Well of course it wouldn't Skip, but neither would a standard firewall. Can
you imagine what the scenario would look like with bottles mounted on top of
a 10 gal fuel cell with 118 octane race fuel on board. That guy never should
have had a 3000lb. valve on his tank.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Higginbotham Land Speed Racing" <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
To: "Tom Neimeyer" <3cbxs@ev1.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: Pics from Nitrous Express Explosion
> Thanks Tom....it really supports Dave's comments. Now I have a
> question......how does a "box" contain all that unless it is about an inch
> thick and steel?
> Skip (Where can I put bottles so the driver will be safe? In the next
county?)
>
>
>
> At 10:50 PM 1/24/01 , you wrote:
> >This was sent out on the Landspeed list about 18 months ago. For those
that
> >did not see it, it is ...interesting. It is a NOS bottle that exploded
in
> >the trunk of a car inside a garage. With all the talk about NOS, I
thought
> >it might be a good reminder of what can happen when things go wrong.
> >
> >Regards, Tom
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