TRE Racing completely distroyed by Fire.

[JoePorting]

TRE Racing was completely destroyed by a fire recently. This is a good time for everyone to review their fire suppression procedures for your shop/garage.


http://www.dragzine.com/news/taylor-las ... ight-fire/

[427dart]

What a shame. Hopefully he can rebuild soon.

[69434]

& my engine was melted to the ground.
Hope all goes well for Taylor, probably be next year for my new engine...

[amc fan]

Wow I hope all his customers have documentation that their parts/engines are there.I know sometimes I drop off things at a shop and paperwork is not immediately generated especiallyl if you are a daily /weekly customer !

[69434]

I made a deposit with my credit card, so that should cover me.

[pamotorman]

I wonder if they were storing gasoline in the building ???

[bullheaded]

Read on Facebook , they were dynoing an engine when the flywheel came apart and cut the fuel lines,starting the fire.

[Tuner]

A dyno should have fire suppression, manually operated and perhaps automatic CO2, and Purple K or Monnex hand extinguishers. Sand for magnesium.

[Lizardracing]

I've seen Flywheel and Flexplate fly apart before.

Are running the fuel lines in that way typical? Why wasn't some sort of shield being used?

[Kevin Johnson]

I've seen Flywheel and Flexplate fly apart before.

Are running the fuel lines in that way typical? Why wasn't some sort of shield being used?

It often passes through my mind that younger performance enthusiasts are more exposed to engines with flywheels/clutches that will survive much higher rpm excursions without a problem. They might not have heard of or experienced this type of explosion.

[Walter R. Malik]

A dyno should have fire suppression, manually operated and perhaps automatic CO2, and Purple K or Monnex hand extinguishers. Sand for magnesium.

Dry powder chemical extinguishers do work with mag but, it becomes a real mess. Not as messy as the fire continuing, though.

[Bill Chase]

Is this the tre racing that does a lot of online sales?

[Kevin Johnson]

Is this the tre racing that does a lot of online sales?

http://www.treracingengines.com/treabout.shtml