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Old 09-28-2012, 10:16 PM
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TheRabbit
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I figured I'd give you guys an update.

This is a wreck of two friends a couple of weeks ago when we were in PA. Both walked away. I have frame by frame pics and a really good video but this will show you enough and how lucky both were.


THEY BOTH WALKED AWAY. THEY ARE GOOD FRIENDS AND WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT OUT AND SHOOK IT OFF THEY GAVE EACH OTHER A BIG HUG.

The sad part is the white truck was rolled 2 years ago and Sam ( owner/ driver) just finished it 2 weekends before this. He raced the weekend before then this happened. He's probably done with racing for good!



































I started off with some wiring problems and had somebody completely rewire all my nitrous and installed a really nice 3 stage control board. ( I think I already told you guys about that a month or so ago.)

Here is a pic of mine tonight. It's not as bad as it looks. # 4 came apart and a piece of piston got between the piston and valve and bent the intake valve pretty bad. I got # 4, #8 and # 3 piston when it happened. The good news is it is seriously hauling butt now. With all 3 stages on it's a little over 1,000hp of nitrous + the motor. It should be in the 2,200 to 2,300 total hp. I was just at a test and tune when it happened. I was getting ready for our last National race of the year which is next weekend in Bithlo Fl. Needless to say I'll be a spectator.

The one cool part about this is I've had all the machine work done and the first assembly done so it's my baby to rebuild from now on.
I've had it for several years and never been in it until tonight. And yes, I would of been just fine waiting till winter time to freshen it up instead of burning pistons this early. Oh well, that racing and I should be going again as soon as the pistons and 1 valve get here.

Anyway that's the short version and I hope all of you guys are having fun too.







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