SoCal-s130 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Sadly this happened to a buddy of ours today. Was heart broken when I showed up to his house seeing this sit out in the street.... http://www.violentrunning.squidd.org/news/2009/07/goodnight-sleep-tight/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Tim Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue72 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Gaaa! The horror! Such a sad demise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globerunner513 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I got freaked out one night after a little freeway "tuning", I pulled into a gas station and popped the hood to tweak some things and noticed one of the rubber hoses on the fuel rail leaking... Even though it was evaporating well before anything hit the exhaust, it still scared me enough to always keep a fire extinguisher in the car. It's not mounted anywhere convenient yet, but at least I have some peace of mind. Really sucks to hear about that dime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83zxowner Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 well if anything its a good starting point or a "clean slate" to start the build of an awesome 510. it's terrible to see a nice car like that end up a shell. i guess if it was me i would just make it better then it was before regardless. lol its only money right, they just grow it on trees and give it away these days haha. but seriously that sucks man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 random and offtopic - i see wayne t. edwards posted... i know that guy! had a red si, then a honda fit, now an s14. i've met him a few times, does amateur stand up comedy as well. i know him through clubsi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Battery hold downs and boxes are totally overlooked by your average joe. I put a car out that had a battery fire at an autox, the battery box was too big for his new compact little Honda battery and when he went left the battery slid inside the box and the terminal hit the metal strap in the middle which was supposed to be tight on the battery itself, preventing it from moving. I've also seen a battery fall off of the stock shelf in the engine compartment in a Z and hit the block. That was interesting. Guy comes out of a slalom and there was a loud "BOOF" noise and a bunch of smoke out from the engine compartment. I thought he grenaded the engine. Sad to see a 510 die like that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blairjj Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 My first Z (75 280) had the jury-rigged bungee cord battery hold downs. First time I went out and got on it a little bit, it quit. Being young and relatively new to cars, I tried to just restart it... nothing but a bunch of smoke. Next I tried to pop the hood, it suddenly weighed about 30 lbs more. Seems that as it took one of the turns to hard, the bungees slipped and the battery bumped up and the terminals had both hit the hood and spot welded themselves to it. The smoke was a the positive battery cable melting or maybe it was the battery... due to the horror of it all, I think I blocked most of what I saw after realizing what I had done. Glad I can laugh (?) at it all now... I think the car hated me after that... no actually I'm sure she did... Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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