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That gold BOOYA magna is dead....

chops

By chops,
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Hi guys, was just pointed out to this thread ;)

altho, its the worse day of my life - i think im safe to say "it could of been much worse"

a good point taken into consideration is when a guy from the boostcruising.com forums made this comment - and then it clicked - so maybe guys with turbo timers - have a bit of a think :(

So sorry to see. Terrible shame to happen to such a nice car.

I am interested to know if you turned the ignition off when you got out of the car initially?

its funny, because i did turn the keys off -and put the keys in my pocket (its all i have, and they are my new lucky charm)

BUT - now that i think about it - maybe the fire continued because i have a turbo timer - the engine was still "spose" to be running -which would mean the fuel pumps are still feeding fuel -

this could of been one of the reasons why i couldnt put the fire out - as while im trying to fight it - the pumps are still supplying fuel for it..

i cannot be 110% sure its the reason why i couldnt put the fire out - but it did occure to me only this morning, when doing a "brainstorm" of the "Chain of events"

so it could of well been my turbo timer that was the ultimate cause for my demise - no timer = no ignition, and no power to anything in the car = might of been able to isolate the fire + 30sconds is what its set for, so it would of put 30seconds worth of fuel into the already flaming engine bay - 30seconds worth of 2xbosch 700hp pumps - thats a hell of a lot of fuel

Thanks for the kind words guys ;)

RIP BOOYA

Nightcrawler Grand Master

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that's why everyone needs to make sure their turbo-timer can't activate unless the handbrake is fully on.

Condolances mate - you'll be back better than ever.

Very much time to go the Nissan option - if you spent even a fraction of what you spent on the Magna on an R34, you would easily have it in the 11s.

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Gold BOoya Magna

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that's why everyone needs to make sure their turbo-timer can't activate unless the handbrake is fully on.

Condolances mate - you'll be back better than ever.

Very much time to go the Nissan option - if you spent even a fraction of what you spent on the Magna on an R34, you would easily have it in the 11s.

as much as i love the R34's - and with all respect to you - i wanted something "different" - altho, i will be looking at the nissan camp for my next car for temp purpose, but the magna - was to show the world a "old mans car" can be something - atltho, it isnt much now, it did draw your attention didnt it ;)

Regards,

Ben

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jezzerrr

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Man I feel really sorry for you! I had a magna before the skyline - same deal, i wanted something different tho i only got as far as lowering and 19's.... I have photo's of your car on my computer, one of the nicest put together magnas out there!

My condolances ;)

That woman didn't actually say "you look back on this and laugh" did she? If she did, shedeserves a smack in the head! it's not something you say while someones pride and joy is still burning!

I think i know the reason people put those battery isolator switched in now... I hope it wasn't the turbo timer, but it raises an interesting point... and I hear ya on the handbrake, that's the first thing I would have done too!

I can assure you tho, that if you decide to go the skyline route, you will never look back. I spent quite alot of money on the suspension on the magna, and the skyline is soooo much more dynamically(and in performance) superior out of the box than I could have hoped to make the magna be. To hell with being really different, it costs too much damn money!!! I bought the Skyline for the equivalent of the Magna, and I would have had to spend at the very least 15k on the Magna to even hope to get the enjoyment out of it that I do the skyline. As for being different, the skyline turns plenty enough heads to keep me satisfied :(

I know it seems like i bagged out the Magna here, but i still loved it for what it was ;) it had decent power, could leave commy's behind (much to their disgust) , handled ok, and made people think twice about their preconceptions of magnas. They're given a really bad wrap, and they dont deserve it. I blame mitsu's PR! but that's a story for another day.

hope you get some wheels back soon mate. Make sure you test drive a couple of r32's if you dont have alot of money to spend :)

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MADGT4

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talk about pwned.

No shit!

Your timer comment has got me really worried too.....

I have this other vid on my comp of a guy with what start out as a tiny electrical fire turns into one huge fire! He trys to put it out with a extingusher but still nothing, and shows the whole car burning to nothing!

My worst fear is watching my car burn and not being able to do anything!

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