Ter-Tech 535 blew up
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Ter-Tech 535 blew up
Here it is almost 3am and the engine is being replaced. It blew during a demo at the Hialeah stock car races tonight, halfway through the first turn and BAM. Take a look at the pictures.
No time to post them. Just check my photobucket gallery.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v249/freethinker41
-Sean
No time to post them. Just check my photobucket gallery.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v249/freethinker41
-Sean
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Yea imagine that.....
And as far as '...only a matter of time' , Hrmmm, maybe you are alluding to the fact that the car burned oil at Ocala.
The reason it burned oil was because of a PCV valve that vents to the exhaust to create vacuum in the crankcase. Oil was sometimes able to get up the tube and then down into the hot exhaust and you know how it goes from there. Might explain how it magically blew an engine like 12 times at Ocala and then came back to life each time....
The failure turned out to be a broken piston. It's a pretty rare failure but I have seen pistons mysteriously let go. Once the piston went, the rod had a g--damn fiesta in there and you see what happened. I've got better pictures for later.
For now, off to the track!
-Sean
And as far as '...only a matter of time' , Hrmmm, maybe you are alluding to the fact that the car burned oil at Ocala.
The reason it burned oil was because of a PCV valve that vents to the exhaust to create vacuum in the crankcase. Oil was sometimes able to get up the tube and then down into the hot exhaust and you know how it goes from there. Might explain how it magically blew an engine like 12 times at Ocala and then came back to life each time....
The failure turned out to be a broken piston. It's a pretty rare failure but I have seen pistons mysteriously let go. Once the piston went, the rod had a g--damn fiesta in there and you see what happened. I've got better pictures for later.
For now, off to the track!
-Sean
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Originally posted by dr. octogon
imagine that.
imagine that.
Hell, I wanted it to happen at DD4. That thing sounds HORRIBLE. Not to mention BMW engines DO NOT boost well, and last.
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Originally posted by Slash
au contraire...
I think it sounds wonderful....
au contraire...
I think it sounds wonderful....
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