alan-g-w
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So me and my buddy were tuning his gsx yesterday. He had just got a custom intake manifold made. We were on 29psi and full throttle, when he let off the gas we heard a pop(resembling a gunshot). He tapped the trottle and it sounded like it was a massive exhaust leak. the A/F gauge and boost gauge wasnt reading. We pulled over to find out that the intake manifold had blew up, literally. The whole bottom plate of it was blown completely off. the only thing holding it up was the break booster line.
Full story: http://jalopnik.com/5094437/the-fast-and-the-furious-validated-you-can-blow-the-welds-on-your-intake-manifold
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RichR
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no penetration of the weld
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RichR
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plus any pressure vessel should have the end plates (or in this case the top and bottom) stepped in 5mm from the end to allow a constinuous fillet bead around the perimeter to stop it blowing its ends off
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DaveyLC
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Originally posted by LiVe LeE
no penetration of the weld
To be honest it looks like the welds have all cracked as you can still see the bead on both parts 
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alan-g-w
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tbh I thought it was a bit dubious. Near enough 2 bar of pressure? It must be a fucking monster of a motor if it's true.
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richc
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
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Originally posted by LiVe LeE
no penetration of the weld
To be honest it looks like the welds have all cracked as you can still see the bead on both parts
Might have Had a big gap though to start off with, so the welds will be very week in the middle. Alu a funny material anyways to fuck about with 
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richc
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Also the inlet would be sucking? So how would it bash the welds?
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DaveyLC
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Originally posted by richc
Also the inlet would be sucking? So how would it bash the welds?
YOU = FAIL.
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Kurt
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Originally posted by richc
Also the inlet would be sucking? So how would it bash the welds?
there's a huge turbo forcing air in there.. Throttle plate closes and the pressure builds
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jungle
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he'd be aswell putting hingees on it and using it as a storage box
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andyc1234
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if the throttle was shut that means inside the inlet would be under vacuum though as its after the tb it would of been worse with the throttle open
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Kurt
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i stand corrected.. so did it detonate?
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DaveyLC
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Detonation takes place in the combustion chamber.. I'd say she back fired on the over-run just before the waste-gate had a chance to open.
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DannyB
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
Some really techy shit
I really wish I had your knowledge of cars 
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Adam_B
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No one can tell anything till we know if the passenger footwell fell out as well.
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Ian
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He should have known the ten speed gearbox was a bad idea.
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random dav
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And no doubt 3 reverse gears.
WRLFC !
Project cars
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N3CRO
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
No one can tell anything till we know if the passenger footwell fell out as well.
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Originally posted by Ian
He should have known the ten speed gearbox was a bad idea.
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CorsAsh
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Now he's gotta rip apart the block and replace the piston rings he fried.
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Adam-D
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wonder if his laptop warned him it was about to go?
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Sean-B
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Originally posted by CorsAsh
Now he's gotta rip apart the block and replace the piston rings he fried.
I wonder if he won by an inch or a mile?
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SportBoy
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cops cops cops!
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Sean-B
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man that shit was orchestrated
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CorsAsh
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Street was closed. Pizza boy had to find another way home.
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chrex
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DANGER TO THE MANIFOLD!!!!
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