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Kotaru posted:Source? You just have to keep stress/strain in the plastic region. A ME could elaborate on how hilariously improbable that is, but there you go.
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I've pulled apart a couple of old inline sixes that were bent. Generally, the front of the block sags down in front of the engine mounts. It's not really noticeable until you strip it down and straight edge it though.
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Drheat posted:
Jesus Christ that turbo at about 8 seconds in is awesome 
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Nov 1, 2009 21:00
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Personal favorite.
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Hello, shock loads! This used to be a carrier cap. There may also be some ring and a little pinion mixed in to taste.
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Blinken posted:Personal favorite. Please tell me there is more. Like head slapping the ground and brains pouring out.
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hobbesmaster posted:You just have to keep stress/strain in the plastic region. A ME could elaborate on how hilariously improbable that is, but there you go. I know. I was asking for some empirical evidence since outside of very minor warpage, a block is going to splinter and shard before the whole block goes pretzel. Get just throw some duct tape on this whole conversation and continue on our merry way. 
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Nov 1, 2009 21:51
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JnnyThndrs posted:Hey... I've got one of those! Edit: poo poo gently caress tables on an attachment. Sorry. 
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This was the bottom of the oil pan on my very first motorcycle about 1200km after buying it  Click here for the full 1805x1200 image. Oh my poor conrod bearing.  Click here for the full 1805x1200 image. And conrod  Click here for the full 1805x1200 image. "New" engine is back in the bike and running, though!
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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? It was the dude with the twin turbo viper with the chute, I think. He was talking about an SRT10 truck, where he had trouble taking the main caps off after some shady engine work or something. I don't remember the details, maybe he'll post or someone else will find his original post.
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Guy takes a piston to the chest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB-YwpvoPRY
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HEHEHE posted:Speaking of tractor's losing their engine during a pull, this one does it literally: Hahah he runs over his own drat engine, awesome.
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Psylocibe posted:Guy takes a piston to the chest. Can't stop laughing!
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Psylocibe posted:Guy takes a piston to the chest. god drat that must have hurt like a bitch in the morning.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJhUJ_BYvGE
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My dad used to be a mechanic back in the 60's, and he's told stories of how Pontiac straight-8 blocks used to twist, so much so that there were actually machines made to straighten the blocks back out.
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Elviscat posted:My dad used to be a mechanic back in the 60's, and he's told stories of how Pontiac straight-8 blocks used to twist, so much so that there were actually machines made to straighten the blocks back out.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:would that only happen when you were winding the gently caress out of it? or if it was supercharged? or just high mileage or?
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You Am I posted:Poor metallurgy back then. Metal strengths have changed over the years. These days you can have thin sheets of metal that has the strength of thicker sheets back in the 30s and 40s. And yet we still haven't seen the return of straight-eights 
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Psylocibe posted:Guy takes a piston to the chest.
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CornHolio posted:And yet we still haven't seen the return of straight-eights I think that's due more to the inherent mechanical imbalances in a straight-8. Crank whip anyone? Wikipedia posted:Also, due to the length of the engine, torsional vibration in both crankshaft and camshaft can adversely affect reliability and performance at high speeds. In particular, a phenomenon referred to as "crankshaft whip," caused by the effects of centrifugal force on the crank throws at high engine rpm, could cause physical contact between the connecting rods and crankcase walls, leading to the engine's destruction. As a result, the design has been displaced almost completely by the shorter and sturdier V8 engine configuration. vvv I think it's his glove. Probably more blood if the hand came off. Doctor Bud fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Nov 2, 2009 |
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destructo posted:Ok, what the gently caress is flying off, is that his loving hand? Oh poo poo that's what it looks like, it happens so fast it's hard to tell.
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I keep watching it full screen and it looks like he comes away with both hands, I was pretty sure that was the piston, hence the reason for posting it.
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Raluek posted:It was the dude with the twin turbo viper with the chute, I think. He was talking about an SRT10 truck, where he had trouble taking the main caps off after some shady engine work or something. I don't remember the details, maybe he'll post or someone else will find his original post. It was in the 70's land barge thread http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3216474&pagenumber=1&perpage=40#post367217552
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Doctor Bud posted:I think that's due more to the inherent mechanical imbalances in a straight-8. Crank whip anyone? Interesting. See I was educated that I-8's are gone because of the ridiculous packaging that they required in the engine bay. Then again, If you can package a I-6 transversely these days, perhaps a longitudinal I-8 isn't that out of the picture. I guess however, it's the same length as a V16. So you might as well crank one of them if anything. Also, with vibrations I understood that I-8 had a completely balanced second moment of vibration (As it is two I-4's together). Much like a I-6 or any boxer engine. And that is why you can have v12's and v16's at any bank angle.
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Here's some pictures of a pretty catastrophic failure of a poorly designed rocker in a 3 shock suspension setup on an FSAE car. partially assembled "before" shot  the keying rounded out and one of the plates snapped  again, with the broken section  resulting chassis damage  resulting sump damage 
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Rotary powered drag racing wagon tells its flywheel to get the gently caress out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR90pDzWu2A
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8ender posted:Rotary powered drag racing wagon tells its flywheel to get the gently caress out: That announcer is all kinds of badass. He's sad nobody got hit with something, thereby no blood & guts 
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 IIRC, this was what happens when you put a supercharged Ford 3.9 top end, on a bottom end from a non-supercharged 3.9.
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Mighty Horse posted:
I'm absolutely floored by this carnage. Is there any more information on this? Backstory, more pics, trip report?
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Does it have to be a car? This is my favorite disaster. And the pilots landed the loving plane like this!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243
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When I watched this all I could hear in my mind was that goofy jack-in the box style "pop goes the weasel" tune... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSFA0ufNS_k&NR=1
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quote:From what I heard from the guys working at the dealer, they saw this moron drive up the dealership driveway on 3 wheels with sparks coming from underneath the car. Apparently, he had smacked a curb a couple of blocks away. He obviously hit the curb VERY HARD. As he was getting closer to the dealership, the front wheel and suspension actually snapped off of the car leaving him limping on 3 wheels. Someone else had to pick up the fallen wheel and strut and bring it to the dealership because it was laying in the middle of the street.      More details here: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169370
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Billy Zane posted:since when have springs needed so few coils?
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fordham posted:Does it have to be a car? Holy poo poo, I hope that pilot got 10 times the hero treatment as the guy who landed the plane in the hudson earlier this year. I fly a lot, so thanks for adding one more fear to my list of things I think about going wrong.
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Billy Zane posted:He DROVE. To the dealership. Like this. What?
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Raluek posted:He DROVE. To the dealership. Like this. What?
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Sponge! posted:When I watched this all I could hear in my mind was that goofy jack-in the box style "pop goes the weasel" tune... I saw one similar to this that was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. It was slightly less dramatic, but something under the hood blew and the hood just sort of popped up a bit in a puff of smoke as the engine wound down in a sort of sad sounding whine. I couldn't stop giggling at it, it was like the automotive horns.aiff. If someone knows what I'm talking about please god link it.
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BMW either has the strongest wheels ever made or the weakest suspension. I'd expect a lot more wheel damage for the suspension to fall the gently caress off, speaking from experience.
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