now..if you want to see something that will REALLY make you sick to your stomach....

this is what happens when the throttle sticks on a high performance Olds and the car contacts a tree and a light pole.....

http://www.picturetrail.com/gid3504309

luckily the owner is ok, having to go to the hospital after banging against the rollcage, which probably saved his life.....

oh, and how about THIS for an Olds engine????

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/vie ... id=1390478

Almost brings a tear to my eye seeing that 68 442? like that.

You mean the twin turbo? Isn't that "whats his names" twin turbo set up from ROP finally set up on a car now

oooh, that hurts just to look at. I cant imagine How I'd feel if that was mine.

Not pretty.

I've had the throttle get hung up on my 455 once and it is a very scary situation on the street!

I had both feet on the brake pedal as hard as I could press and the car was still accelerating. I finally just killed the ignition. Got out and had smoke pouring out from under the wheel wells from the brakes.

I can't imagine what it would be like with a car/engine like that.

come to think of it, that happened to me once too. Luckely I was able to kill it before I got going too fast. It was a few years ago in my fathers Suburban, and guess what... it has a 454! whats with the big blocks?

probably just a coincesence though

It's so sad to se such a beautiful car ruined

Well, what actually happened with mine was I was making a few carb and timing adjustments in the driveway and then taking the car out for test runs. I got tired of putting the air cleaner on and then taking it off so I just left it off for the runs.
I had forgot to take the paper air cleaner-to-carb gasket off also and when I did one of my full throttle runs, it came loose and was sucked down into the right rear secondary. It looped itself around the secondary throttle blade and wouldn't let them close at all.

I was lucky I could get it stopped and even luckier that the gasket stayed in once piece and didn't get sucked into the engine.

I just had that happen with my car Friday. But it was just my Gutless '96 Cutlass Supreme. I was on my way to work, and when I got off the highway it wasn't slowing down. Thankfully it stopped fine. I put it in nuetral at one point, and sure enough, it was just like I had my foot on the pedal. Not sure if it needs some lube or what, since it's happened a couple of other times.

So, sad, I cant even imagine what I would do if that were my car.