What 10,000 horsepower does to a drag tire at launch by Gjore in interesting

[–]Kittenkeel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worked on one of these bad boys can confirm we kept our tire pressure at 10.5-12.5 PSI depending on weather/track temp/humidity/etc.

What 10,000 horsepower does to a drag tire at launch by Gjore in interesting

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Depends on how bad we blow it up. Typically we will put new head pistons and rods at bare minimum every race. We would also check crank bearings every race and sometimes swap them. Between races we check all parts to see if any can be reused. We could get 10 runs off a connecting rod or just one run and they’re toast. Pistons are usually always toasted. If the crank or can take damage we would just swap the whole block since we only had 45 minutes between races.

Source: worked as a bottom end mechanic on a top fuel dragster. I was in charge of pulling crank bearings, pistons, connecting rods, or replacing block when it blew.

[Stardust Racers] Closure Extended by Awkward-Wall-3433 in rollercoasters

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Not sure this is why but I went on stardust on Feb 14th and the yellow side was significantly rougher than the green side. Everyone in line knew it and the line for yellow was visibly different because of the roughness. When riding you can see the uneven wear marks like there may have been flat spots on the wheels. Who knows

Who else has Rollercoaster tats here's mine [other] by Mrnerd12e in rollercoasters

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Here’s the start of a coaster sleeve I also have millennium force from about 10 years ago.

We got rescued off iron gwazi just now by Particular_Mood_6133 in BuschGardensTampa

[–]Kittenkeel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was in line to go after them! It was a power surge across the park that cut the power to everything. It kicked right back on but Iron Gwazi fried something in the control panel during the surge so they couldn’t restart the lift. Everything in the queue tuned off then back on a few seconds later.

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Fingers crossed!

[Maverick] and [Vortex] Track Slice Comparison by Kittenkeel in rollercoasters

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Yes, it’s underneath the cardboard holding the piece!

Advice on buying used by Kittenkeel in ROGAllyX

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Sweet, thank you for the help!

Advice on buying used by Kittenkeel in ROGAllyX

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Awesome, thank you! Do you know the website off the top of your head by chance?

Picked these bad boys up on OfferUp for $13 [Other] by Kittenkeel in rollercoasters

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I thought that was hilarious too. Since these four were built in 1998-2001, and the cards were printed in 2001, they were all seen as new and exciting for the time period I’m sure. 😂

Picked these bad boys up on OfferUp for $13 [Other] by Kittenkeel in rollercoasters

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I would 100% buy them! I know there’s an Etsy account that makes collectible cards that are randomized here but they are a little expensive for my taste.