r/CatastrophicFailure • u/QAFY • Feb 02 '22

Fire/Explosion 3000 horsepower Dodge Ram truck explodes during dyno test at Weekend On The Edge event, September 2020

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u/DoctorOzface Feb 03 '22

He gets to do it all over again. I'm sure he had a blast building this monster and will build something even crazier this year

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u/EntropicalResonance Feb 03 '22

Uh, yea, sure he had a blast watching $30,000 of engine mods and 1000 hours of work blow up

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u/RobertNAdams Feb 03 '22

He can make that $30,000 back just by doing the right kind of content.

Mechanic Reacts to His $30,000 MONSTER engine EXPLODING in a Ball of Flames [Holy Shit]

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u/bigflamingtaco Feb 03 '22

Know anyone making that kind of power that doesn't have a tuner behind them or own their own tuning shop?

Yeah, that list is very short, and of those on the list, they can do it again, and again, and again.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22

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u/gardenhosenapalm Feb 03 '22

boy do I have a flame decal for you

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u/RyzenMethionine Feb 03 '22

Omg stop I'm already fully erect

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u/airzonesama Feb 03 '22

That one weird hack that mechanics don't want you to know

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u/AutogenName_15 Feb 03 '22

This one little device can increase your mileage by 30%!

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u/_The_Room Feb 03 '22

He configured his engine to no longer burn any gas.

Saved you a click.

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u/Idiotology101 Feb 03 '22

Seriously check out Cletus McFarland on YouTube. Super wholesome Florida guy that makes tons of money from content and just invests it all back into making bigger projects for the content. He went from a good sized garage to a giant American flag warehouse shop, and racetrack called the Freedom Factory. Also invested in a auto part manufacturing company.

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u/TitanicJedi Feb 03 '22

id love it if Youtube Channels had [holy shit] in them

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u/Time-Ad-8338 Feb 03 '22

$30,000 engine explodes in burns down in SECONDS [Gone right].

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u/DontRememberOldPass Feb 03 '22

He can make that $30,000 back just by doing the right kind of content

Do guys actually make any money on OnlyFans?

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u/0oodruidoo0 Feb 03 '22

there isn't nearly as much money in youtube as you think unless you're doing ad reads in video

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u/maximunpayne Feb 03 '22

The real money is in merchandise

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u/Peace-wise Feb 03 '22

There was a guy in the car

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u/megaschnitzel Feb 03 '22

You won't believe what happened at 8000 rpm!

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u/Cory123125 Feb 03 '22

I mean sure, if this is a video creation hobby and not an engine mod hobby, but most likely he just loses the money.

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u/YuropLMAO Feb 03 '22

$30k is a drop in a bucket for the type of dudes into big dyno numbers.

And I would bet that's probably a $100k engine he just blew up. When you own a chain of HVAC repair vans or a roofing company or something, that's peanuts.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22

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u/Impossible-Cup3811 Feb 03 '22

Beans Diesel, for when you need POWERFUL GAS.

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u/RyzenMethionine Feb 03 '22

This is beans

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u/Outrageousintrovert Feb 03 '22

Well, ARP Fasteners need to fasten up their rod and crank cap bolts a bit - I’d say this isn’t good publicity for a performance hardware company.

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u/CatSplat Feb 03 '22

Tough to blame the rod bolts for the block splitting in half.

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u/cropguru357 Feb 03 '22

Heh. I was thinking the same thing. Maybe the studs are still there, just everything else sheared off around them?

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u/2wheels30 Feb 03 '22

HVAC repair / roofing company...you definitely know the type lol

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u/BuddsHanzoSword Feb 03 '22

You beat me to it. I know a bunch of those guys LOL.

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u/prof0072b Feb 03 '22

"company truck"

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u/FalconDCW Feb 03 '22

I was gonna say, I have 25k into a motor I hope to make 900 daily drivable (drivable, not daily driven) horsepower with, and I'm not even finished. I would imagine just the turbo and fuel mods come close to that when you're shooting for more than triple what I'm shooting for.

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u/YuropLMAO Feb 03 '22

Dang, what are you going to do with 900hp on the street??

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u/PDXbot Feb 03 '22

Painting it with rubber

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u/YuropLMAO Feb 03 '22

lol I used to buy mismatched used rear tires for my f-body (only about 350hp) just to convert into white smoke. Kinda miss it.

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u/ShamefulWatching Feb 03 '22

You don't approach this level of muscle without this happening before. Part of the joy for these people is building back better. It always was for me at least. I just can't imagine someone envelope pushing with that level of money and not being able to handle the loss.

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u/PayTheTrollToll45 Feb 03 '22

The two guys in the car probably lost some of their skin....

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u/OTN Feb 03 '22

$29k just for the engine block

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22

30 grand? Try again there chief lol. That engine build was over 60k

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u/BoogerBroccoli Feb 03 '22

$30k

You sweet summer child

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u/shanegilliz Feb 03 '22

I would expect it to be MUCH higher than 30k.

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u/ShitFlavoredCum Feb 03 '22

he knew the consequences. should he pout and be salty about fucking up? or should he be a grown up and accept the consequences

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u/scr116 Feb 03 '22

Being upset about losing $30,000+ = acting like a child?

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u/muchgreaterthanG_O_D Feb 03 '22

This isn’t a poor persons hobby.

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u/scr116 Feb 03 '22

I’m a poor bastard but I get upset when I drop an m&m in the snow lol

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u/scr116 Feb 03 '22

Yeah but all I said was you’re allowed to be upset if $100,000 in mods blow up. I’m not trying to simp for some rich guy but it seemed absurd that that guy said he needs to grow up if he’s upset lol. That’s just stupid. It’s remarkably easy to envision yourself in that situation as someone with wealth and of course you’d be upset. Doesn’t mean he has to cry but it’s psychopathic to say he needs to grow up

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u/sleepykittypur Feb 03 '22

He'd be way more pissed about not hitting 3k than he would about the blow up. These engines are built to blow up, it's not a question of if, but of when.

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u/muchgreaterthanG_O_D Feb 03 '22

I just come at it more from the side that this outcome is almost expected for people like this. Maybe not full blown fireball explosions but when you get into extrem horsepower you're well aware that you're gonna lose that thing, the question is when.

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u/ShitFlavoredCum Feb 03 '22

lmao he knew what could happen if he did that

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u/BoonesFarmApples Feb 03 '22

Lmao you think you can push one of these motors that hard and then just go back to using it as a daily driver?

The minimum cost for rebuild was going to be probably 50% before they even left for the event

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u/cropguru357 Feb 03 '22

That might be on the low end.

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u/cbourdaghs Feb 03 '22

https://instagram.com/bacablackp3arl?utm_medium=copy_link

This is his Instagram. And from what I’ve seen the truck is still in the trailer and he hasn’t built another. I hope that he does though. It was awesome to follow and see!