M3 on fire

[Jamaine]

that's so sad I always dream of owning a car like that and kids are burning them :thumbdo:

 

[Nick]

Its so flippin cold today a burning car might be wonderfull.

 

[Tris]

I just don't get it

Do lietjies get some sort of enjoyment from revving their cars fukced up???

 

[JodyD]

Another good M gone cos of stupidity :thumbdo:

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

who in his right mind give his M3 to kids for a weekend?

 

[hoosain]

the hot exhaust did not cause this fire
the source of the fire is definitely something else

 

[Rommies]

can somebody mechanically minded explain to me how revving a car can cause it to burn out? remember this is a N/A car. No turbo, no meth etc.

like hoosain says....something else must have gone wrong?

 

[Crash_Nemesis]

I wonder if all you do on this forum is to troll bmw's?:nonono:

Well firstly his name is wrong. Should be I8anM3. But I wonder if he realizes his his actual forum name should be Is3cr3tlyIwishIhadanM3.

Would be funny if an admin changed it to that... ha ha ha

 

[icechilli]

Have you seen how Offroaders catch alight - If you ever driving in the bush - look behind you to see if you are now leaving a blazing trail. The long grass gets caught in the exhaust and starts to burn.

Maybe there was plastic or grass on the exhaust.

 

[moranor@axis]

Fair enough these idiot children were doing dumb things, but what is baffling is how did this m3 catch fire. Surely an exhaust is designed to withstand high degrees of heat, especially considering the m3 was built for track use.

Obliviously the exhaust will get hot in track conditions but you never hear of m3's been burnt because of over revving:nonono:.

Something does not add up, I have a hunch it its probably electrical:idea:

airflow in the engine bay would prevent this from happening on the track at all... a bigger worry is this happening on a Dyno

I very much doubt BMWs design brief included must be able to sit on the limiter to 10 min while sitting on the parking lot :yuck:

 

[TOY4ME-ZN]

Exhaust caused that ??? :nonono:

 

[UpNcOmiNg!]

I wonder if all you do on this forum is to troll bmw's?:nonono:

Well firstly his name is wrong. Should be I8anM3. But I wonder if he realizes his his actual forum name should be Is3cr3tlyIwishIhadanM3.

Would be funny if an admin changed it to that... ha ha ha

a,e,i,o,u = an, everything else = a
M isn't EM. :roflol: :roflol:
Well I know he had a proper 135i so, better than an ///M :fencelook:

Back to thread, this is just pathetic. Doing that to any car is asking for trouble.
Should get punched in the ovaries for being such a cock-tonsil.

 

[Blert]

Friend must own a golf have you heard them doing those rev comps? Lol

 

[Crash_Nemesis]

I've seen a few videos of guys revving their cars or doing extended burnouts for a few minutes without moving forward. Their cars eventually do catch alight.

This kid was obviously revving at max RPM for a few minutes straight.

Some examples

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and in this video of BMW driver fails, look at number 6.

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[KPM3_30]

Just really, WTAF? :flyfun: :nonono:

 

[Gizmo]

There was that other video sometime back of the chop in the smallest front yard ever doing burnouts in a red E36 325is, exhaust and insulatiuon also caught fire. These idiots don't understand you need air passing over a car at high revs...

 

[Fordkoppie]

can somebody mechanically minded explain to me how revving a car can cause it to burn out? remember this is a N/A car. No turbo, no meth etc.

like hoosain says....something else must have gone wrong?

We all know the bearings on an M is the weakest link in the engine.

I am pretty sure it was revved to 8400 for a while (maybe even while still cold). Now being in neutral and no load on the engine @ such high RPM it ran a bearing, seized onto the crank and the conrod put a hole in the block.

Then the oil probably splashed onto the red hot exhaust and caught alight. Easy.

He got exactly what he deserved:burnt:

 

[maximus]

All they understand is "bwaaap bwaap bwaaaap bwaaaaap" then "omf fire!"

 

[KPM3_30]

All they understand is "bwaaap bwaap bwaaaap bwaaaaap" then "omf fire!"

:biglol:

 

[S_N]

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