LP batmowheel exploded.

[Big Angry Hillbilly]

I would love to see the equipment the Ford dealer used to balance a turbo wheel.

 

[08BIGRIG]

I would love to see the equipment the Ford dealer used to balance a turbo wheel.

:whs:

 

[FreddyM]

I would love to see the equipment the Ford dealer used to balance a turbo wheel.

He's a mechanic who has "access to a machine shop" but when I brought my truck to him the conversation was a little tense to say the least. I don't wanna point fingers and say it was improperly balanced........but......

 

[tensixniner]

How can you tell what happened first, the wheel exploding or the shaft breaking?

Do you have any pics of the broken shaft?

 

[dstryr]

Anyone know the brand of aluminum used in those Batmo wheels.......

 

[09stroker]

I wouldn't call that an explosion at all. Looks like the damage was from it spinning on the housing after the shaft broke. Still has me worried though.

 

[Bustedknuckles]

 

[Big Angry Hillbilly]

We have a machine shop on site at my shop, I am fairly certain we couldn't balance that wheel/shaft assy. I will ask one of the guys in the machine shop tomorrow. We routinely build (gasoline) race engines that turn 8000+ rpm so I would say that the machine shop guys got balancing figured out.

 

[Meniacal_Mark]

By the looks of it the shaft snapped, then the wheel bounced around.

 

[Tree Trimmer]

did you really paint it purple and yellow like a flower??

that's awesome.

 

[Meniacal_Mark]

Weld a piece of rebar to it, paint it green and give it to the ole lady LOL.

 

[FussGus]

I have been toying around with the idea of getting batmowheels but should I be worried about doing this now? With some of you guys talking about getting them balanced, can I not buy them and stick them in?

 

[Mpoage]

I have been toying around with the idea of getting batmowheels but should I be worried about doing this now? With some of you guys talking about getting them balanced, can I not buy them and stick them in?

I wouldn't waste my money on them. There's just not enough of a gain to justify it Imo.

 

[StockCar#10]

How can you tell what happened first, the wheel exploding or the shaft breaking?

Do you have any pics of the broken shaft?

Well if the turbo was balanced (if) the snapping of the shaft it a sign of speed...wether in the for of barking the turbo, or actually overspeeding the turbo due to boost leaks an pushing it out of its map, psi test your charge air system?

 

[Beans71086]

I have been toying around with the idea of getting batmowheels but should I be worried about doing this now? With some of you guys talking about getting them balanced, can I not buy them and stick them in?

Here is elites testing of the atmo turbo upgrades. Looks like the batmo is going to get you around 40hp, but there are significantly more gains to be had with the other 71mm atmos. So it all depends what your looking for and how much you wanna spend.

These tests were done on a truck running 60hp nozzles, just so ya know.

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums...C-9DCE-EFBE6C6CAD1E-4837-00000294762FEDAB.jpg

 

[Powerstrokeracing]

Had the same exact thing happen to my 6 leaker with a batmowheel, absolutely grenaded. Destroyed the housing, IC boots, cracked my intercooler. And left me stranded by myself with no cell service. Couldn't pay me enough money to run one of those again

 

[Beans71086]

Had the same exact thing happen to my 6 leaker with a batmowheel, absolutely grenaded. Destroyed the housing, IC boots, cracked my intercooler. And left me stranded by myself with no cell service. Couldn't pay me enough money to run one of those again

Did the shaft snap?

 

[FreddyM]

well i found a set of brand new turbos for 1600 from ford so I'm gonna slap them in there, decided to keep the truck for now, drove a f150 ecoboost for a week and i just can't do it, nothing compares to a super duty!!!

 

[Tree Trimmer]

crossbow's from swamps are $1750........

 

[Powerstrokeracing]

Snapped right on the batmowheel then walked the rest out the exhaust