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Safety Car
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From: East Coast
Burning Brakes
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What goes around-comes around!...
Looks like we're back into funny cars again!
Only with IRS!
Who knows what's possible now!
Made my day!
Roy
Only with IRS!
Who knows what's possible now!
Made my day!
Roy
Melting Slicks
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From: Tx
Originally Posted by 7.0sc SuperVette
Looks like we're back into funny cars again!
Only with IRS!
Who knows what's possible now!
Made my day!
Roy
Only with IRS!
Who knows what's possible now!
Made my day!
Roy
Too bad they stopped the video before all the carnage took place.
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Safety Car
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From: East Coast
Originally Posted by leojnknsC5
Turbos are great if you like to wait around for things to happen-turgo lag in other words.
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Safety Car
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Originally Posted by QuickSilver2002
It looked cool, but he probably did no less that 20k worth of damage to the car with that stunt.
Too bad they stopped the video before all the carnage took place.
Too bad they stopped the video before all the carnage took place.
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Instructor
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From: Silverdale WA
Originally Posted by leojnknsC5
Turbos are great if you like to wait around for things to happen-turgo lag in other words.
I guarantee he had those spooled up well before the launch.
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Safety Car
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Originally Posted by ramfromhell
Yeah, well, if you launched from IDLE you'd have some lag.
I guarantee he had those spooled up well before the launch.
I guarantee he had those spooled up well before the launch.
That's what a transbrake is for , it's a huge benefit to a turbo car .
Burning Brakes
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From: Austin Tx
Originally Posted by STEALTH 99 C5
I don't think there was any damage , the video was recent , and the car is racing this weekend in Florida , but , I have seen cars seriously damaged from pulling the wheels that high .
Actually there was considerable damage, they cracked the hood (12,000) bent the frame inward, and damaged nearly all of the front suspension, including the suspension arms and shock mounting points. The car was pretty messed up after that launch, but they got it back together..
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Safety Car
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Originally Posted by RyanZ06
Actually there was considerable damage, they cracked the hood (12,000) bent the frame inward, and damaged nearly all of the front suspension, including the suspension arms and shock mounting points. The car was pretty messed up after that launch, but they got it back together..
Those Viper guys have big bucks 
, the damage was probably worth it to the owner of the car , just to capture it on video .
