Meme Thread... no politics

In reply to RichardNZ :

Bolt ons. Lots of bolt ons. Probably the Chevelle, too.

In reply to Appleseed :

Not sure if a flat 4 would launch a piston to a ceiling, but...

I guess I'd like to see it from behind a thick wall of glass.

In reply to preach :

Variation on the images of the window AC mounted on a vehicle.

Appleseed said:

In reply to RichardNZ :

Bolt ons. Lots of bolt ons. Probably the Chevelle, too.

Ummm, what kind of dyno are you using when a Subaru engine launches a piston into the ceiling?

Meme unrelated:

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

Duke said:

I don't feel like making a meme, but someone needs to do Westinghouse. Nuclear power plants, hair dryers, reefer trucks, locomotives, jet engines, elevators, high interest high risk loans and broadcast TV/radio. Oh, and basically the AC power grid.

Wally (Forum Supporter) said:

Missing the gas turbines and something to represent GE finance, and healthcare.  

Appleseed said:

In reply to RichardNZ :

Bolt ons. Lots of bolt ons. Probably the Chevelle, too.

Built, bought, whatever. Right? 

ReqMeme

I laughed waaaay too hard at this

In reply to RealMiniNoMore (Forum Supporter) :

Saw a space shuttle meme on a "they're lying to us" Facebook page.

Something about massive heat on re-entry vs no heat on launch means the space program is fake.

These people are allowed to vote...

In reply to ShawnG :

Which explains a lot of our elected officials.  
It's apolitical!  No idiots were named in the making of this joke! 😁

unrelated meme

Appleseed said:

In reply to preach :

I was visiting my parents, and I guess my cousin went out and bought a new WRX, did something to it (I'm guessing a canned tune) and reduced the pistons to aluminum pebbles, and it now has no warranty. So it's sitting in his driveway, with a blown-up engine that he can't afford to replace, while he's making $1000 a month payments (Either he's doing three-year financing, or he rolled a couple cars into this one). 

preach said:

In reply to Appleseed :

Not sure if a flat 4 would launch a piston to a ceiling, but...

I guess I'd like to see it from behind a thick wall of glass.

Crankshafts are counterweights and beams, connecting rods are slings.

What's more likely, blowing a piston out through an actual cylinder head, which would be a product of RPM and not boost, or blowing a fragile flimsy cylinder wall out and making like David vs. Goliath?

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Considering that 99.999% of the piston's momentum is linear, along the vector of the stroke, i would assume it's far more likely for the piston to exit via the head when something gives up badly enough to untether it from the crankshaft.

On an inline engine the rods/pistons come out the front/back of the motor. On a flat engine they fly out up or down. Little cam make it through the cyl head from what I have seen unless the block splits in half. 

In reply to Paul_VR6 (Forum Supporter) :

Front/back referring to the car's viewpoint with a transverse engine, I assume. I'd say they go out the sides of the engine, even if it's mounted sideways in the car :)

Keith Tanner said:

In reply to Paul_VR6 (Forum Supporter) :

Front/back referring to the car's viewpoint with a transverse engine, I assume. I'd say they go out the sides of the engine, even if it's mounted sideways in the car :)

Yea depends which way the crank is, I usually deal with fwd cars w transverse mounted engines. Longitudual ones would go to the sides. Unless you have had to clean internals out of the dyno before you were allowed to use it again, stop speculating 😅 ps i cant get spellcheck to work sorry

I figure the flywheel is at the back of the engine, no matter how it's installed in the car. So the engine in my Vanagon has the back at the front.

I have never blown up an engine on the dyno. I've never blown one up where parts got out, actually. All the carnage stayed inside.