Wear your safety gear!
#1
Rennlist Hoonigan
which cost no drachmas
Lifetime Rennlist
Member
Rennlist
Site Sponsor
which cost no drachmas
Lifetime Rennlist
Member
Rennlist
Site Sponsor
Thread Starter
Wear your safety gear!
We had a tough weekend at Road America. An injector rail bracket broke, let the injector come out of the port, and we had a nice little engine fire. Notice the flame pop into the cabin (the firewall in completely sealed!) and how visibility was a big ZERO even at a high rate of speed.
If you have gear, wear it. If you don't, get it and wear it!
If you have gear, wear it. If you don't, get it and wear it!
Facebook Post
#3
Rennlist Hoonigan
which cost no drachmas
Lifetime Rennlist
Member
Rennlist
Site Sponsor
which cost no drachmas
Lifetime Rennlist
Member
Rennlist
Site Sponsor
Thread Starter
The only things hurt were a lot of plastic, some wiring, and the owners wallet. He took a big breath as soon as he saw the smoke and didn't even breath any in. The crew at Road America is top notch and were actually in pursuit of him before the car stopped rolling!
#4
WRONGLY ACCUSED!
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Connecticut Valley Region
Posts: 14,449
Received 3,242 Likes
on
1,576 Posts
That is some scary video but thanks for posting as it is a lesson everyone should heed!
Was this a race or DE?
Was this a race or DE?
#6
Drifting
I can vouch for that ...
Seal blew out on the oil filter on the first lap of the race , going downhill into turn 4 at Tremblant , i couldn't see a thing except for the flames
coming through the floor and firewall !
My big *** Spa Sense fire bottle saved my car from burning to the ground as i have a nozzle pointed right at the filter and another at the fuel rail ...
The flames bubbled the paint on the passenger side rocker panel !
Seal blew out on the oil filter on the first lap of the race , going downhill into turn 4 at Tremblant , i couldn't see a thing except for the flames
coming through the floor and firewall !
My big *** Spa Sense fire bottle saved my car from burning to the ground as i have a nozzle pointed right at the filter and another at the fuel rail ...
The flames bubbled the paint on the passenger side rocker panel !
Trending Topics
#9
Rennlist Member
Phil, check your balance shafts. If they are mis timed, they will spit off oil filters and seals. Maybe just a coincidence, but it happened more than once to me before my engine builder figured out the markings correctly.
#10
Glad you were not hurt!
With an incident like this, do you just pull over as fast as you can and get out of the car hoping everyone else stopped/is going to avoid you? With zero visibility it would be very scary....
With an incident like this, do you just pull over as fast as you can and get out of the car hoping everyone else stopped/is going to avoid you? With zero visibility it would be very scary....
#12
Banned
#13
Rennlist Hoonigan
which cost no drachmas
Lifetime Rennlist
Member
Rennlist
Site Sponsor
which cost no drachmas
Lifetime Rennlist
Member
Rennlist
Site Sponsor
Thread Starter
Big breath, aim for somewhere safe, and get it stopped asap. Then steering wheel, harness, window net, and out.
#14
Drifting
It was a faulty OPRV that pegged the oil pressure to 80 psi ... which blew out the seal.
Now for my balance shaft adventure , that is something else , blew the LH side cover right off and twisted the shaft and it locked up the engine
last Fall at the same corner in a race going 94 mph as per my data.Did two 360's on the track before doing another in the grass !
New belts all around before the season, i suspect the balance shaft bearing let go ... belts were properly indexed
Last edited by wildcat077; 08-28-2018 at 02:36 PM.