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10-11-2005, 04:37 PM

I have some issues with the 'I don't want to be the first thing at the scene of the accident' school of thinking.

The injury to yourself is not a function of how much metal there is in front of you, but a function of how much energy the metal thats there absorbs (by bending and giving), 400hp engines don't give very much! They simply channel the energy back into the body and frame, in such a case the engine could bend the cab and firewall trapping/breaking bits of you.

10-11-2005, 04:37 PM	#16
Guest Posts: n/a	I have some issues with the 'I don't want to be the first thing at the scene of the accident' school of thinking. The injury to yourself is not a function of how much metal there is in front of you, but a function of how much energy the metal thats there absorbs (by bending and giving), 400hp engines don't give very much! They simply channel the energy back into the body and frame, in such a case the engine could bend the cab and firewall trapping/breaking bits of you.