Joe Frickin' Friday Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Linky Summary: A competitor at a tractor pull in Germany experiences a catastrophic engine failure. Link takes you to an article with a picture and a video. I'm not sure I believe "200 pounds of boost", but halfway through the video it becomes apparent that however much boost he's using is too much: the crankcase splits in two and becomes airborne (in a big way) with the manifolds. Wow. Link to comment
WURTY Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Oh I hope he has sponsors Link to comment
subvet Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 well, everyone got a nice laugh out of that. Link to comment
Quinn Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Tractor pulls in Germany. Who wooda thunk it. Wonder if they have monster trucks also. ---- Link to comment
Albert Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I thought they all did that. Link to comment
beemerboy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Tractor pulls in Germany. Who wooda thunk it. Wonder if they have monster trucks also. ---- My thougths exactly....who would have thunk that Germany had rednecks??!! Link to comment
Firefight911 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Caption; .....in early testing for the new K1600 series of motorcycles.... ....as can clearly be seen by the video, this motorcycle rider hasn't a clue how to operate such a finely engineered piece of machinery..... ....we've never heard of this before.......(OK, I'll actually buy that one this time around!) Link to comment
ShovelStrokeEd Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I don't believe the 200 lbs of boost either but I do believe 50. Alcohol dragsters in this country typically run that level of boost. They would run higher but the losses associated with driving a roots style blower overcome any gain from the additional boost. This type of engine failure is not uncommon in drag racing where the engines are run under full load for no more than 6 seconds. 4 seconds for top fuel. It doesn't really take much, a broken intake valve will do it nicely. I have seen blowers 200 feet in the air, easy. Link to comment
eddd Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Well, at least the final drive held up. Link to comment
Dennis Andress Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Someday you're going to have to let it go... Link to comment
RT66Rider Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Tractor pulls in Germany. Who wooda thunk it. Wonder if they have monster trucks also. ---- It sounds like the announcer is speaking Dutch, not German. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Tractor pulls in Germany. Who wooda thunk it. Wonder if they have monster trucks also. ---- It sounds like the announcer is speaking Dutch, not German. You are correct, I think. Looks like the event was held in Zwolle, Netherlands. Link to comment
Ken H. Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Bet he's glad that piece of the block went forward! Half to kind of laugh at the punny little fire rig they showed up with though! Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 Half to kind of laugh at the punny little fire rig they showed up with though! No doubt; the hose he was using looked like it was made for dispensing drinking water. Link to comment
steve.foote Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Tractor pulls in Germany. Who wooda thunk it. Wonder if they have monster trucks also. ---- When I lived in Germany during the 80's, we used to see them quite often. Monster trucks had not come into the lime light at that time, but I'm sure they are shown now also. The shows we used to see were professional drivers who travelled all over the world and not locals. Link to comment
James Clark Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I don't believe the 200 lbs of boost either but I do believe 50. 4 staged turbos. 15psi * 1.9(c/r) ** 4 = 200psi Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 I don't believe the 200 lbs of boost either but I do believe 50. 4 staged turbos. 15psi * 1.9(c/r) ** 4 = 200psi Sure, you can generate 200 psi of boost, but it's hard to believe that an engine would tolerate that much boost for even an instant. Link to comment
James Clark Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I don't believe the 200 lbs of boost either but I do believe 50. 4 staged turbos. 15psi * 1.9(c/r) ** 4 = 200psi Sure, you can generate 200 psi of boost, but it's hard to believe that an engine would tolerate that much boost for even an instant. That would be apparent from the video. But, theoretically, there's no limit to how much boost you can pump into a diesel. It's the mechanical limitations that cause problems. Link to comment
ragtoplvr Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Diesel pulling tractors can and do hit 200+ LBS of boost, they do have lowered compression to the point of begin hard to start to deal with it. multiple turbos, multiple intercoolers, power adders like nitrous, propane etc. as high tech as any racing engine anywhere and every bit as expensive! Several have squandered their inheritance and lost or almost lost farms over it. Nothing like going fast real slow. One bright orange turbo, then one orange, one bright red and then one Red as they harvest the heat energy of the exhaust. Rod Link to comment
bmw_rider Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Yes they run monster trucks and drag races in Germany. They love them. Link to comment
VinnyR11 Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 My thougths exactly....who would have thunk that Germany had rednecks??!! I thought they invented them. Link to comment
upflying Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Another interesting engine failure http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=165984&mid=1190655#M1190655 Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Another interesting engine failure http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=165984&mid=1190655#M1190655 :eek: "Good evening ma'am, sorry to interrupt your dinner, but have you seen a giant, hot piston fly through here any time recently?" Link to comment
Ken H. Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 OMG, man that would wake you up! Link to comment
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