Vortech supercharger was spun at almost double it's max RPM and let go. For how far and wide the shrapnel went, it's amazing no one got killed or seriously injured.
Ive always liked that guys attitude and outlook. As for the cat like reflex comment... watch any slow mo explosion where people react. The debris has flown past them, far past them before they even start the reaction motion.
Folks got lucky there.
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Re: MASSIVE explosion on engine dyno
[Re: MarkZ]
#3223475 03/29/2412:57 AM03/29/2412:57 AM
For those that don't want to watch the video: So lets turn the blower at nearly 2x the max rpm and wonder what happens?
Max RPM rating for the blower was 65,000, when it self destructed, the recorded RPM was over 105,000 RPM.
Oh! Look! it broke this other stuff too!
Well DUH!
You got the carnage order reversed. Flywheel bolts broke first, disconnecting engine from absorber/load. Engine immediately went to 12,000 RPM followed a millisecond or 2 later by the compressor detonation.
For those that don't want to watch the video: So lets turn the blower at nearly 2x the max rpm and wonder what happens?
Max RPM rating for the blower was 65,000, when it self destructed, the recorded RPM was over 105,000 RPM.
Oh! Look! it broke this other stuff too!
Well DUH!
You got the carnage order reversed. Flywheel bolts broke first, disconnecting engine from absorber/load. Engine immediately went to 12,000 RPM followed a millisecond or 2 later by the compressor detonation.
For those that don't want to watch the video: So lets turn the blower at nearly 2x the max rpm and wonder what happens?
Max RPM rating for the blower was 65,000, when it self destructed, the recorded RPM was over 105,000 RPM.
Oh! Look! it broke this other stuff too!
Well DUH!
You got the carnage order reversed. Flywheel bolts broke first, disconnecting engine from absorber/load. Engine immediately went to 12,000 RPM followed a millisecond or 2 later by the compressor detonation.
Kevin
Yup thats how it looks to me that it all went down.
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