Re: Intercooler explosion... Safety blankets required in future??
 

well he said its because he dropped a guide so he had his combustion chamber pressure not just boost pressure going into the intercooler

Re: Intercooler explosion... Safety blankets required in future??
 

There's only so much combustion pressure available. He saw a spike, he did not see 150 psi.

Re: Intercooler explosion... Safety blankets required in future??
 

Well coming from a tractor pulling background, there are very few guys running over 100psi that are still using an air to air or air to water cooler. Typically by that point you are just running a ton of water or water/meth between stages, and then again before the manifold. With that being said in the p/u diesel world there are a handful of guys making 4digit power that still run an air to air, or air to water cooler, and run in excess of 120psi.

Re: Intercooler explosion... Safety blankets required in future??
 

JD, this isn't the first time this has happened.

A while back a passenger side door was blown off and over the fence. Lucky no one was sitting were it landed.

Most pressure test their systems to 100 psi. The thermal cycling might be an issue :)

Re: Intercooler explosion... Safety blankets required in future??
 

No, it was lack of weld penetration. As I stated before, the weld is supposed to be as strong or stronger than the surrounding material... instead that cooler blew apart and you can distinctly see the squared edge of the material which was not correctly joined.

Re: Intercooler explosion... Safety blankets required in future??
 

Build the IC's out of thicker material. They are exceeding the "design" limits of the intercoolers, with that comes risks.

THere was one pic where the weld held, but the material ripped right next to the weld.

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Fatigued aluminum + fucked valvetrain (a ton of air volume) + fairly high boost in a 4" pipe system

Boom!

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So the floorboards don't always fall out. Interesting.

Re: Intercooler explosion... Safety blankets required in future??
 

floorboards only fall out on eclipses. mustangs loose their roof. RX7's loose all four wheels

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4m41viy4I