Hopefully this will not be a new trend on the dyno block, but now we have a video of a Mitsubishi EVO falling off the dyno because the guys didn’t strap up the front. Two straps at the front is all that would have been needed to keep this from happening, and there seemed to be at least 10 people watching who were clueless. C’mon man! This better not be a customers car or else the company could go out of business for mistakes like this. Last week we had a video of some tuning company blowing the engine on a tuned Ford Mustang. Fortunately, no one was hurt in either of these accidents, but now its the cars that have to suffer from these idiots mishaps. Now, let’s just hope these guys have some good insurance for crashing the cars.
Car Crash
Ok, now these tuners are crazy! They were literally able to blow up this supercharged Ford Mustang GT500 that is said to put down 800rwhp. From the video it looks like they attempted it twice, but after I checked it was only a second camera angle. The second shot looks far worse with all the smoke spewing from the engine and exhaust, but the initial test was something I didn’t expect. It sounds like the driver forgot what the redline means, because the Mustang was definitely revving at a high rpm, which sent it bursting into flames. Either that, or a poor engineering job from the tuning company who handled this project.
Back in October 2003 the Texas Mile held its inaugural event with a mile and a half long track allowing drivers to go as fast as possible. It has become very popular for tuning enthusiasts over the years because you can top out your car without getting in trouble with the law. It’s the perfect place to set new records, however you wouldn’t want to be the owner of this twin-turbo Lamborghini Gallardo. Things went horribly wrong right after he hit the 1 mile marker, immediately deploying the parachute, and sending him off the right side of the track into a furry of flips. No doubt it was the parachute that caused this crash, and the sad part is that the car didn’t even need a parachute. Lamborghini factory brakes would have been plenty to stop the car before the end of the track.
Check out the video and pictures from the Skyfox helicopter news crew in Boston, catching this truck literally dropping off a Ferrari F430. The truck driver’s boss told him to deliver this Ferrari to Ernie Boch’s luxury car dealership in Norwood, which is right outside of Boston, but they didn’t have anything close to this in mind. This expensive drop off was covered by the news crew who felt the need to send their helicopter to capture the evidence. A simple camera would have been fine, however it looks like the mechanism on the rear end of the truck had failed. It’s hard to tell whether this is a human error or mechanical error, but a costly mistake at that considering it could have been the next best tuning project.
After several pictures and a made up story of how this 1.6 million dollar Bugatti Veyron crashed in to a lake, we now have video proof of the accident! The owner, Andy House claimed that he was distracted by a low flying pelican that caused him to crash into the lake. This video shows no evidence of a pelican, and an updated report claims that he had dropped his cell phone. Hmm…the whole story is ironic because Andy House owns Performance Auto Sales in Lufkin, Texas and the company specializes in repair and restore of crashed exotics! Is it possible he did it on purpose for some extra promotion of his company? I highly doubt it since the Bugatti Veyron is one of the most expensive cars in the world. Hit the jump for the video and aftermath pictures.
