OUCH!!!!! Only 60 psi???

That's not good right there... not good at all...

 

WOW, thats rediculous.

i knew plastic wasnt meant to be on our engine.

i have been pondering this piece for quite some time now.
but seriously that would be the ***** to buy an intake and then get stuck on the road cause it blew into pieces.

what if it hurt someone that looks like quite the shard there.

 

So what kind of HP / Torque numbers did it make???

 

430 still pulling when it popped.

 

First time a boot slipped of my secondary turbo, I thought
someone was shooting a me.
I hadda check my shorts.
So do you thing you got a defective unit?
Plastic is plenty strong ?

 

I would have to think there was a flaw in it. Havent seen that with cast aluminum.

 

****, that is odd for sure. Not sure any of the aftermarket intakes are forged, but even cast aluminum would never explode. We have run trucks at 60psi, even with twins without issue, so I suspect it was either defective or perhaps someone had stress cracked it by leaning on it or something. They definitely arent designed to be load bearing!

 

Would you consider this not load bearing? From their advertising. This really isnt to start a p@##$%g match. Just trying to caution people mainly. Our tech was lucky not to get hit by it.

 

Maybe that's the one they boxed up and sent to the dude who's truck you were running when it went BANG.

 

Now I dont care who you are, that there is funny........

 

Oh no, not starting anything at all! That is truly concerning. They are (or should be) plenty strong, many OEM manufacturers including BMW have been using thermoplastic for years and they are darned near indestructible. I have no doubt they would hold a truck, thats why I suspect something was defective or damaged on the one that blew.

 

All I can say is yikes! My twins have been pushing it daily at 50-55psi...

No bang...yet...

Maybe I could get a set of those nice looking CFM mud flaps though...

 

We've all seen catastrophic failure of many parts. Everything is prone to some type of failure rate whether it is plastic or not. It just takes one bad one to slip through QC. It happens regularly with turbo's, intercoolers, and boots. Just look at billet shafts, they tend to break from time to time, but people still buy them. It's just the way it works sometimes. I would just hope that CFM+ looks at the failures and makes adjustments to correct any shotty practices that may be present in the manufacturing process.

 

wow, i just installed mine tonight. during the install i was thinking to myself, i wonder how well this will hold up to boost? i must say im a little concerned.

 

Just curious but what happens if the weather is cold -10 or so.Will the CFM become more likely to crack or break after sitting outside all night.