Mooseman
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Thrust isn't just something you deal with in jet planes and rockets.
And I ask again... So was it in fact that the header was left loose?
Sorry Paul...
He did not run over the header before it lifted off the ground.
Same thing happened to Hight a couple years ago testing. Lifted the car right off the ground. Ray Higley- same thing in Dallas when he rear ended Force in the shut down area.
I think it was Robert Hight's car (could have been T. Ped) and I think he lightly grazed the wall when it tried to go into hovercraft mode.That very thing happened to one of the Force Cars during a test session Testing Titanium Headers once. They never tried that again!
I find it very hard to believe that the exhaust blast has enough pressure to lift that car up on it's side,I would sooner believe it ran over the exhaust header with the rear slick.
Not saying it's impossible, Just saying I doubt it.
When the header broke all that exhaust pressure would have gone straight down and hit the pavement creating thrust so that side of the car wants to launch and the other side of the car is created downwards thrust because the echaust pressure is directed up so it tries to spin the car upside down. A good example of the physics behind it is those fireworks on a disc with 2 fireworks on them and when you light then the entire discs spins around. Who ever said drag racing isn't science haha.
Studs left loose or studs broke or threads stripped or head tubes broke away from the flange..... a number of possibilities.
It did look like that there were a few loose bolts flying around on the slo-mo.