on the car in only 19 years old. It was a fuel rail problem that caused the fire. I would post the link to the info but your going to have to find it yourself.

CRAIG

[john]

That sounds like a more realistic senario to me vs a nitrous backfire.

[Shotgun!]

but a fuel rail alone won't do much. And they should have had a power off switch for the pump. When the conquest guys go to MPI, they all have atleast one good fire in the staging lanes. Nothing ever comes of it.

[Kracka]

Correct me if I'm wrong, Craig, but David Buschur specifically said the fire came from the rear of the car in his post linked to by Triple-M (Matt D.).

[DSMkel]

Holy CRAP!

[TalonFiero]

Originally Posted by TalonTSiDude

Correct me if I'm wrong, Craig, but David Buschur specifically said the fire came from the rear of the car in his post linked to by Triple-M (Matt D.).

The video shows very clearly that it was a fuel fire from the front and made its way along the bottom of the car/ground in fractions of a second.

It really drives home the fact to not fuck around when it comes to your fuel setup and to carry a WORKING extinguisher in your car.

In Showdowns defense their car looked well put together and not a hack, though I know they were rushed to get the car done for this event. Sad and scary to see a nice DSM go up in flames like that. Good thing the kid got out in time.

Jim

[CVD]

This is a great pic.

[JET]

It was a fuel rail failure. I actually pointed it out after watching the video, they kid just flew out of the car and forgot to turn the fuel pump off. He wouldn't have had nearly as much damage if he would have rememered to turn the fuel pump off. The track official also didn't hit the master switch in back like he should have.

[Bode]

That would suck!!!