Watched this LS Miata 'splode and burn today

"MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig" (MR2_FTW) 05/21/2017 at 00:09 • Filed to: Miata, Hyperfest, VIR, Burnout, LS swap, explode, fire

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That was one of the crazier things I’ve ever seen. Saw it happen from a ways away. Red hot parts blew like 50' in the air. By the time I got up close the car was a fireball.

AestheticsInMotion > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/21/2017 at 00:30

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Nooooooo. Hopefully it wasn’t a situation that could have been prevented with quick use of a small fire extinguisher

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/21/2017 at 00:42

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Holy shit.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/21/2017 at 01:00

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It sounds like shit before it blew.

jimz > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/21/2017 at 01:24

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Wait, you mean running an engine at high power levels with no cooling airflow might blow it up? And LOL at that first extringuisher, he might as well have tried pissing on the fire. What a bunch of jackoffs.

just-a-scratch > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/21/2017 at 01:41

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Was that car running NO2?

I’m assuming the driver got out. I didn’t see it happen in the vid.

DipodomysDeserti > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/21/2017 at 03:11

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“In all seriously is everybody ok?” Says the guy on the PA system.

Why were they driving a car into a freeway divider?

Echo51 > just-a-scratch 05/21/2017 at 03:20

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Flywheel/clutch/something around the back of the engine that was spinning gave up and probably ripped an oil or fuel line

rockingthe2 > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/21/2017 at 10:39

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Was this at hyperfest?

daender > DipodomysDeserti 05/21/2017 at 12:56

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It’s a cheap but damaging way to do a burnout without having to hold the brakes...or having brakes capable of doing line-lock.

DipodomysDeserti > daender 05/21/2017 at 13:20

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You don’t need line lock to do a brake stand. That looked like a very expensive way to do a brake stand.

daender > DipodomysDeserti 05/21/2017 at 13:26

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Well, it’s a Miata, I’m not sure if the stock NA brakes could hold it anyway.

190octane > daender 05/21/2017 at 13:28

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I think in this case the brakes might have been cheaper.

DipodomysDeserti > daender 05/21/2017 at 13:44

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There’s no power to the front so all you have to worry about is the locked wheels being pushed.

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > rockingthe2 05/21/2017 at 17:46

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Yeah, at the burnout contest Saturday night.

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > DipodomysDeserti 05/21/2017 at 17:47

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This car had no front body panels on it anyway.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/21/2017 at 18:10

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Well I suppose this is why you don’t try for what seemed like a 3rd gear burnout with a load of clutch kicks.

rockingthe2 > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 05/21/2017 at 19:29

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I’ve been tempted to make it out to one of those someday, how was it?