Since we grenaded several engines without the help of nitrous, would you
also ban Prepared cars? :) Most were 'high holes' and didn't clutter up the
course.
--Pat K
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>From: Alan Dahl <adahl@eskimo.com>
>To: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
>Cc: autox mailing list <autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Safety Belt
>Date: Sun, Feb 24, 2002, 12:36 AM
>
>On Sunday, February 24, 2002, at 12:25 AM, Mark J. Andy wrote:
>> I'm not sure I understand why this is a safety issue at all... Why is
>> using nitrous on an autox course dangerous? Doubling the horsepower?
>> What about prepared cars or turbo cars or any number of other cars that
>> have _way_ more horsepower than stock?
>>
>> I can understand a classing issue, but the safety one doesn't make sense
>> to me. People do stupid things with gasoline too, but we don't ban
>> that...
>
>We had someone with a Honda re-connect his nitrous after tech and on his
>first run he grenaded his motor so bad you could see all sorts of
>internal engine parts. Needless to say the event had to come to a halt
>as we removed the car from the course, cleaned up the spilled oil, etc.
>So besides the safety issues of having to deal with whether a nitrous
>system is properly installed there is also the cleanup aspect should the
>motor let go. IMHO nitrous and autox don't mix.
>
>- Alan Dahl
>
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