4runner Donating Members 215 Member For: 20y 10m 29d Location: Sydney Posted 04/05/08 08:20 PM Share Posted 04/05/08 08:20 PM BionicXR6T said: Sorry I didnt get the chance to catch up with you Pete.....but I did see you appear to break something..what was it? Hope it wasnt to serious.....Yeah Reg, it was serious. It broke the rod on #2 cylinder and ventilated the crankcase. The first time in over 15 years of racing that I have oiled the track. Lucky for the cleanup crew it was after the finish line and off the racing line. I've pulled the motor out of the frame and lifted the head off. Looks like only minor marks on the head. It snapped the rocker on the exhaust side so will have to check the valves. The cases are trashed along with the crank. 1 piston down but that will mean a new set. Hopefully the g.box and clutch are still OK. It was a pretty good meeting otherwise Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/44987-nitro-champs-wsid/page/2/#findComment-670838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF05T Member 453 Member For: 18y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 04/05/08 09:12 PM Share Posted 04/05/08 09:12 PM What was the quickest Top fuel dragster time? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/44987-nitro-champs-wsid/page/2/#findComment-670840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegSpec Cruise Control 1,417 Member For: 18y 5m 22d Gender: Male Location: Macksville NSW. Posted 04/05/08 11:17 PM Author Share Posted 04/05/08 11:17 PM (edited) senna_T said: Just watching NHRA Qualifying on ESPN, the yanks really have some money behind these teams!Ain't that the truth...at last count....it will cost you around 2-3 million bucks to follow the NHRA trail for a season with just one top fuel car.....multiple teams go up from there Santo had an expensive weekend too.....we had Dobson in the shutdown area with rods hanging out all over the place on one pass and on the next one......a 7 grand billet blower reduced to shrapnel....ouch. ALF05T said: What was the quickest Top fuel dragster time?Martin Stamatis ran 4.57...then came past me in the braking area on three wheels after running 500+ kph at the finish line...man, that looked spectacular..... Actually, we saw a fair bit of action in the deep end over the weekend, dobbo blowing stuff up, Steve read blew the clutch right out of the fueller, Upton's fuel bike on fire, Stevens beached his Harley (twice)....and Stamartis' effort in the final.....kept us busy. Edited 04/05/08 11:29 PM by BionicXR6T Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/44987-nitro-champs-wsid/page/2/#findComment-670855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 4m 12d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 04/05/08 11:31 PM Share Posted 04/05/08 11:31 PM Nice effort from our lads there Reg, I noticed aussie lad Dave Grubnic was high in the Qualifying last night too, good to see the flag being flown (not that he sounds much like an aussie any more!) Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/44987-nitro-champs-wsid/page/2/#findComment-670865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercuryturbo Oh look.... a real car, with no hair dryer Donating Members 1,724 Member For: 18y 10m 9d Gender: Male Location: Fear and Loathing in Callala Bay Posted 05/05/08 12:10 AM Share Posted 05/05/08 12:10 AM ALF05T said: What was the quickest Top fuel dragster time?Saw a 4.57 on Friday night, dunno if it was the quickest. Had to leave before the 3rd round of qualifiying Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/44987-nitro-champs-wsid/page/2/#findComment-670877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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