Firing off my new Wesmar 360 Sprint Car Engine

After receiving the REAL 360 sprint car engine, it was time to fire it off, and listen to it :) A few neighbors wanted to see what was going on also. :)

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• TJ
• Hartman
• Sprint
• Car
• Wesmar
• 360
• Motor
• Engine
• Start
• Up

[pancho379]

Did you really need the neck brace for that? lol

[dirttrakker]

Yes. My neck is very important to me. :) Anything could have happened while firing off a sprint car, such as the throttle sticking...

[pancho379]

Get a hans if you don't have one already. They're worth every penny.

[dirttrakker]

Oh yes, I have a HANS. Everytime I've been in a sprint car I have a HANS on, and would never get into a car without it.

[thundrbolt1]

Hey TJ have you guys got the car back together after that flip at Elma, what broke anyways?

[dirttrakker]

Yes, we did get it put back together. We even decided to run last week on Sunday night with the ASCS NW region Tour...

The front end and wings were wrecked. The frame had a small crack in it where the front torsion tube rack connects. Easy fix.

Thanks for watching!

[hotshotjosh21]

are you retarded? 1. hans makes different models for all types of racing. 2. wheres the logic of somthing that can protect you at 150 but not at a slower speed? clearly not a racer yourself

[tillman40]

@175myles there is no transmission..there is just an "in/out" lever that engages the driveshaft with the back of the motor

[BigRoy1978]

@175myles its all about weight. they have a magneto, so they dont need power for an ignition system. So, without a starter they dont have to have a bettery, cables, switches...saves a lot!

[175myles]

I know absolutely nothing about sprint cars, but why not use an electric start?

[steve45895us]

@crenshaw502 when we raced 360 sprints about 5yrs ago a top wing was about $700 & front wing about $400

[crenshaw502]

hey just a question but how much are those wings?

[69HemiGTX]

Smart man! I always wore a neck brace, too. My 2¢ says better safe than sorry. In the mid-90s, one of the sprint car drivers at Devil's Bowl in Dallas had his career cut short by a freak accident. The throttle linkage was installed backwards, so when it fired, it was wide open. We didn't have to wear any gear while tuning the cars then, so he was in a t-shirt. He tried to stop, but hit a parked truck very fast. No belts, no helmet, nothing.  He was hurt pretty bad, but luckily survived.

[btman2]

well its a good thing that if the return springs fail the pedal has a place for your foot to life the pedal.... and you would have enough time... unless you panic and don't know what to do...

[lallenboballen]

if you're talking about the throttle sticking then you've obviously never seen these cars go because when the pedal sticks they're so light the fuckin go and you don't really have alot of reaction time to get it off if it decides to hit a tree on the side of the road

[btman2]

in that case you turn it off lol ....