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04-29-2007, 01:17 AM
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944 sp1 engine blow up
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04-29-2007, 07:29 AM
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good example of why you don't hook your thumbs under steering wheel spokes
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04-30-2007, 09:15 AM
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Didn't the car in front of him blow up? looked like the smoke came from up front.
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04-30-2007, 09:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob.wisniewski
Didn't the car in front of him blow up? looked like the smoke came from up front.
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Yeah.
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04-30-2007, 09:24 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob.wisniewski
Didn't the car in front of him blow up? looked like the smoke came from up front.
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Yep. Clear as a bell. The car in front smoked. Might even have been tire lockup and not engine. Hard to tell. But definitely not the camera car.
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04-30-2007, 09:44 AM
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The car in front through a rod through the bottom of the engine.
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04-30-2007, 10:46 AM
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okay was just trying to clarify. the 944 sp1 engine did not, in fact, blow up. =)
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05-02-2007, 10:31 AM
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I've never been taught to let go of the wheel. Why did he just let her go??
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05-02-2007, 10:32 AM
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At 10/10ths
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that is not a good example of proper car control
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