magnumdart
There is a bad moon on the rise.
I'm not a big fan of this.
6000 rpm
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At least it's a Chebbie.
Ouch! What option code is that?
magnumdart
There is a bad moon on the rise.
^^^I'm guessing the highly overdriven option.
famous bob
mopar misfit
-----------fanblade explosion----------
diymirage
HP@idle > hondaHP@redline
for a chebbie, that is a K02 delete option (as in, it came with the K02 option, which was later deleted)
cannucky
The Guy With No Birthday
Those are speed holes aren't they ?
magnumdart
There is a bad moon on the rise.
^^^Supplemental cooling ports.
g413
Well-Known Member
It's fortunate the hood was closed.
DesertRat
Leading edge boomer
Reminds me of my 55 shoeboxes, generator cooling fins letting go at 7000 or thereabouts. Happened more than once
Best comment in the thread!
Best comment in this thread! I forgot to add the quote!
magnumdart
There is a bad moon on the rise.
Well the hood needed to be closed going into third wide open. This fan came apart because of a small pulley.
This ,and even fan shroud explosions,really do damage... In a '70 El Camino ,rat combo... hat a fan shroud come unmounted ,at 6000 in second gear.. Took a lot of heat shrinking ,& dollying plus the "secret sauce", to repair it...
famous bob
mopar misfit
secret sauce -LOL. I know a guy that used to race a Camaro. he had a balancer come apart when he was checking the total timing one sunday at the strip. knocked him cold, they took him to the hospital, later returned and watched the race. at last count, he went thru " 57 " 427 chevy engines in the 14 yrs that we ran the hemi. his car was stripped , fender wells and the hole bit. ours was at that time, (a legal s.s d/a . he was always about a .010 faster than us.
autopar3000
Well-Known Member
Check out what happened to member @chryslerfat just a few months ago. Not pretty, and he's lucky to be alive.
*MUST READ*--Flex Fan Danger--Be very careful working on old cars
I told a story in that thread where I once saw a fan go through the hood of a car and stick into the shop ceiling.
*MUST READ*--Flex Fan Danger--Be very careful working on old cars
I told a story in that thread where I once saw a fan go through the hood of a car and stick into the shop ceiling.
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I was hanging around in the garage with my dad one weekend. I was maybe 6 or 7 and loved to put on his old iron worker hard hat, goggles, respirator, welding gauntlets, etc. He used to do all kind of wood working projects to make extra money. He was using a billion year old Sears router, and right as I walked up in my full Darth Vader safety outfit, the cooling fan/fins let go and it peppered me with a handful of sharp nickle sized shards of metal in the face and head. Thanks to an over active imagination, I didn't have a scratch on me
chryslerfat
Well-Known Member
Thanks for remembering me. I am only about 75 percent of what I was and will say I learned just how dangerous a fan can be.
autopar3000
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After hearing your story (and seeing the pictures) I could never forget. Nice to hear you're making a comeback, and wishing you all the luck in getting back to 100%.
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