The incredible power that guys wrench out of modern turbo diesel truck engines presses every part of the motor to the limit. Pushing big six and seven thousand pound trucks down the strip in single digits means lots of fuel and lots of boost. It also means lots of heat. In this video the driver literally melts a turbo, has molten metal shooting out of the hood stack and he never lifts on his way to a nine second run.
The truly awesome thing to us is that the driver knew 100% full well that Mt Vesuvius was erupting from his truck because the exhaust stack is about two feet in front of his face. Hey, it must have felt good so he kept into it.
The action starts at 1:20 and goes from there. Thanks to Wally for the tip!
Two things come to mind. First: I see this takes place in California with their so-called strict pollution laws and that truck was spewing stuff into the sky like a tire fire ?
Secondly: where isn the hell are any lights down at the end of the track ? You could have a accident down there and nobody back at the line could see it.
If you watch some of the other video’s of the truck that follow, it does the same thing time after time. I am not sure it really is eating a turbo! Could it just be soot chunks blowing out?
I worked in the Canadian Oil fields back in the winters of 1991 and 1992. All season long, we would idle our diesel pickups because of the extreme cold. We drove them short distances and not too fast, working on the remote job-site. When it came time to drive home, we drove slowly, about 30 miles an hour or so for quite a few miles back to the highway, where of course we went a bit faster. Before long, the exhausts warmed up a bit more, and the soot filled mufflers began spewing out huge clouds of sparks. It looked like a procession of roman candles.