Spraying At The Hit Video: Nitrous and Traction Equal Death For A Universal Joint and Floor


Spraying At The Hit Video: Nitrous and Traction Equal Death For A Universal Joint and Floor

So there’s something completely awesome about a nitrous guy who brings it all in at once. If you are a nitrous racer, you know what we mean. The fact that your performance is dictated on how quickly you are able to get the spray and the additional fuel into the engine means that depending on track conditions you come at the whole situation with a pretty aggressive outlook. Well, the driver of this Camaro did and frankly it was awesome until it wasn’t for the guy. And that it OK in our book. Why? Guts and glory always impress us. His driveshaft containment? Not as much.

This car leaves with ALL OF IT. The thing swallows the right rear and has the front end hiked when the rear universal decides that enough is enough and bails out on the job. The whole thing kind of looks tame enough but when the shot goes to the inside of the car you can see where parts penetrated the sheet-metal floor with ease.

This seems like a fairly comical situation with no one being hurt and all but we know people who have had their limbs mangled by a driveshaft. Running a solid loop and not something that keeps the shaft off the ground but sends it into the driver’s area is the better bet. Just take the extra time and make sure your driveshaft is not going to maim or kill you. It’s happened before and this guy could have been really hurt if the speeds and shaft speeds were higher.

Lesson learned, right?

Press play below to see some good ol’ nitrous driveline destruction –


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6 thoughts on “Spraying At The Hit Video: Nitrous and Traction Equal Death For A Universal Joint and Floor

  1. Chuck

    CLICKBAIT!!!!!!
    Really? Are we watching the same Video?
    “Swallows the right rear and has the front end hiked when the rear universal decides…..” BLAH….BLAH….BLAH. You JUST have to give it the ‘ol fake news announcer spin, didn’t you.
    Here’s what I see….What really happened to a Camaro with a twelve bolt rear-end with ladder bars.
    First: Note that after the carnage, as the car rolls to a stop it sits with aa significant list to the passenger side.
    Second: As the camera zooms in behind the car, we notice an unusual angle on the rear cover.
    Third: When the camera pans to the interior of the car, we see the pinion yoke protruding through the floor at an upward angle.
    Conclusion: Twelve bolt with ladder bars+ backyard chassis shop= Housing centersection broken loose from housing tubes which have ladder bars welded to them. Loose, or broken, housing rotates pinion up until rear universal joint angle causes failure. No drivetrain parts can withstand this amount of abuse…..None.
    So a little less of the announcer hyperbole would be nice. And leave the clickbait to TMZ. OKAY?

  2. Chuck

    This is why it’s tough to race these local tracks today. You have to put your life in the hands of someone who’s car is built with bubble gum and JB Weld.
    Or “racers” like that “Cleetus” idiot from Florida who would crash YOU in his quest to be a “video star”.

  3. ratty

    maybe I’m seeing this wrong, but it looked like this guy was on oxygen therapy, he had what looked like typical oxygen nasal prong tubes on his face… oxygen bottle in a race car??? that would be insanely dangerous in itself, imagine if he had a fire… Though maybe he used an oxygen concentrator instead of a bottle, don’t think there’s any fire risk with those.. I can only hope the latter.

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