If you haven’t been in a car on a chassis dyno or hub dyno, then the normal chassis dyno videos you see might seem very calm. The truth is that any car that makes even 400 horsepower at the tire is going WAY over 100 mph on the rollers/hubs and that is a bit weird feeling. I’ve been in a car on the chassis dyno at 200 mph and can tell you that it is freaky. It feels wrong. And your brain is asking itself what happens if the car decides to leave the straps behind and fly forward. It’s a fair question, and one that will make you cringe. But what if the car blows up on the chassis dyno?
I’ve seen driveshafts come apart, transmissions break in half, differentials let go, tires explode, and lots more. Just because the car isn’t moving doesn’t mean that everything else isn’t and it can be pretty dramatic when something goes wrong. With that said, all those things are NOTHING in comparison to the huge explosion that we all saw on the internet recently as the Hemi in this Mustang eats itself alive under full load and puts on a fire and spark show like none other. This was a serious carnage event and could have been so much worse. I don’t think I can convey just how bad this could have been, but thankfully everyone will live to run another day on the dyno.
I’m not going to go into more speculation or anything, I’m going to let the video do the talking and just be thankful that safety gear was in use. IF you are running anything that makes power on the chassis dyno and aren’t wearing the appropriate gear you are putting yourself at risk.
Video Description:
DRAGWIRE solutions in house Blown Hemi makes its maiden voyage to the @FuelTechOficial hub dyno! Race car life! This time, we had a mechanical failure that lead to a huge blower explosion! Wow! This footage is insane!!!!!! What do you think happened?
