How To Remove a Funny Car Body

[wagner]

This guy drove the fuck out of the car before, during, and after his office went 3 Mile Island

:fuckyeah:

 

[iwashmycar]

Wow. Those chutes saved his butt. Looks like they came open when the body tore off?

[Cordell]

The driver :fuckyeah:

 

The cameraman :fuckyeah:

 

The engine builder

 

Can't beleive how well the cameraman caught all that.

[jeffro]

that slow-mo was insane!

[Draco-REX]

Looks cooler without the body. :fuckyeah:

 

Wow. Those chutes saved his butt. Looks like they came open when the body tore off?

 

There's a new device being used in NHRA. If the engine blows, it immediately deploys the chutes and cuts power to the fuel pumps and magnetos. (not that that matters much to one of these engines, but still) There was an article in Racecar Engineering about it. Pretty cool stuff. The big benefit is that it can deploy the chutes even if the initial kaboom knocks the driver out.

[wagner]

That has to be an insane feeling when that motor pops like that. I have been standing on the fence at Norwalk when a motor blows and you feel the heat blast and shock that far away.

 

This dude has the motor sitting a few feet from his kibble and bits when it lets go, and he keeps the car off the wall?

 

Another level of mancard my friends....

[Draco-REX]

Another level of mancard my friends....

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[CRed05]

that slow-mo was insane!

 

There's so much going on in those few milliseconds.

 

Looks cooler without the body. :fuckyeah:

 

I was thinking the same thing.

[wagner]

A funny car without the body is an equally crazy thing known as a fuel altered. Less downforce of the funny car body with the fun of nitro and a short wheel base.

 

[DKilbourne]

That guy did some rather amazing things based on the actual time that had passed. Wow.

[gbracing81]

I can only imagine the adrenaline rush from that. I've never been in anything that fast before but I have gotten loose in my own car when I hit water inside the the 60' before. I ended op in the other lane before the 60' pylon, luckily the car I was racing was leaking in the burn out box other wise I would have nailed him. After I got control I was puttering down the track and I culd feel my whole body shaking. After something like this I bet I wouldn't hardly be able to stand up from the adrenaline.

[Diamonds]

Insert caption from :45 seconds in the video till about :55

 

"Hold on, I got this"

 

:fuckyeah:

 

 

 

EDIT - i like how he also goes full lock left as if it will help!!!!

[Das Borgen]

That has to be an insane feeling when that motor pops like that. I have been standing on the fence at Norwalk when a motor blows and you feel the heat blast and shock that far away.

 

This dude has the motor sitting a few feet from his kibble and bits when it lets go, and he keeps the car off the wall?

 

Another level of mancard my friends....

 

still can't come close to these guys

 

 

[Draco-REX]

Insert caption from :45 seconds in the video till about :55

 

"Hold on, I got this"

 

:fuckyeah:

 

 

 

EDIT - i like how he also goes full lock left as if it will help!!!!

 

Someone needs to make a voiceover for this video using Kimi's "Leave me alone, I know what I am doing.":lolguy:

[gbracing81]

still can't come close to these guys

 

 

 

That's some craziness right there. 200MPH on a road that in Licking county would be 35-45 MPH speed limit.

[Das Borgen]

That's some craziness right there. 200MPH on a road that in Licking county would be 35-45 MPH speed limit.

 

I know..........I can't think of any sport requiring such massive courage to be good at...PERIOD

[gbracing81]

I know..........I can't think of any sport requiring such massive courage to be good at...PERIOD

 

You can't see it from the video but there are huge indentations in the gas tank/seat area for thier solid steel balls.

[mmrmnhrm]

Someone needs to make a voiceover for this video using Kimi's "Leave me alone, I know what I am doing.":lolguy:

 

You know you're a child of the 80's when the phrase "I know what I'm doing" makes you think of

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[Draco-REX]

You know you're a child of the 80's when the phrase "I know what I'm doing" makes you think of

.

 

LOL. I remember that show. Sucks that they canceled it after only one season.

[POS VETT]

"Hold my beer, I got this one".

[SRTurbo04]

crazy its almost liek the headers kept it from rolling over

[rb26deet32]

A funny car without the body is an equally crazy thing known as a fuel altered. Less downforce of the funny car body with the fun of nitro and a short wheel base.

 

 

I read "full altered" three times and every time read full retard lol :lolguy: