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MisterSparkle
Jan 16, 2004
banishes dirt to the land of wind and ghosts
EDIT: er..there should be an 'of' somewhere there in the tile.

As a mechanical engineering student I have some sort of weird fetish for catastrophic mechanical failures.





MisterSparkle fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Oct 31, 2009

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FuzzKill
Apr 1, 2005

Snuff the punk.
Ooooo goody


My GTP's original block, was a little too low on coolant and a little too aggressive on timing. First track outing.


Friends car. Small bolt accidentally left in intake during assembly. Ran for about 5 seconds.


Torque! I didn't think those cute little tires had it in them. First track outing in the Corolla.


2000 Catera. Bought with jumped timing belt.


Note to self: Scirocco radiator does not have the cooling capacity for a FI engine of twice the displacement.


Valve dropped in the GTP on the highway. Unsure of exact cause but have a couple theories.

BeastPussy
Jul 15, 2003

im so mumped up lmao
Contraband please post your dad's destroyed engine ITT. Thanks.

CornHolio
May 20, 2001

Toilet Rascal
eh, this is the only personal one I have, an alternator that didn't need all of its bearings.

Sockington
Jul 26, 2003

CornHolio posted:

eh, this is the only personal one I have....

Here's a video of my hub failure in the Focus.

(that was interesting driving it home from work like that)

EDIT: Here's one I found


Huge HP Fiat.








Sockington fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Oct 31, 2009

murphle
Mar 4, 2004


Birfield joint from my old Toyota 4x4. It didn't like the bouncing and the hopping and the 35" tires.

InitialDave
Jun 14, 2007

I Want To Believe.
Remember this one?


Click here for the full 1405x790 image.


That was his transmission.
http://www.easycarblog.com/2009/01/921-hp-jeep-grand-cherokee-srt8-annihilates-its-transmission.html/

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester
Oct 3, 2000
this thread :hellyeah:


big bore ktm 2 stroke dirt bike i bought. there's a hole through the piston on the lower top end there. runs great now though!

ozziegt
Jul 8, 2005

cool under pressure
This thread wouldn't be complete without this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4m41viy4I

Kotaru
Jan 17, 2004

"Serve the Hive.....
Feel the groove.
I control....
the way you move."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5fFh31Ejmk

Crappy music, but you can see the entire piston and rod sail out the side of the engine.
That fiat split open like an egg, jesus.

Edit: Thanks. :)

Kotaru fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Oct 31, 2009

BeastPussy
Jul 15, 2003

im so mumped up lmao

Kotaru posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5fFh31Ejmk

Crappy music, but you can see the entire piston and rod sail out the side of the engine.
That fiat split open like an egg, jesus.

Edit: How do you embed videos now, I missed the memo.
[video] [/ video] tags

toaster_pastry
Apr 30, 2004

against all authority
one of my favorites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8guSoWOafkI

DefaultPeanut
Nov 4, 2006
What's not to like?

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

big bore ktm 2 stroke dirt bike i bought.

440?

How long did that thing sit like that to let the sleeve rust that bad?

I'll put up a few of my own.

01 YZ250 I'm working on. Clean break.

Click here for the full 1095x821 image.


Not mine:

All this poor thing wanted was transfer ports.






YZ250F crank that was not too happy with life:

Click here for the full 1600x1200 image.

Seat Safety Switch
May 27, 2008

MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.

Pillbug
This thread is surprisingly awesome.

Here's the infamous Furze video where you get to see an engine run with no head. Educational!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8gvgISVHak

Vanagoon
Jan 20, 2008


Best Dead Gay Forums
on the whole Internet!
This thread needs a soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyWJCd1GYhw

:rock: Symphony of Destruction! :rock:

Seizure Meat
Jul 23, 2008

by Smythe
goddamn I love this thread

Grayham
Jun 13, 2005

I just blue myself
Sorry for the blurriness. This is from an aviation engine, hence the aviation spark plugs in the background.

fishmech_1.1_RC
Jul 22, 2003

Thought I'd get around to posting these before somebody else did:













EvilDonald
Aug 30, 2002

I'm the urban spaceman, baby.
This is the best I have, it's part of a generator set. That's the radiator on top, and in the middle is a vertically mounted electric motor that drives a five blade fan. The air exhausts out the top of the enclosure. Well, it did until the fan got itself broked.

INCHI DICKARI
Aug 23, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
The video seems to be down right now but here's the link to the clip of me putting my old Paseo out of its misery with a rod knock. Hopefully it comes back soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ftmc2atC0

Lasted like 10 seconds off the rev limiter.





Edit: Boostu















INCHI DICKARI fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Nov 1, 2009

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

ozziegt posted:

This thread wouldn't be complete without this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4m41viy4I

How in the hell does that even happen? Did he not tighten the lug nuts?

INCHI DICKARI
Aug 23, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
I was told they were incorrect lug lengths for the studs and simply weren't long enough, or something to the effect.

Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM9igD3XxaE

Boss 429 grenades its flywheel on a dyno, slicing off the corner of the block, puts a hole in the wall, and destroys the next room.

