stitcherbob
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Spinning turbo compressor deadly drones… drilling holes in your car and escaping….
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A year ago Steve Morris had the crank bolts break on the Dyno flywheel and the engine went to 12,000 rpm ,but the Vortec supercharger went over 100,000 rpm and blew shrapnel through the Dyno room walls and window, ex-Pro stock racer Tom Hammonds got grazed by a piece of aluminum , but luckily no one was seriously hurt or killed, watch it on You-tube. We forget that these racing engines can truly spit out shrapnel like a grenade.
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I watched that a year ago, but lo and behold....3 days ago it happened again
and last time's explosion
sfw1960
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He lives in Muskegon, about 40 miles West of here on the shoreline, great racer too.
We used to know a lot of racers from Muskegon coming to Stanton BITD.
I have watched a bit of his antics with my wife but don't usually look for his adventures as I do others. When I last worked mostly I ran CNCs, did fixturing & programmed em way way more than I should have.
I have seen a few things as far as sharp spinney things hurling into infinity far more than I had ever dreamed or wanted - including a botch job a prior programmer did to a guy I worked with for close to thirty years (speed over tool rated RPM).
The CNC had a huge shaper motor (the tool launcher) besides the 15-20 HP routers - the tool & holder imploded and the retainer snapped off - causing a tool with two - 30*60*1.5MM solid carbide knives and backer plates zinging in an area with no less than fifty machine operators.
One knife flew to the ceiling area where it pieced a sheet tin firewall after it ricocheted off the bed as the tool exploded, after that it was never located. That head was rated to 5000 RPM and it was spun up to 14,000.
The other knife struck the guy in the abdomen point blank and I will doggoned if the good Lord didn't make sure the other insert him him flat on. Made a helluva belly bruise and he always had a 30*60MM square scar-lump that never went away, carbide shatters but it doesn't matter about hardness, proven at a young age after I saw a telephone pole that had a drinking straw screwed into it from a nearby tornado, which I have been deathly afraid of for decades!
RPM's is serious stuff.
And looky there!
Bob just proved (again) loose cannons are no JOKE!
Chris, I think we tend to forget maybe these are a grenade waiting for the pin to pop out by mistake...
stitcherbob
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I think blankets are not enough....all personnel on the starting line are going to need theseDennis Taylor already makes turbo blankets that other motorsports require. wake up guys the horse is out of the barn.
PS: he also makes them for industrial turbos.
Larry Sutton---
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In tractor pulling, turbos have been the primary power added in many classes for decades, so there is quite a bit of experience with pushing them to the limits and beyond. Cross bolts in the exhaust have been required for years, and I believe recently some classes/organizations have started requiring more than just the 2 cross bolts. There have also recently been requirements in some organizations to add crosses on the intake side of the turbo. And in addition to shielding the turbos themselves, there have been requirements added to put a blanket on the turbo outlet/crossover pipe for a certain distance unless it's made of something like 1/8" wall steel.
Bob
Good idea but not for me, I would not be able to smoke my pipe.
Larry Sutton---
stitcherbob
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You could install a chimney pipe… I’ll bet that knights with excessive flatulence had a tailpipe….Bob
Good idea but not for me, I would not be able to smoke my pipe.
Larry Sutton---
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New fear unlocked- Getting taken out by a door while enjoying the race….
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It wasn't my race car but several years ago a western diamondback crawled out from its hiding spot under the hood of one of my cars while being serviced at a Quick Change facility. I thought it was a riot, watching the help run off squealing like a bunch of girls - but not so funny when it returned to its hiding spot and I had to drive the car back home. I watched it come out for good a few days later when I parked at the grocery store. Snakes alive !
