Comments by "Danielle B Cooper" (@daniellebcooper7160) on "American Reacts to Bathurst 1984 - George Fury's Bluebird (Nissan)" video.

  1. They turned the turbo up for qualifying, and kept it cool by sqirting cool water or something that was in the fire extinguisher onto/into the turbo...they were never caught.
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  2. My father worked at Nissan in those days, and he told me that they had some sort of coolant in the fire extinguisher, which they piped onto(or into) the turbo to keep it cool so it wouldent blow it self up during qualifying. As they had turned it up so high.
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  3.  @Vampin775  That was the story told to me back in the 80's, by my father who was a engineer at Nissans clayton factory. The guys there new the race team had cheated, and someone in the team had told them that they had some sort of coolant hidden in the fire extinguisher that sprayed into or onto the turbo. Though it since has been confirmed that it was a cable from the ashtray to the wastegate or something, that allowed for the extra boost.
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  4. I dont think the ashtray was the 'boost Controller'... My father worked at Nissan in those days, and he told me that they had some sort of coolant in the fire extinguisher, which they piped onto(or into) the turbo to keep it cool so it wouldent blow it self up during qualifying. As they had turned it up so high. Obviously this little modification wasnt legal, but they were never caught.
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  5.  @borismcfinnigan3430  Even if Fred Gibson himself denied it, id still believe what the engineers at Nissan said. Why would they make up such a story, especially about their own car?.
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  6.  @borismcfinnigan3430  No, my father didnt make up any stories, he didnt need to. This was told to me almost four decades ago, when most people knew very little about turbos, especially in Australia. (Brock wasnt even racing a turbo when this took place, so it had nothing to do with him). The engineers knew that the race team had cheated in some way to get pole position, and they were told by someone in the team about the fire extinguisher. So why should they believe any different?.
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