The Clash

[aunty dive]

Assembly / preparation error at the shop. Exhaust gases exit the cylinder heads at approx. 1200 degrees F.

I hope the countless knee-jerk injuries suffered yesterday aren’t too serious.

 

[aunty dive]

 

[StandOnIt]

I thought it was a pretty strange fire. Nascar had taken the bottom out of the boxes the pipes were in for this race. It make sense the fire was before the boxes with raw flames shooting out of the leak. Oil from the asphalt, rubber flakes and fire from the headers = roasted car.

 

[KTMLew01]

And for anyone that wonders, the orange ring is made of copper/brass. Say take a 1/4" wide strip of thin copper sheet. "fold" it into a tube say foot long. Now roll that tube into a circle that's whatever size the flange is. When the two flanges are squeezed together by the vee-band clamp that "o-ring of sorts" gets compressed sealing the flanges. Theoretically. The copper o-ring is an addition to the normal v-band clamp.

 

[KTMLew01]

Again, the ones I've inserted are WITHOUT the copper ring added. That ring should allow a bit more misalignment. Appreantly not enogh in this circumstance.

 

[KTMLew01]

Gasket, Crush Ring Seal, V-band Entry, 76mm OD, Garrett GT30 /GTX30, GT35/ GTX35

Product Description Gasket with crush ring seal for Garrett v-band entry (manifold side flange) on GT30/GTX30, GT35/GTX35 v-band turbine housing with a 76mm OD (outer diameter) flange. Used to seal up distorted, over heated, or warped surfaces from excessive welding heat.

www.exoticspeed.com

 

[KTMLew01]

Copper gasket V Band Assembly, Stainless Steel, Quick disconnect Clamp

Same high quality as my Stainless Steel assemblies but with replaceable copper gasket. Gasket should be annealed before installation or retightened after a few heat cycles. sold as an assembly (2, flanges, one copper gasket and one clamp).

monkeyfabgarage.com

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[aunty dive]

Tire debris gets around exhaust.

This car is a total catastrophe.

How’s your knee?

 

[KTMLew01]

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[aunty dive]

I’m thinking Bowman and Busch will be up at the front near the end.

 

[KTMLew01]

How’s your knee?

Ain't gonna change my mind. Car is junk. Gonna get somebody burned bad before season is over. Not from the exhaust. From the stupid fuel cell location. Australian Supercar has the solution. But Nascar is being Sergeant Shultz.

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[aunty dive]

Ain't gonna change my mind. Car is junk. Gonna get somebody burned bad before season is over. Not from the exhaust. From the stupid fuel cell location. Australian Supercar has the solution. But Nascar is being Sergeant Shultz.

I wouldn’t dream of trying to change what you laughingly refer to as your mind.

The fact remains that yesterday, you arrived at a conclusion regarding the cause of the fire in the complete absence of a single, solitary fact.

The location of the fuel cell hasn’t changed in decades.

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[DewChaser988]

One benefit about that Animal Control sitcom is that we will finally see a fox on Fox

 

[jws926]

Tony is looking more like mafia mob boss as time goes by.

 

[DewChaser988]

New NASCAR Game Show idea:

Whack-A-Ty Gibbs

Come on, we all know he's going to get into at least one fight this year, given his antics in the Xfinity Series last year

 

[wi_racefan]

New NASCAR Game Show idea:

Whack-A-Ty Gibbs

Come on, we all know he's going to get into at least one fight this year, given his antics in the Xfinity Series last year

I'm definitely not a Ty fan but I have to imagine there was a very large effort on his end during the off-season to work toward changing that reputation

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[LARRY]

The fix.

 

[Biggreen695]

I'm definitely not a Ty fan but I have to imagine there was a very large effort on his end during the off-season to work toward changing that reputation

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He gets a mudhole stomped in his ass by week 10, me thinks.


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[Biggreen695]

@TexasRaceLady do we get a race thread for the heat races?


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[donthaveanickname]

Let's go racing!!!

 

[StandOnIt]

1st heat. Top 5 transfer

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Go 6, 19, 9 and 5 !!

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Noah getting an early jump on ROTY.

 

[wi_racefan]

Man I haven't seen anything from the RFK cars so far

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[donthaveanickname]

Solid heat race to kick off the evening.

 

[StandOnIt]

Heat 1 transfers

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

RFK is still terrible at the Coliseum good to know

 

[StandOnIt]

That 10 car was hooked up.

 

[StandOnIt]

Heat 2 should be a good one

 

[donthaveanickname]

Dillon trying to wreck KDB already

 

[AndyMarquisLive]

Fox lives on boards.

 

[REBS31]

Getting lapped in a Clash heat race lol

 

[TexasRaceLady]

@TexasRaceLady do we get a race thread for the heat races?


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Sorry about that. Just got home from an afternoon with family and friends.
There WILL be a thread for the Clash.

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

That 19 looked good yesterday in practice, and looks good today

 

[FLRacingFan]

The Truex/Busch battle for the lead was the best racing yet at this place.