Jim Horton Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 To the owner of the Corvette which apparently experienced an engine explosion at Road Atlanta during the last HPDE 1& 2 on 12/5/2010; I captured it from behind on video. Would you like a copy? If so, please email me at [email protected]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperkins Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Not for public viewing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoahstu Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Not for public viewing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brkntrxn Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Yeah, the public (ie us Vette owners) want to see it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renesisfury Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Yeah, the public (ie us Vette owners) want to see it!!! I don't know, I don't think I would want video of my engine grenading for public dissemination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drivinhardz06 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 anything that goes on out on a track is pretty much "public consumption" if it was mine, I'd want to enjoy the film reel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brkntrxn Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Yeah, the public (ie us Vette owners) want to see it!!! I don't know, I don't think I would want video of my engine grenading for public dissemination. An engine blowing is no big deal, in my opinion. It would be different if it was an at-fault wreck or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperkins Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 An engine blowing is no big deal, in my opinion. It would be different if it was an at-fault wreck or something. Yeah so pony it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbrew8991 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 email it to me ( [email protected] ) - I'll take care of hosting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awdracer Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Only half the cylinders but ALL of the fun. Look closely at the smoking bits exiting under the car. Crazy stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPutnam Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 An engine blowing is no big deal, in my opinion... From a man who is an expert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Horton Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 There are two reasons I have not posted it for public viewing yet: 1) in case the owner would not wish it and 2) because I haven't figured out how to extract out just this section using !@#$%! Microsoft software, as this is an MOV file. I have signed up a Mac owner to do it for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperkins Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 because I haven't figured out how to extract out just this section using !@#$%! Microsoft software, as this is an MOV file. I have signed up a Mac owner to do it for me Been there done that. Easiest thing to do is download software like AVS video converter. It will convert it from MOV to AVI or WMV. Then you can edit it easily with Microsoft Movie Maker. It's not that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drivinhardz06 Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Easiest thing to do is buy a mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Horton Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 The video clip is done, but it is still quite large, at 14+ megs. Anyone here set-up to host that I could provide this to? And did I happen to mention that the oil fire lasts from the time it takes the car to go from the left side of the track at turn 8 all the way to the inside of the track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbrew8991 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Youtube didn't like the file extension, but Vimeo is taking it fine... it's in process as we speak edit: here you go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Moments Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Yea, it go boom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbrew8991 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 yeah that was definitely a big boom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drivinhardz06 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 if it was stock, and you're doing all the labor yourself, that was a ~$12k fire (not including any flame/fire damage) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbrew8991 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 aaaaaaannnnddd that's why I track an old Toyota That'd be maybe a $500 tops explosion for me... and sometimes you can find people giving these engines away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebit Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 I was working T7 that weekend. I have to say that Matt and his guys did an awesome job handling this situation. People getting paid to do this sort of thing could not have done any better. Radio talk was to the point and calm. The track was red flagged and EMS dispatched immeadiatly. Good job guys! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Horton Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 I was working T7 that weekend. I have to say that Matt and his guys did an awesome job handling this situation. People getting paid to do this sort of thing could not have done any better. Radio talk was to the point and calm. The track was red flagged and EMS dispatched immeadiatly. Good job guys! John I didn't hear anything in the pits as to what was the outcome of this. How was the driver, what were the results? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brkntrxn Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Wow! Much more spectacular than any of the engines I have blown. I hope the driver and any passengers are ok. For some reason, as that happened I heard in my head the part of the "Flat Out" video where the guy says he did not let the other guy pass because he was unsafe and would explode in a ball of fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Moments Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 I was working T7 that weekend. I have to say that Matt and his guys did an awesome job handling this situation. People getting paid to do this sort of thing could not have done any better. Radio talk was to the point and calm. The track was red flagged and EMS dispatched immeadiatly. Good job guys! John I didn't hear anything in the pits as to what was the outcome of this. How was the driver, what were the results? The driver was fine. I s/w him briefly as he came back in to the pits. As for the vehicle IDK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra4B Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 You guys sure the engine blew? I have heard of multiple C6Zs catching fire in the rear. One was local to me. If I remember correctly his aftermarket catback came loose and hit a brake line and broke the line, then the brake fluid caught fire; this was on track (VIR I think). Another was on Corvetteforum where a member's dry-sump line came loose after a LT header install and it cooked the car completely. Since the C6Z has trans/diff coolers factory that utilize coolers up front in the radiator cavity or enclosed in the radiator I'll bet one of those lines came loose and the fluid hit the hot exhaust and burst into flames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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