Angie vs Matt 1st Round tomorrow

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Matt's shop rag incident reminded me of a similar incident when I worked at a gas station when I was still going to school. A local kid stopped by with his car and raised the hood to show off the engine to some guys that were hanging out. It didn't have an air cleaner on it and I don't recall what caused this, but he reached down, grabbed the throttle rod and revved the engine, and it stuck WFO.

He jumped away from the car, and out of instinct I threw the shop rag from my pocket at the carb. The rag disappeared immediately and the engine died. I don't recall whether the engine was damaged but he was the kind of kid that probably would have come after me for damages so it apparently didn't.

 

[stitcherbob]

Matt's shop rag incident reminded me of a similar incident ....

It did to me too! Back when I got my start at the first restoration shop in 1987, a fully restored 1958 Olds 98 convertible was getting a repaint under warranty (the clear lacquer yellowed over the lilac paint) and it also had some disassembly going on under the hood. After the car was done the owner opted to drive it back to NYC instead of trailering it. We got a call for the rollback to go and get him off of the middle of the George Washington Bridge upper deck.....seems he had caused a major traffic snarl when he overheated. Back at the shop, they found a shop rag in the upper radiator hose (to keep junk out of the engine while the car was apart....) How the car got that far is anybody's guess.....

 

[stitcherbob]

new NHRA class....Nitro Shop Rag

 

[sdwarf36]

Yea-i'm in the club too. My dragbike had a small tank under the glass body. It had a small opening-so you always spilt some-so I'd throw a rag on top of the cylinder head. At the top of 5th gear on a run-the motor fell over-and sounded real flat. I get back to the pit-sureer than hell theres a 1/2 a rag hanging out of #4 carb! Luckily it got stuck + never made it to the valves. Phew!
A buddy bought the twin to my bike to step up from his street/drag bike. I was tutoring him in the ways of a remote starter-a bike with a slick-etc. "I would suggest just copying everything I do in the beginning-then find out any changes" was my advice. I pull into the pits late at Atco for a test + tune before a national event. I park next to his trailer-and see his guys in the process of re-installing the cylinder head. " You'll never guess what happen-a *&^%$ shop rag got sucked into the engine!" His made it to the valves-with no major damage.
I guess if your going to follow my procedures, you're gonna catch my mistakes too!

 

[stitcherbob]

sometimes a shop rag can be your best friend...

 

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Anybody got a video of it? I missed it on the broadcast.

 

[PiPPi]

Not sure if this works, it's a link to the clip entry in a FB group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/167467520050646/permalink/648696031927790/

About the shut off. There was smoke and it could be that some of the rag caught fire or was close to it.

Picture of the infamous rag?

 

[Ice Bucket]

That's why I don't like him, sponsors don't like it either.

Rick

New sponsor, first race, #1 Qualifier, complete engine rebuild, I would be concerned if his reaction was any different.

 

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Not sure if this works, it's a link to the clip entry in a FB group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/167467520050646/permalink/648696031927790/

About the shut off. There was smoke and it could be that some of the rag caught fire or was close to it.

Picture of the infamous rag?
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That's flippin' hilarious! It looked his bike had a case of the shits!

 

[PiPPi]

That's flippin' hilarious! It looked his bike had a case of the shits!

I shouldn't laugh as I'm part of another PSM team (I'm in that clip ) and it's a mistake that could happen to anyone but I agree. And Matt looking back didn't take anything away from that