Re: Camaro fire...

[Joe Amo <jkamo@rap.midco.net>]

good job with the situation Keith


nitrous bottle valve was off, right??
likely would have heard a big bang first if that
was it

now you can focus on the Berkley

ahh,  life .............

cant wait to see you at Bonn.,  will be neat one
day to say remember that time when.......

ps.  that was pretty bright having a "spare" car
for Bonneville

Joe :)



Richard Kensicki wrote:

> It's good to hear your still with us to race another day.
> RichK
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
>> I was down in the shop moving stuff around and was going to fire up 
>> the camaro
>> to move it out and up to the trailer.... so I could store it while I 
>> worked on
>> the Berkley....   I'd put the hood back on and jumped in the car... 
>> and went
>> through the normal starting procedure.... cranked till I had oil 
>> pressure and
>> threw the Ignition on.... ran for about 5 seconds and Pooof.... the 
>> car went
>> up in flames....  shut the car down and jumped out.... used the shops 
>> fire
>> extinguisher.... pulled the pins and used 10lb halon system in the 
>> car and
>> then got out the water hose..... took five minutes to get out the raging
>> fire..... to give you an idea of how hot it was it melted a set of 
>> mini blinds
>> 30 feet away....
>>
>> The shop sustained minor soot damage to everything and the front of 
>> the Camaro
>> is gone.... all the wiring.... and rubber.... belt drive.... radiator
>> melted.... both battery's ..... so on and so forth..... it's not 
>> totaled but
>> it doesn't miss it by much.  the windshield burned hot enough to 
>> start the
>> roof paint on fire...
>>
>> Don't know what happened exactly.... the car is exactly like it ran last
>> weekend at Maxton.... hadn't touched a thing... so who knows..... 
>> seems like
>> the fire was coming from under the car.... so maybe float bowl 
>> flooded and
>> went into the headers.....  the fire was REALLY HOT....
>>
>> Not a pretty day at my place... the Berkley was sitting right beside 
>> it but
>> wasn't really damaged other then the soot and dry chemical..... I've 
>> got most
>> of it wiped off....
>>
>> Life is a precious commodity.... this was just a race car.... one I 
>> happened
>> to be in love with.... but just stuff....
>>
>> Keith ( smile... I just got some minor burns on my hands and knee when I
>> snatched the hood off ..... lucky I didn't have it duzed down )

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