Jefferson State Diesel Nationals - May 19th 2012 - Page 13 - Competition Diesel.Com

Kantdrive55 · 05-23-2012, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by RPM Motorsports

From a different view..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSd2...e_gdata_player

Man that is definately a nasty blow up, but wow did that truck travel a long way down the track after things went wrong......just saying...............

Kantdrive55 · 05-23-2012, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Kantdrive55

Man that is definately a nasty blow up, but wow did that truck travel a long way down the track after things went wrong......just saying...............

OK after watching it again, I can understand the not stopping part because of the speed and fire. I apologize for that, but getting it out of the grove even in the shutdown area helps the cleanup. I see it far too often things going wrong and the vehicle running down the center of the track the whole way down leading to hours of clean up. Again I apologize for callin you guys out on this,but instead of deleting my other post I thought I could just use it as a bit of a soap box I guess...

Subman631 · 05-23-2012, 07:11 PM

I agree, but there wasn't anything to clean up on the track, IIRC, all the spill, which was very little was in the return lane and it wasnt' much either. Russ correct me if I'm wrong. Delay was very short, 15-20 minutes max.

Subman631 · 05-23-2012, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by RPM Motorsports

John Esteves, he's local to me. He stays away from the forums.

Doesn he do his own tuning? Didn't look too close, is it a LBZ? Ran and sounded great. NO timing rattle at all.

nikeblunt · 05-23-2012, 07:14 PM

Nope socal diesel does all his stuff

nikeblunt · 05-23-2012, 07:15 PM

And its a 01 what ever that is

Subman631 · 05-23-2012, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by nikeblunt

And its a 01 what ever that is

yes it's the old body style, best chev body style ever IME, just wondered if he had used the LB7 block or something newer.

Marc · 05-23-2012, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Subman631

I agree, but there wasn't anything to clean up on the track, IIRC, all the spill, which was very little was in the return lane and it wasnt' much either. Russ correct me if I'm wrong. Delay was very short, 15-20 minutes max.

Downtime was about 15 minutes and it was all for the fire as far as i know. He oiled down the last 15 yards of the track before the turnoff, way further down the track than u would need to worry about perfect conditions. I know the fire flared back up at least once after it was first extinguished and it may have been more than that. He did nothing imo to lengthen the downtime.

RPM Motorsports · 05-23-2012, 08:41 PM

Correct Ken, oil didnt start coming down until right at the finish (per video), Down time was for the fire on the turnout road, and I don't remember seeing a cleanup vehicle working the track. I felt her loosing power about the 1/8mi., mark and got out of it slowly (you can see the stack raise @ the 1/8). It didn't feel like I lost the motor, more like a boost leak. I've lost many Engines racing circle track. If I thought there was an oil issue, I would have had no trouble drifting her over into the mables. A bunch of the video was edited, you don't get to see me emptying my extinguisher, and about 5gal of dirt on the engine before the crew got there

*Michael* · 05-24-2012, 11:36 AM

I was one of the next trucks in the staging lanes after this, I didn't see them doing any on-track cleanup (although they went out and checked the surface a couple of times), all the activity was on the return road where the guardrails obscured my view of it. I remember the announcer mentioning a couple of times that the fire was flaring back up. Just glad you got it out without more damage! My new race truck has an on-board fire system. I may add one to my gasser as well, I was surprised how light the system is.

RPM Motorsports · 05-24-2012, 01:53 PM

With as much oil as these things have in them, my little 2lb extinguisher didn't stand a chance. The oil saturated the hot pipe wrap and hood insulation. Other then that nothing was damaged. I'll definetly be securing a larger extinguisher in the bed, plus have an on-board system on the Drag Truck.

Sudia247 · 06-12-2012, 12:05 AM

Sum up video of the event:

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

*IdahoRob* · 06-12-2012, 09:18 AM

Sweet video. Track was a little greasy, time 1:00 in the video. Feathering the pedal and still couldn't hook.

