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Old 12-08-2014, 05:24 PM   #2931
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If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the cylinder and can explode with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off, or split the block in half.

Momentarily. That's not a lot of time, but on the other hand the dragster's probably gone over 1000 feet in a moment.


@glatt:

Nice one!
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