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Before, and after fuel line Carnage of the Viper. - WARNING - *Not for the faint of heart* - BWW

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Old 06-11-2007, 06:09 PM
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Default Before, and after fuel line Carnage of the Viper. - WARNING - *Not for the faint of heart* - BWW

19 pictures in all, starting from begining to the toasty end

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Old 06-11-2007, 06:16 PM
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OMG!
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Hopefully no one got hurt
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soo... what caught fire?
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Default We got out of the car fine.

We were only going about 45-50mph on a "feeder". In about 1000ft we would've hit the freeway on-ramp, and would have been doing about a buck-fiddy or more on the freeway(might've been a different story then).
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Fuel line(fitting) ruptured, sprayed 110 on the manifold. *Pwoof*
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Those GT35R's hit like a freight train on that car, it's a shame it went down like that.
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Default sad to see and hear...

was it just eagerness to drive that your guys missed it, or did it just rupture upon boost application?
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Jeebus! Hopefully he was fully insured. Glad to hear noone got hurt. What a shame.
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Default It's hard to say(or really tell) what happened.

I'd bet it was an overly tightened and fatigued aluminum fitting that just decided to give way.

In pic 17 you can see the fitting in question.


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