top 10 epic fail threads of 2009
 

OK, now that I have your attention.. What are they? Just off the top of my head:

guy who destroys hand trying to oil sportbike

guy who puts brake fluid, then cleaner in his engine

guy who attempts porting by blowing sand into running engine

guy who pours NOS soda into his bike

Didn't MT have one similar that could be included? Surely there are more, if you know of them post them up.

Guy who ran the bimmer 60k without an oil change

Guy on the body building forums who shat and pissed all over his dates bathroom

Hyper

Banks wanting to swap a bitch ass capri engine

Deadreded (w.e his fuckin sn is)

18 and his staggered wheels :giggle:

:bowrofl:
You shut your mouf about my wheels.:D

rofl some poeple really tried to port an engine with sand, and tried to use NOS energy drink in their bike?!


and one big WTF to the brake fluid and cleaner...

Mouglie put head gasket repair in the fuel system on mt.net.

AHAHAAHA what a tard!

He put it into the oil, not the fuel system

Does this thread count? :fawk:

Youtube vids are just as bad. Fuckin idiot in the Corvette.

I can't believe any of you would fall for that piss/crap thread from bbf....it's clear BS.

The whole sand used for porting thing has been a internet story for YEARS... welcome to the internet, this your first year?

This is correct, the sand porting story was from 2007, so not a contender. Just seemed like it was part of this years rash of failure threads.

what about that guy who was arrested for murder halfway through parting out his miata? i feel like that should make the list...

This!!!

Yeah, what was his name, Chuckie, Charlie something? Need to dig that one up.

i think it was chuck. that was one fked up situation!

'ChuckyZ'

Part out thread:
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t31945/

'Wanted' Thread:
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t32202/

The Mouglie thread had to have been from last year too, I shipped to basic January 3rd, 2009 and I remember the thread VERY VERY well, so had to have been a little while before that.

I missed that one. And Wow I knew Chucky was arrested, but damn I didnt know all that was going on. Kind of scary.

Can I nominate myself for my thread about installing coilovers backwards?

the VW with bolts as spacers on his wheels
http://bmwfi.com/kyon/kyon1.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/...2ebba8f7_b.jpg

Hahahahahaha what kind of retard does that, stands back and looks at the bolts hanging out and says "Yeah, I don't see anything wrong with that"

^^ +1


just wow... I love this thread already!! It just goes to show I need to spend more time on the interwebz

That Mustang guy that ran water through his engine.

The VW guy who cut his wheel up because he couldn't get a stuck lug bolt off???

Clearly that must be on the list, and it even happened in 2009.

I've been close to that. Some Corvette had had the lug nuts impacted on too many times, and when we tried to remove it, the splines came out of the hub. Nut seized on stud, nothing to keep stud from rotating. Spent waaay too long grinding the back of the stud off from inside the wheel.

+1

1. Guy pours NOS soda into sportbike, 137 pages of hilarity ensue
Bike won't start after using NOS fuel additive : Suzuki GSX-R Motorcycle Forums: Gixxer.com

2. Guy uses bolts for spacers; camber fail
VWvortex Forums: Week long tale of the Swagrabbit Cambermobile
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/...ebba8f7_b.jpg]

3. Guy installs coilovers backwards in a Miata, names thread appropriately
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t42480/

4. Guy puts brake fluid, then cleaner in engine
My motor is making some strange noises - LT1 - Htownracing - Home of Houston's Fastest Street Cars

5. Guy waits 60k to do oil change on BMW
Umm..Need Advice...VANOS job in progress after 40k on an oil change - Bimmerforums - The Ultimate BMW Forum

6. Guy arrested for murdering girl halfway through Miata part out
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t31945/
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t32202/

7. Guy mangles his hand trying to oil sportbike chain
How NOT to clean your chain. **GRAPHIC PICS*** : Suzuki GSX-R Motorcycle Forums: Gixxer.com

8. Guy dumps $1.6M Bugatti Veyron into salt water lagoon
VIDEO: Low-flying pelican results in Bugatti Veyron Hydro Edition [*UPDATE: Now with actual crash footage!] — Autoblog

9. Guy trys to remove wheel from his VW.. need we say more?
So, Dont buy a VW - Honda-Tech


I love that we are on there twice but I dont think the coilover install was that epic.

Coins glued on the pistons to raise compression?


BTW- The idea of pouring sand into a running engine sounds ludicrous but something similar was actually recommended in a GM Service Bulletin in 1955. When the small block Chevy was first introduced the cylinders were honed to too fine a finish and the rings tended not to seat well during break-in. this created a problem with excessive blow-by and oil consumption. The service bulletin instructed technicians to add a tablespoon of Bon-Ami kitchen and bathroom scouring powder into the carburetor throat of the running engine. This powder abbrated the cylinder walls enough to cause the rings to seat.

There's #10, but not sure if it started in 08, but the thread was still going in 09!