Bad air shut off-Cat go boom

And not one smart person could have shot it with a fire ex or water or something? Just stand there and watch?? WOW must have been a dhra pull?

IKE
 
I believe its in Europe, I mean look at the concrete barriers separating the crowd from the pulling track...

One comment says they stuffed a glove in it, well that didn't work, how about a shirt?
Things that make you go, "Huh?"


However, one good comment, was, "We are going to put a shut off valve on the turbo oil supply line."
Not a bad idea.
 
Sledpuller said:
One comment says they stuffed a glove in it, well that didn't work, how about a shirt?
Things that make you go, "Huh?"
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Well it didnt seem like the RPM's were very high so id say it was getting just enough air just to run and if the air shutoff wasnt there at all it would have revved to Infinite :poke:
 
At those low rpm those Dumb a--- could just put it in gear and put the brakes on and let the clutch out it would have killed it easy. That happend a couple of time to me when I drove a truck with a 3208 cat and aL10 cummins.

Dale
 
Seems odd the driver got out of a running vehicle that wasn't on fire. There should alway be someone at the controls.

While not required by the race organization we are running in, Pat plumbed his Halon fire system into the inlet so he can kill the engine with the fire system.

The video proves once again that guillotine type cutoffs aren't always effective. We never could get a guillotine or butterfly system to work 100%. It is possible that their cutoff did deploy, but the air was coming in after the turbo through a failed hose.
 
i put that i in the videos last week old news


o i put a nother diesel sled puller in the tractors section
 
Considering its from 2005, it was old news last week too.

It was put in here to keep air shut offs on pullers minds when they are building their trucks this winter.
 
2wpuller said:
At those low rpm those Dumb a--- could just put it in gear and put the brakes on and let the clutch out it would have killed it easy. That happend a couple of time to me when I drove a truck with a 3208 cat and aL10 cummins.

Dale
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Well not if it had a crowerglide type slipper clutch, It would need the RPMs to engage the clutch.
 
Notice the shut off is on the intake of the turbo NOT the intake to the engine.

Air shut offs to work properly, should be as close to the engine as possible.
 
Just a question. Why couldn't you put a ball valve in in the oil line that shuts off when you pull the air shut off? That way there is no oil for it to feed on? Yeah the turbo is trashed, but it should save the engine, or am I completely missing something? Will it pull oil back up the drain tube?
 
Sounds like a good idea. I suppose it could pull some up the drain, but it would have to slow it down considerably.
 
Kat said:
Seems odd the driver got out of a running vehicle that wasn't on fire. There should alway be someone at the controls.

While not required by the race organization we are running in, Pat plumbed his Halon fire system into the inlet so he can kill the engine with the fire system.

The video proves once again that guillotine type cutoffs aren't always effective. We never could get a guillotine or butterfly system to work 100%. It is possible that their cutoff did deploy, but the air was coming in after the turbo through a failed hose.
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I am looking at doing something very similar to this ... only using CO2
 
Ben46a said:
Well not if it had a crowerglide type slipper clutch, It would need the RPMs to engage the clutch.
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True on that thaut but most of the tractor pullers that run a slipper still have a clutch peddle all of the one that I have seen doo.I used to run a Crower in my mini and my buddy still has one in his rail if everything is set up wright you can push the clutch peddle all the way in and in gauge the clutch.

Dale
 
2wpuller said:
True on that thaut but most of the tractor pullers that run a slipper still have a clutch peddle all of the one that I have seen doo.I used to run a Crower in my mini and my buddy still has one in his rail if everything is set up wright you can push the clutch peddle all the way in and in gauge the clutch.

Dale
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ahh, roger that... :o
 
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