This may change the future for dyno competitions.
This may change the future for dyno competitions.
The piston found in the stands had water poured on it and it boiled the water on the piston top.
Might be time for ballistic engine diapers being required for some of those spectator Dyno events.
Doubt it will really happen though, not typically a very health and safety conscious crowd.
I was standing about 50 feet behind the cameraman during this dyno run: No explosion, but the car broke the tiedown straps and came close to running off the dyno ramp. It was pretty thrilling.
I saw a similar incident at Myrtle Beach Bike week years ago. Dyno thrills with a worked Harley. How the guy didn't blow his nards off, was miraculous at best.
Apexcarver said:Might be time for ballistic engine diapers being required for some of those spectator Dyno events.
A decent chain link fence or plexiglass wall would probably provide a significant increase in safety with minimal investment.
That piston could've easily killed someone.
Not sure what sort of safety measures are in place at tractor pulls but The same thing should probably apply here.
Lucky that it's an inline engine, a V engine might have fired some or all of a whole bank's pistons right into the stands, and at a lot flatter trajectory.
While I agree that some safety measures would be nice, its an inherently dangerous thing, not much different than any other form of motorsport. Spectactors should be prepared as such.
Given the number of dyno pulls across the world that occurred in the last 365, how many big pops like this have there been? Isolated incident.
That kind of mega failure seems to be a diesel specific thing. Some of those dyno diesels are running 150-200+ lbs of boost (!).
That was fantastic!
93gsxturbo said:While I agree that some safety measures would be nice, its an inherently dangerous thing, not much different than any other form of motorsport. Spectactors should be prepared as such.
Given the number of dyno pulls across the world that occurred in the last 365, how many big pops like this have there been? Isolated incident.
The difference is that most dyno cells don't have hundreds of people in them. Often they don't even have an operator in the same room. That's how you prepare.
Having performed and seen hundreds of dyno runs, I can't imagine sitting in the stands watching for entertainment. It's basically just noise. It's a little different when you're doing the run and it's a high power FWD car that is trying to escape and run for freedom. That's exciting. But to each their own :)
I feel like a new scene was just added to the movie "Idiocracy."
93gsxturbo said:While I agree that some safety measures would be nice, its an inherently dangerous thing, not much different than any other form of motorsport. Spectactors should be prepared as such.
Given the number of dyno pulls across the world that occurred in the last 365, how many big pops like this have there been? Isolated incident.
That seems to happen at least once a year the last few years. I remember two others recently.
The only issue I see with this is when one of these yahoos, or their surviving relatives sues the hell out of whomever runs it (which will likely go to the insurance, which will not cover any event like this ever again).
They might want to (if they don't) put up some signs about potential dangers if nothing else (won't stop the suing of course).
Note: liking to watch engine blow up or be pushed to an extreme does not make you a yahoo. Suing someone for not making sure you could never be hurt in such an event, even though you were warned, is.
In reply to 93gsxturbo :
Sit down and let me tell you about how lawsuits, insurance companies and lawyers work.
Those three things are even more American than rolling coal in a 5.9 Cummins on the 4th of July.
I'm a bit flabbergasted by the crowd response basically being like how awesome was that Cletus, we almost got killed!
captdownshift (Forum Supporter) said:
I'm a bit flabbergasted by the crowd response basically being like how awesome was that Cletus, we almost got killed!
Remember the crowd reaction when that Vette kart blew up all over the driver, who was burned really badly.... These are the motorsports fans who want to see destruction.
In reply to Keith Tanner :
I can't really fathom seeing that- seeing a truck that is tied down with real constraints running a mere high speed run terrifies me. So loud.
And I'm not sure why that is entertainment. The soot makes it like a burnout competetion, which is fine, but other than that, it's just noise. That smoke and noise can be made with a lot less effort than that. Drag racing that would be more interesting to watch- I'm sure it's quick.
In reply to captdownshift (Forum Supporter) :
People are laughing and cheering and as I watch it I start laughing about the whole situation then I realize this isn't something to laugh about!
I'm just as nuts as all those folks.
Scary thing about diesels, is when they eat themselves alive. Turning it off doesn't work because its eating and burning it's own oil. Reving higher and higher till it pops. That's terrifying.
Appleseed said:Scary thing about diesels, is when they eat themselves alive. Turning it off doesn't work because its eating and burning it's own oil. Reving higher and higher till it pops. That's terrifying.
That has happened at that event too, although I think the engine in this one was actually mostly reusable.
Anyone else disgusted at the amount of soot? Disgusting. Screw you diesel engine.
A leaky carbon seal in a turbo is just more fuel.
Vajingo said:Anyone else disgusted at the amount of soot? Disgusting. Screw you diesel engine.
Naaa. Every Prius owner has a secret fantasy of rolling coal. ;-)
Tk8398 said:That has happened at that event too, although I think the engine in this one was actually mostly reusable.
Note the crowd reaction in that video - half of them run up the bleachers away from the truck, the other half stay where they are and watch.
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