Big chief wreck
11-15-2015, 01:32 PM
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11-30-2015, 03:39 PM
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Both wrecks illustrate how poor quality or probably more accurately poorly installed safety equipment can be dangerous if not lethal.
In Dave's wreck his bottles, seat and belts tore loose. There is video of his car after the wreck and you can plainly see a cold weld joint on the tab. Basically, a weld bead with no penetration to the base metal. My guess is the car was fabbed, and then "someone" came in and probably MIG welded bottle, seat belts, and seat brackets in (all of which failed).
In Chief's case, his car had what appears to be good fab work on the cage, but his seat apparently didn't have enough support area and seat tore loose.
Hopefully these wrecks will help people to understand the importance of proper welding and fabrication techniques before someone is hurt even more critically or looses their life.
In Dave's wreck his bottles, seat and belts tore loose. There is video of his car after the wreck and you can plainly see a cold weld joint on the tab. Basically, a weld bead with no penetration to the base metal. My guess is the car was fabbed, and then "someone" came in and probably MIG welded bottle, seat belts, and seat brackets in (all of which failed).
In Chief's case, his car had what appears to be good fab work on the cage, but his seat apparently didn't have enough support area and seat tore loose.
Hopefully these wrecks will help people to understand the importance of proper welding and fabrication techniques before someone is hurt even more critically or looses their life.
11-30-2015, 04:04 PM
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Both wrecks illustrate how poor quality or probably more accurately poorly installed safety equipment can be dangerous if not lethal.
In Dave's wreck his bottles, seat and belts tore loose. There is video of his car after the wreck and you can plainly see a cold weld joint on the tab. Basically, a weld bead with no penetration to the base metal. My guess is the car was fabbed, and then "someone" came in and probably MIG welded bottle, seat belts, and seat brackets in (all of which failed).
In Chief's case, his car had what appears to be good fab work on the cage, but his seat apparently didn't have enough support area and seat tore loose.
Hopefully these wrecks will help people to understand the importance of proper welding and fabrication techniques before someone is hurt even more critically or looses their life.
In Dave's wreck his bottles, seat and belts tore loose. There is video of his car after the wreck and you can plainly see a cold weld joint on the tab. Basically, a weld bead with no penetration to the base metal. My guess is the car was fabbed, and then "someone" came in and probably MIG welded bottle, seat belts, and seat brackets in (all of which failed).
In Chief's case, his car had what appears to be good fab work on the cage, but his seat apparently didn't have enough support area and seat tore loose.
Hopefully these wrecks will help people to understand the importance of proper welding and fabrication techniques before someone is hurt even more critically or looses their life.
12-01-2015, 05:06 AM
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Glad Chief is OK.
I don't understand why they do it. They will never be able to plant the full potential of their 2,000hp cars on an unprepped street.
Their show is all about how much power they need to pull out to avoid off roading for that specific night
That being said. I want to race farmtruck.
I don't understand why they do it. They will never be able to plant the full potential of their 2,000hp cars on an unprepped street.
Their show is all about how much power they need to pull out to avoid off roading for that specific night
That being said. I want to race farmtruck.
12-02-2015, 07:06 PM
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Both wrecks illustrate how poor quality or probably more accurately poorly installed safety equipment can be dangerous if not lethal.
In Dave's wreck his bottles, seat and belts tore loose. There is video of his car after the wreck and you can plainly see a cold weld joint on the tab. Basically, a weld bead with no penetration to the base metal. My guess is the car was fabbed, and then "someone" came in and probably MIG welded bottle, seat belts, and seat brackets in (all of which failed).
In Chief's case, his car had what appears to be good fab work on the cage, but his seat apparently didn't have enough support area and seat tore loose.
Hopefully these wrecks will help people to understand the importance of proper welding and fabrication techniques before someone is hurt even more critically or looses their life.
In Dave's wreck his bottles, seat and belts tore loose. There is video of his car after the wreck and you can plainly see a cold weld joint on the tab. Basically, a weld bead with no penetration to the base metal. My guess is the car was fabbed, and then "someone" came in and probably MIG welded bottle, seat belts, and seat brackets in (all of which failed).
In Chief's case, his car had what appears to be good fab work on the cage, but his seat apparently didn't have enough support area and seat tore loose.
Hopefully these wrecks will help people to understand the importance of proper welding and fabrication techniques before someone is hurt even more critically or looses their life.
12-03-2015, 03:07 PM
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From the pics lutz posted on fb the seat broke around the back brace. My understanding is it was a thin CF seat with insufficient support car was built with an AL seat, and owner swapped it to CF.
12-03-2015, 08:06 PM
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12-04-2015, 10:11 AM
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I know he was posting on a lot of sites looking for a car. I have seen a picture of a blue pro-mod car with a stretch nose on it that someone said was his new car. Haven't bothered to see if it is true.