Details/pics here

Naky
May 30, 2001

Resident Crackhead

Psylocibe posted:

I was told they were incorrect lug lengths for the studs and simply weren't long enough, or something to the effect.

Something like that. Either way, he bought the wrong set.

MisterSparkle
Jan 16, 2004
banishes dirt to the land of wind and ghosts

leica posted:

How in the hell does that even happen? Did he not tighten the lug nuts?

1/2" Lug Nuts on a M12 Stud.

Was able to get them on and tighten them (stripping the thread in the process).

That was result.

Drheat
Feb 20, 2008
My brother drove my '96 Caravan down a street that was flooded with 3 feet of water.

resulted in a bent rod and a busted oxygen sensor.






an awesome video of a more dramatic failure-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcJslNsgM2c&feature=related

a tractor blows off the side of it's block during a tractor pull

Drheat fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Nov 1, 2009

HEHEHE
Mar 16, 2003
Cisco Dungeon Master
Speaking of tractor's losing their engine during a pull, this one does it literally:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCsSVLZ6wCI&feature=related

Grayham
Jun 13, 2005

I just blue myself

Drheat posted:

My brother drove my '96 Caravan down a street that was flooded with 3 feet of water.

resulted in a bent rod and a busted oxygen sensor.






an awesome video of a more dramatic failure-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcJslNsgM2c

a tractor blows off the side of it's block during a tractor pull

Fixed that for you.

We have these handy video tags now that allow YouTube videos to be embedded. I think you have to enable it in your settings though.

code:
[video][/video]

pienipple
Mar 20, 2009

That's wrong!
Maybe it's because I've been watching horror movies instead of sleeping, but all these pictures of mechanical carnage suddenly made me think that the block only exists to keep the more murderous parts of the engine from breaking out and killing us all.

But that's just silly.

MisterSparkle
Jan 16, 2004
banishes dirt to the land of wind and ghosts
I like where this thread is going

Vanagoon
Jan 20, 2008


Best Dead Gay Forums
on the whole Internet!

Psylocibe posted:





I don't mean to be an rear end in a top hat, honestly!, but who was it in that other thread that insisted that the engine block in his/someone he knew's car was bent?

They don't bend, they break. We have to show this guy that thread.

I can -not- remember which thread it was. These photos need to be shown to that person, stat!

edit: for huge post. make smaller.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

HEHEHE posted:

Speaking of tractor's losing their engine during a pull, this one does it literally:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCsSVLZ6wCI&feature=related

That is the most impressive engine failure ever.

Devyl
Mar 27, 2005

It slices!

It dices!

It makes Julienne fries!

Vanagoon posted:

I don't mean to be an rear end in a top hat, honestly!, but who was it in that other thread that insisted that the engine block in his/someone he knew's car was bent?

They don't bend, they break. We have to show this guy that thread.

I can -not- remember which thread it was. These photos need to be shown to that person, stat!

edit: for huge post. make smaller.

also, 289/302's love to split like that under a fair bit of horsepower.

Tossed_Salad_Man
Feb 19, 2002

You Gon' Get Raped.
This thread should be renamed GODDAMN!

Absorbs Smaller Goons
Mar 16, 2006

Vanagoon posted:

I don't mean to be an rear end in a top hat, honestly!, but who was it in that other thread that insisted that the engine block in his/someone he knew's car was bent?

They don't bend, they break. We have to show this guy that thread.

I can -not- remember which thread it was. These photos need to be shown to that person, stat!

edit: for huge post. make smaller.

An engine block can twist when overheated. Combine that with torque and you can easily bend an engine block.

Vanagoon
Jan 20, 2008


Best Dead Gay Forums
on the whole Internet!

Absorbs Smaller Goons posted:

An engine block can twist when overheated. Combine that with torque and you can easily bend an engine block.

OK. In the spirit of this thread, photos please.

InterceptorV8
Mar 9, 2004

Loaded up and trucking.We gonna do what they say cant be done.

Absorbs Smaller Goons posted:

An engine block can twist when overheated. Combine that with torque and you can easily bend an engine block.

Why do you say this?

Kotaru
Jan 17, 2004

"Serve the Hive.....
Feel the groove.
I control....
the way you move."

Absorbs Smaller Goons posted:

An engine block can twist when overheated. Combine that with torque and you can easily bend an engine block.
Source?

IOwnCalculus
Apr 2, 2003





MisterSparkle posted:

EDIT: er..there should be an 'of' somewhere there in the tile.

As a mechanical engineering student I have some sort of weird fetish for catastrophic mechanical failures.



I saw something similar years ago in person, I wish I had photographed it - a VW 5-valve that had a timing failure of some sort, and mashed all of the valves into the head. One of the valve heads had broken off of the stem and embedded itself firmly (at about a 70* angle) in the valve seat.

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InterceptorV8
Mar 9, 2004

Loaded up and trucking.We gonna do what they say cant be done.

Kotaru posted:

Source?

:goatsecx:

Cast metals can be made hard, but not tough. And I am pretty sure they aren't forging blocks now. Hell, a block's heat point is past the burning point of oil.

My guess is mild warpage is what the fellow is talking about.

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