I'm glad i wasn't the guy riding this , i would have had a heart attack i think:

OUCH!

 

I can't even imagine what that would have been like to be in the seat!! WOW!!

 

In all my days on this planet I have never seen an engine fail like that engine failed! Am I looking at the block splitting in two?

UNBELIEVEABLE!

 

But just look how easy it'll be for him to change pistons and rings now........

WOW

 

I'll bet he wears his face shield down nowadays

 

ive seen some engines do stuff on a non chassis dyno .. but man .. that would have put some holes in the ceiling!!! i think ill keep all my stuff stock from now on

 

I have a new hero.

 

And we thought the puny cracks in the 53 blocks were bad.


phox

 

Thanks phox..... coffee all over the laptop and out my nose.

 

Wow, I have never seen anything like that happen before. Would have love to been there in person. How recently did that happen?

 

She was a runaway, engine started sucking engine oil and since it was an unlimited source of fuel there was nothing to stop it from revving higher. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Wow, I have never seen anything like that!

 

There's only so much stress a 466 block can take, when your turning a 466 that displaces around 540 cubic inches or more 5-6 grand and 120-140 lbs of boost under load. Bad things can happen real fast when something breaks. Thats kinda of a rare failure, they usually spit parts out the side before they split the block.

I think that happend 2 or 3 years ago on a New York state pulling circuit. I saw the same pictures on their website a while ago.

 

Thats a good way to maximize upper cylinder air flow.

Ive never seen a block split in half like that.

Rich.

 

I've seen some blocks with "wondows" but that one............... WOW