Video: 850HP Ford BOSS 429 Motor Goes ‘BOOM’ on the Dyno
12-30-2010, 05:47 PM
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Video: 850HP Ford BOSS 429 Motor Goes ‘BOOM’ on the Dyno 
12-30-2010, 08:39 PM
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12-30-2010, 11:31 PM
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Either way, that's a damn shame considering the rarity and money wrapped up in one of the "shotgun" engines.
12-30-2010, 11:36 PM
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Regardless, the only reason people order billet flywheels is for weight savings while not worrying about re-usability (is that a word?) and not so much weight loss that they lug the engine on the launch. You want some weight for inertia to prevent lug, but not so much you have more rotating mass than absolutely necessary. After all, light weight equals faster revving.
I don't think that was something the builder could have predicted as a problem.
12-30-2010, 11:43 PM
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I was hoping the camera man would shoot the motor on the floor reving itself to death but no bueno.
Cool video, sucks that this had to happen though.
Cool video, sucks that this had to happen though.
12-31-2010, 03:24 PM
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Ah, OK. Thanks for that. It is a damn shame.
If I had the budget for it, would love to drop a Kaase 429 into something...just to add to the stable.
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Who would guess a flywheel would come apart? Come on.
Regardless, the only reason people order billet flywheels is for weight savings while not worrying about re-usability (is that a word?) and not so much weight loss that they lug the engine on the launch. You want some weight for inertia to prevent lug, but not so much you have more rotating mass than absolutely necessary. After all, light weight equals faster revving.
I don't think that was something the builder could have predicted as a problem.
Regardless, the only reason people order billet flywheels is for weight savings while not worrying about re-usability (is that a word?) and not so much weight loss that they lug the engine on the launch. You want some weight for inertia to prevent lug, but not so much you have more rotating mass than absolutely necessary. After all, light weight equals faster revving.
I don't think that was something the builder could have predicted as a problem.
01-01-2011, 10:44 PM
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I could be wrong.
