T66
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 12:21 PM |
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Ruptured Brake Lines Fire - Lotus Excige
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d5d_1274138818
Imagine how badly burnt he would have been ,if not for the nomex and outer suit.
Food for thought
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 12:26 PM |
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That was a very special car that went up .......shame to see the loss of such a car
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flak monkey
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 12:27 PM |
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Yes, in some ways a brake fluid leak is worse than a petrol one.
Petrol if sprayed on a hot surface will just evaporate and not catch fire. Brake fluid will ignite on a hot surface... Assuming no other source of
ignition.
Try it, but not on your car!!
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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adithorp
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 12:29 PM |
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Always worth remembering how flamable brake fluid is. It causes more fires in cars than petrol.
It's worth checking that, if you have a resevoir that pushes into the master cylinder, that there's something to secure it. In an accident
they can pop out and if the splash gets on the manifold it'll ignite. Even a zip tie around it will do the job.
Debris taking out a brake pipe is just bad luck though.
adrian
edit... must type faster.
[Edited on 19/5/10 by adithorp]
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pdm
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 12:39 PM |
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That's not good - you're on fire AND you can't stop...
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vinny1275
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 12:40 PM |
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He showed amazing presence of mind to guide that car, with no brakes, to a stop before he got out. It must have been an interminable wait for that
Exige to roll to a stop with it burning brightly behind him. Hope some of the other drivers bought him a beer after the race....
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BenB
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 01:57 PM |
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Tricky. If he's spanked it against the arnco to stop it he might have jammed the door shut. Perhaps best option = open door, into arnco, leg it.
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hobbsy
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 04:49 PM |
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No doubt it will all be in next month's Evo as Roger Green writes for them. There is probably already some info about it in the recent issues
but I'm about 3 behind at the moment!
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bi22le
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 06:35 PM |
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Lucky he didnt get up much speed.
His thought process must of been some thing like:
What was that noise?
Whats that smell?
Ah cr*p im on fire, thats looks serious, im out of here.
AHHH I cant stop, ill jump.
AGHHHHH the fire is right there!!!
Come on, come on stop damn you. . . . bang (into armco), right play it cool and just roll out. . . . . smooth eh.
Oh yeah that is a big fire, couldn't of been my fault!
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