You think you're having a bad day!

[tukes23]

Sorry i couldn't embed the video but the link will take you there. This is a video and subsequent pictures of what happened when the flywheel let go on one of our customers new 557 ci., Kaase headed BOSS motor. The heads on this motor are the first production set that Kaase sold.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/74182/message/1252775447/So+you+think+you%27ve+had+a+bad+day-+Must+see!

[214Chevy]

1st off, lets all thank God nobody was hurt. 2nd of all, maaan that sucks. Please, I don't want to even know what that engine costs and how much damage it caused. Nonetheless, it is a monster though. I can tell. :brix:

[Vegas69]

That is exactly why you use a sfi flywheel and bellhousing!

[tukes23]

the bellhousing was sfi certified but the fly wheel was not. the only reason that the bellhousing didn't contain the flywheel when it let go was that the bolt holes in the block broke.

[cees67]

thank god that everyone is ok .........and that motor "was" a beast!

[nvr2fst]

From the photos it looks like you used standard bolts to mount block plate and bellhousing. Im also curious if you did the same to mount flywheel. Did somebody forget to torque bolts.

[tukes23]

just for the record, we had nothing to do with this motor. we are building the car and doing everything else but the motor was built and dynoed by someone else. the video on the site was acutally taken by the owner of the car at the dyno facility in another state.

[XcYZ]

Damn. That's nasty.

[ElkyZO6]

Better there then in the car going down the road.

[Spiffav8]

:_paranoid Just watching the video is bad enough! Can't imagine being there and having it happen. Glad everyone is o.k.!

[GregWeld]

So... I'm an internationally licensed pyrotechnician --- licensed to blow just about anything up. When my son was a teen -- sometimes he'd come help me with breaking down boxes and stuff.... and I always warned him that a REAL explosion is not like the ones you see on TV -- where the good guy RUNS from the scene and escapes unharmed... LOL

Trust me - you ain't got time to duck behind something... that crap hits you - and you're toast! Even if it's small and seemingly harmless... it's all about velocity.

I too, am glad only the motor got hurt.

Great video... and a real good reminder of what can and will happen.

Back in the day -- the 'digger' drivers sat with their nuts right up against the rear end housing --- about 1 inch away from that big ol' ring and pinion... I always wondered what the hell they were thinking!! :lol: