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Video Bonanza: Big Carnage from Stuck Throttles
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Here's a couple of links to another stuck throttle top fuel crash from last year. My pal Smax Smith!!! during & after.
Smax Smith driving the Leverich Racing Top Fuel Dragster. The throttle sticks wide open during the first round of the 2009 IHRA World Finals in Rockingham.
smaxs interview after the throttle hung open and the car ran open throttle for 9.5 seconds before blowing up and he finally got it to come to a safe stop at ...
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I watched all of those except that last one. It's still gives me the willys. And, it's probably why I think my lifters are collapsed. That 6000+ rev was with solid roller springs on my hydro lifters.BS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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Scott, you and me had the exact same verbal reaction. I had the throttle stick on my '99 Blazer while coming back to Fort Hood from Colorado. As soon as I realized what was happening I steered the truck into a bean field and killed the engine. Scared the shit out of me.Editor-at-Large at...well, here, of course!
"Remy-Z, you've outdone yourself again, I thought a Mirada was the icing on the cake of rodding, but this Imperial is the spread of little 99-cent candy letters spelling out "EAT ME" on top of that cake."
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Originally posted by IRONHEADOriginally posted by RebeldryverOriginally posted by IRONHEADrev limiter is your friend,ScottBS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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Originally posted by RebeldryverOriginally posted by IRONHEADOriginally posted by RebeldryverOriginally posted by IRONHEADrev limiter is your friend,Scott
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Originally posted by Falcon67Originally posted by RebeldryverOriginally posted by IRONHEADOriginally posted by RebeldryverOriginally posted by IRONHEADrev limiter is your friend,Scott
On top of this, I did a chassis dyno day and it ran 18 times to redline. It was months later that I discovered the springs were wrong. I'm looking to get Comp's new short travel lifters.BS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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