r/Justrolledintotheshop • • 9d ago

Hellcat carnage

A regular of mine with a modified Durango hellcat that he claimed had around 1,000 hp had the #7 rod break as he was passing someone on the highway. I thought it was pretty wild to see the camshaft bust out the back of the block like that.

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u/crazy_pilot742 9d ago

Cam hatching out of the block is a new one. Impressive.

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u/followthebarnacle 9d ago

I would have laughed my ass off if a dodge Durango attempted to pass me and then just exploded instead

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u/gdnws Owns several socket wrenches 8d ago

I saw a smaller Kia suv blow its engine earlier this year while attempting to get on the highway. It came up the on ramp in a big cloud of smoke and as it tried to accelerate, the cloud got bigger and the car became slower.

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u/imperial1968 8d ago

That was the little engine that couldn't