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ssander9 · 09-01-2003, 04:10 PM

Didn't happen to me, at a street race one night my friends 69 Camaro had a 60 over 350 with nitrous. The nitrous solenoid got stuck open after a race. We heard the engine running at about 5000 rpm when he pulled up and he almost couldn't hold the brakes hard enough to stop it so he shut it off. We shut the bottle off and let it sit for about an hour hoping the nitrous had cleared out of the intake and engine. When he turned the ignition on it blew the intake manifod right off of the engine. Awesome fireball shot out of both sides of the hood and a loud explosion. Destroyed the hood, 850 dp Holley and a new Victor intake. Bent the distributor, too.

09-01-2003, 04:10 PM	#57 (permalink)
ssander9 Amplitude Modulator Location: US	Didn't happen to me, at a street race one night my friends 69 Camaro had a 60 over 350 with nitrous. The nitrous solenoid got stuck open after a race. We heard the engine running at about 5000 rpm when he pulled up and he almost couldn't hold the brakes hard enough to stop it so he shut it off. We shut the bottle off and let it sit for about an hour hoping the nitrous had cleared out of the intake and engine. When he turned the ignition on it blew the intake manifod right off of the engine. Awesome fireball shot out of both sides of the hood and a loud explosion. Destroyed the hood, 850 dp Holley and a new Victor intake. Bent the distributor, too. __________________ I never said you had to.