05-23-2012, 07:11 PM	#243
Subman631 Name: Subman631 Title: Too Much Time Status: Not Here Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Madras, Oregon, Pahrump NV Member`s Gallery Posts: 4,311	I agree, but there wasn't anything to clean up on the track, IIRC, all the spill, which was very little was in the return lane and it wasnt' much either. Russ correct me if I'm wrong. Delay was very short, 15-20 minutes max. __________________ 2007 LBZ Classic Idaho Rob ATP tuning, MPI twin turbos.

05-23-2012, 07:14 PM	#245
nikeblunt Name: nikeblunt Title: Too Much Time Status: Not Here Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Atwater,CA Member`s Gallery Posts: 380	Nope socal diesel does all his stuff __________________ Gas is for washing parts Cummins all the way

05-23-2012, 07:15 PM	#246
nikeblunt Name: nikeblunt Title: Too Much Time Status: Not Here Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Atwater,CA Member`s Gallery Posts: 380	And its a 01 what ever that is __________________ Gas is for washing parts Cummins all the way

05-23-2012, 08:41 PM	#249
RPM Motorsports Name: RPM Motorsports Title: Just another Duramax! Status: Not Here Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Los Banos,Ca Member`s Gallery Posts: 493	Correct Ken, oil didnt start coming down until right at the finish (per video), Down time was for the fire on the turnout road, and I don't remember seeing a cleanup vehicle working the track. I felt her loosing power about the 1/8mi., mark and got out of it slowly (you can see the stack raise @ the 1/8). It didn't feel like I lost the motor, more like a boost leak. I've lost many Engines racing circle track. If I thought there was an oil issue, I would have had no trouble drifting her over into the mables. A bunch of the video was edited, you don't get to see me emptying my extinguisher, and about 5gal of dirt on the engine before the crew got there __________________ (Russ) 17 L5P CC/SB High Country 4x4 73 Nova RC/NB Dmax, 3460lbs. 70.5 Camaro EC/NB Dmax Tube Chassis Last edited by RPM Motorsports; 05-23-2012 at 08:44 PM.

05-24-2012, 11:36 AM	#250
Michael Name: Michael Title: Comp Diesel Sponsor Status: Not Here Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Happy Valley, OR Member`s Gallery Posts: 3,411	I was one of the next trucks in the staging lanes after this, I didn't see them doing any on-track cleanup (although they went out and checked the surface a couple of times), all the activity was on the return road where the guardrails obscured my view of it. I remember the announcer mentioning a couple of times that the fire was flaring back up. Just glad you got it out without more damage! My new race truck has an on-board fire system. I may add one to my gasser as well, I was surprised how light the system is. __________________ ISSPRO Engineering Manager Under Construction: 1999 Chevy Pro Stock Diesel Pickup LBZ, GT4202R over GT5541R, sponsored by ISSPRO and Chris Alston's Chassisworks 95 F350 CC DRW, Intake, exhaust, chip, injectors, locker, gauges 00 Jetta TDI - tunes, clutch & gauges And a bunch of gassers

05-24-2012, 01:53 PM	#251
RPM Motorsports Name: RPM Motorsports Title: Just another Duramax! Status: Not Here Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Los Banos,Ca Member`s Gallery Posts: 493	With as much oil as these things have in them, my little 2lb extinguisher didn't stand a chance. The oil saturated the hot pipe wrap and hood insulation. Other then that nothing was damaged. I'll definetly be securing a larger extinguisher in the bed, plus have an on-board system on the Drag Truck. __________________ (Russ) 17 L5P CC/SB High Country 4x4 73 Nova RC/NB Dmax, 3460lbs. 70.5 Camaro EC/NB Dmax Tube Chassis

06-12-2012, 09:18 AM	#253
IdahoRob Name: IdahoRob Title: Comp Diesel Sponsor Status: Not Here Join Date: Apr 2006 Member`s Gallery Posts: 2,337	Sweet video. Track was a little greasy, time 1:00 in the video. Feathering the pedal and still couldn't hook. __________________ Adrenaline Truck Performance "Max'd Out" SoCal Engine, Randy's Trans, DDP 9.36@154 MPH SS legal trim. Last edited by IdahoRob; 06-12-2012 at 09:23 AM.