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Old 06-19-08, 08:34 PM
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Noel, who doesn't post here often asked me to throw these pics up as well as the story of his SC300.

While taking a drive out of no where the car start flaming from underneath near the rear of the engine. After they pulled over there was nothing else they could do but watch the flames finish off the car. They both got out safely.

He was saying the fire started from the rear of the engine. We weren't able to pull the motor to investigate and see what really happened since we had no where to store the car and the engine lift wasn't around.

The car was just FRESH out of the paint shop with a brand new paint job ready for the big northeast meet this sunday.

The interior was completely toast. We managed to salvage a few pieces of the motor, fenders, bumper, emblems, suspension and wheels.

The good news is he picked up another black SC300 just today from the man gazi! So he's ready to rock once again.

If you guys have any theories as to what may have happened feel free to post up.









Old 06-19-08, 08:37 PM
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Man sorry to hear. At least he still has faith in the SC as he picked up another one.
My guess is something with the starter?
Old 06-19-08, 08:49 PM
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damn man sorry about the loss, could fluids has been leaking on the exhaust ? just a theory. good luck with the new one.
Old 06-19-08, 09:03 PM
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That is absolutely nuts.
Old 06-19-08, 09:08 PM
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that scares me....
Old 06-19-08, 09:24 PM
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Sorry to hear about the car - did he just happen to catch fire in front of Todd's?
Old 06-19-08, 09:28 PM
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Nah, he caught fire around york college. We towed the car back to where todd lives since the area is pretty quiet and the cops wouldn't hassle us. We didn't have anywhere else to store it since everyone's driveway was full.
Old 06-19-08, 09:40 PM
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dam man... n we still dont know what caused the fire... =/ could happen to any of us...

good thing everyone is ok.. to bad another one bites the dust =[
Old 06-19-08, 09:49 PM
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OMG what happened? Good to see you guys are ok. I wish I could say the same for your car. Things like this make me want to carry a fire extinguisher in the trunk. Just in case. You say it started from the rear of the motor? Maybe something around the heater core area? Hmm..
Old 06-19-08, 09:58 PM
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oh what the hibbbie.... that is pretty scary... not knowing the cause of it, i hope this doesnt happen to my car.
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Yep, you'd never imagine something like that happening out of the blue on a STOCK car! Already ordered my fire extinguisher...
Old 06-19-08, 10:04 PM
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hey guys this was the car before the fire so you could get a sense of what happened....
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Old 06-19-08, 10:15 PM
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Man.. Sorry to see what happened. Glad that you are alright.
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leaking fuel line? possibly by the fuel filter?
Old 06-19-08, 11:03 PM
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Is the car like 2 ft tall or is he 9'3"?

Rear of the engine would be a fuel line. Nothing else would grenade like that. Sucks, but glad he got another.


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