141% Throttle!
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This happened last night:
Attachment 176785 Snapped the throttle shaft in half, blew one end out of the throttle since I was boosting. Somehow the gods of speed were watching, it only broke in two pieces and one end blew out the throttle, other part stayed in the throttle body and no parts were ingested! Screws are fine, the shaft just snapped in half. Failed at 7650 RPMs The funny thing is, I ran the same throttle for 9 years, and a few months ago I swapped it for a newer one with the idea being that my old one had seen so much abuse it was likely to fail any day. The new one failed instead! Car is being needy lately, had several things all break at once. Oh well, this could have been 20x worse if it sucked in the parts into my motor. EDIT: Also for some reason the img tags are showing the worlds smallest picture now? I guess there forum software changed or something? |
Let's see some carnage pics.
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Originally Posted by patsmx5
(Post 1346741)
EDIT: Also for some reason the img tags are showing the worlds smallest picture now? I guess there forum software changed or something?
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...5f8f20abf4.png |
So I have to upload as attachments now, no more img tags? Uploading carnage pics now.
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Oh my god
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It's amazing that that unsupported screw didn't get ingested. Was this shaft epoxied or JB welded at all?
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I know, right?
It's like "Dude, stop bitching about having a little bit of metal flowing through your engine, and just fucking man up already. Godless Commie is dealing with a fucking military coup right now, and you're all like 'oh, woe is me, I had a little tiny piece of metal break off of my throttle shaft.' Pussy." |
Originally Posted by afm
(Post 1346753)
It's amazing that that unsupported screw didn't get ingested. Was this shaft epoxied or JB welded at all?
It's is amazing that screw didn't go into the engine. Basically where it broke, the throttle shaft is wrapped about 55% around the screw and that was JUST enough to keep it holding on. Somehow. Second pic shows this well. |
haha wow, you got lucky
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Its a sign... keep doing weird setups and poppin wheelies
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Whoa! What's with Joe?
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For a sec I thought his account was hacked :laugh:
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Pure luck
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Originally Posted by aidandj
(Post 1346781)
Pure luck
Looks like I'm going to be ordering several parts over the weekend. fuel pump, filter, throttle body, and probably more since bad things usually come in 3's, fuel pump, TB, what will be next? |
throw out bearing?
I've had bad luck with to/release bearings in almost every car I've owned. I once brushed the clutch fork in my subaru, and it popped the tob off. the day. before. a track weekend. |
Originally Posted by thumpetto007
(Post 1346827)
throw out bearing?
I've had bad luck with to/release bearings in almost every car I've owned. I once brushed the clutch fork in my subaru, and it popped the tob off. the day. before. a track weekend. |
So are you going Skunk2, or another OEM one?
--Ian |
Originally Posted by codrus
(Post 1346888)
So are you going Skunk2, or another OEM one?
--Ian |
Blew the welds on the intake.
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