Why Nos is not wonderful........

[GotRidOfTheHemiForThis]

http://www.video.csramotorsports.com/video/795e45e7-8bcc-4cbf-aab9-4108d4319850.htm

Ahhhh and the truck was a total loss to.

 

[Django]

Lord'a mercy.................glad he got out......

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[GotRidOfTheHemiForThis]

I post this because i know some guys around here run Nos and all im saying is be careful guys, seriously and make sure all connections are tight as ever.

 

[AWDisuzu]

wow that's justification for having a fire extinguisher handy at all times!

 

[Black1]

DAMN! Anyone have marshmallows? :dontknow:



....... Lord, I apologize for that, right there.....

 

[RedSrt007]

dry shot backfire?

 

[Ram From Hell]

If the backfire is strong enough to knock a fuel line loose, or damage the fuel solenoid, I'd think this would be a likely outcome.

Good argument for an underhood halon system, eh?

 

[mauiSRT/10]

A corvette guy at my local track had his bottle valves open with NOS in the lines in the intake or something............when he started his vette up......BAM, blew the engine, hood, front fenders and a fireball 25 feet into the sky!!! Minor burns for the driver.....scared the shit outta everybody!!!


patrick

 

[Ram From Hell]

A corvette guy at my local track had his bottle valves open with NOS in the lines in the intake or something............when he started his vette up......BAM, blew the engine, hood, front fenders and a fireball 25 feet into the sky!!! Minor burns for the driver.....scared the shit outta everybody!!!
patrick

Uh, no amount of halon woulda helped that guy. Geez!!

 

[NBT]

Good argument for an underhood halon system, eh?

That multipurpose dry chemical is brutal.... Halon is the only way to go.

 

[Silverback]

And that there is a prime example why I would never run nitrous.

 

[Dominick572]

Wow, ok Im officially turned off on the nitrous....

 

[Nowwhat]

I read your guys' posts before I watched the video....I wasn't sure I wanted to see it after what I read...

1) this is why nitrous is for the track only...that is the only time I wear the fireproof jacket...ok sometimes around the house with nothing else on but that is another story..

2) F a fire-extinguisher (under hood system yes) if my truck catches fire...I am a running fool...no way I stand there with some 3lb bottle

 

[FSTJACK]

Uh, no amount of halon woulda helped that guy. Geez!!

When I had the Carb & Fuel Injection shop we had underhood fuel fires occasionally.

I had 7 halon extinguishers in the shop and you could put out a fuel fire like that one from 15' away with a 2-3 second blast.
There was no mess or clean up necessary. Other than soot and burned parts.....
Dry chemical is very corrosive and eats everything it comes in contact with. There is usually more damage from the chemical than the fire, if it is put out quickly.

An on board halon system would have knocked that fire down or out immediatly. That would have minimized the already bad situation. Fire really scares me a lot.

The "Law of Infinite Misery" says if you have it you won't need it, but if you don't have it you will probably need it.

I have onboard halon systems for all my HotRods.

 

[Rice Eater]

Gulp.....

So how much a fire jacket and under hood halon system gonna run me?

 

[mauiSRT/10]

Uh, no amount of halon woulda helped that guy. Geez!!

Yeah its quite a miracle that nobody got hurt!

patrick