Today I visited a local tuning show to test my car in an 1/8 mile drag race. As I am not very skilled, my times weren't that good, the best one was 10.09... But it was enough to beat some Honda Civics, Integras and VW GTis. But I really wanted to push it below 10 sec. So there I was, the fourth run - great start, no wheelspin, ideal gearchanges, everything was looking good. But then i noticed a big cloud of smoke coming from my exhaust. I stopped and some dude ran towards my with a fire extinguisher, I told him it's definitely not on fire. The look on his face - disappointment. Later I discovered that the head gasket was blown and the smoke was actually water streaming onto the pistons and evaporating rapidly. A friend of mine towed me back home, what a shame! I'll keep this one brief, because I'm really pissed right now...
Here are some photos:
My car on the start |
And some crazy wheelie in a Fiat 500 |
Totally awesome... shame about your gasket tho, hope it gets fixed soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I hope I can fix it before the snow falls... But the school stuff and everything, we'll see.
ReplyDeleteincredible :D
ReplyDeleteDAMN! bet that was a hell of a day, i would be pissed too. best of luck with your car mate.
ReplyDeleteA blown gasket will change the tone of your day. Good luck with getting it fixed.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with fixing your car mate :) And getting under 10s as well lol.
ReplyDeleteToo bad. :S
ReplyDeleteWicked wheelie!
ReplyDeleteI had a blown gasket on my Nissan a few months back. I don't race or anything like that, but that will definitely screw up some plans.
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