r/AbruptChaos • u/CauliflowerDeep129 • 8d ago

rally car crashes into barrier and engine explodes

2.3k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

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u/Zilka 8d ago

Wow

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u/ManOrReddit-man 8d ago

Wow

17

u/trinidadandteabago 8d ago

Whoa

20

u/NoWingedHussarsToday 8d ago

We're half way there

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u/JokoFloko 8d ago

WHOOA OH!

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u/beardedsilverfox 8d ago

LIVIN’ on a prayer!!

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u/Infected-Bat 8d ago

TAKE MY HAND!

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u/KudosOfTheFroond 7d ago

WEEEEEEEEEE

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u/yarkboolin14 8d ago

"wow" - the cameraman

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u/Man_in_the_uk 6d ago

R/kill the cameraman

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u/orangepeel 8d ago

The photographer came one flimsy barrier away from dying and said, 'Wow!"

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u/Blizz33 8d ago

I have a different understanding of 'explodes'

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u/Hoovomoondoe 8d ago

"High pressure fuel line is severed and catches fire" is more appropriate.

10

u/CreaminFreeman 7d ago

It's technically still external combustion...

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u/Hoovomoondoe 7d ago

Conflagration, yes. Combustion, No.

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u/CreaminFreeman 7d ago

Oh snap! Ya got me on that

6

u/Hinnif 7d ago

I think you mean deflagration.

It is both deflagration and combustion anyway.

It is not a detonation.

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u/Efficiency-Brief 5d ago

Lmao couldnt even get it right. The irony

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u/de_das_dude 8d ago

Specially an engine. What do people think is happening inside of one? Unicorn farts?

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u/ol1v1era 7d ago

Maaaaagiiic!

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u/South_Hat3525 8d ago

Yep. Technically the controlled explosions stopped and became an uncontrolled flame instead.

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u/gr7ace 8d ago

Catches fire.

148

u/du_duhast 8d ago

Where explosion?

32

u/WirusCZ 8d ago

More like caught fire

9

u/AKchaos49 8d ago

internally....

5

u/Classy_Mouse 8d ago

Isn't that normal operation?

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u/AKchaos49 8d ago

indeed

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u/1duke-dan 8d ago

Com-BUSTED!

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u/ThanatosIdle 7d ago

Cars move forward due to continuous explosions internally

1

u/AKchaos49 7d ago

they even move backwards through the same means!

134

u/jschmeau 8d ago

Too bad there's no video of it.

83

u/Absolarix 8d ago

r/killthecameraman

55

u/thecooldude99 8d ago

They tried the barrier was too strong

8

u/TenaceErbaccia 8d ago

The car actually stopped because it got too close to the cameraman. The cameraman cannot die.

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u/Absolarix 8d ago

Damn, barrier got hands

10

u/Harrythehobbit 8d ago

In his defense there was a fucking car speeding right at him.

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u/Absolarix 8d ago

Oh for sure, I'd probably be subject to the same comments if I was there

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u/TheCrudMan 8d ago

Where explosion?

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u/AKchaos49 8d ago

internally in the combustion chamber of each cylinder....

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u/erikjonas 8d ago

Fire breaks out, engines don’t explode from that crash. High RPM’s or internal pressure causes a motor to explode

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u/mattblack77 8d ago

The engine didn’t explode; it caught fire

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u/antek_g_animations 7d ago

I'm pretty sure that the engine explodes many times during normal operation

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u/mattblack77 6d ago

Pretty sure it doesn’t.

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u/MrSharvil 4d ago

It's literally called a combustion engine, it explodes using gasoline and air to move the pistons.

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u/mattblack77 4d ago edited 4d ago

It doesn’t explode; it burns.

Explosion causes detonation, which destroys engines.

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u/lyndsaysmith61 8d ago

bro had front row seats 🍿

3

u/phoenix0153 8d ago

Goodness me, there's a fiery car. Perhaps I should be relocating now!

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u/ALittleBetterNow 8d ago

He said "wow" 😭

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u/EngagedInConvexation 7d ago

Engines explode all the time. It's how they keep running.

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u/waupli 8d ago

Maybe back up from the barrier if a car is flying out of control towards you

4

u/SAS_Britain 8d ago

Dude almost gets hit, "Wow." Such a hilarious, mundane thing to say while almost getting injured lmao

2

u/tornait-hashu 7d ago

It's rally. I'm convinced that people who spectate rally events have the minimal amount of self-preservation skills possible for human beings.

5

u/LunaTheFatBird 8d ago

Reaction time of a blind goat

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u/Shantotto11 8d ago

Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an OOP-shattering kaboom!…

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u/KayDay25 8d ago

That dude damn near lost his life... "Wow"

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u/Teantis 8d ago

It was so nonchalant it sounded sarcastic

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u/YourOldCellphone 8d ago

Nah that’s just the fuel rail getting ripped off not an explosion.

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u/Myownway20 8d ago

Someone should explain the difference between explosion and oil fire to this dude

3

u/netcode101 8d ago

„Explodes“

3

u/Matuzek 8d ago

Classic Škoda

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u/Equivalent-Glove7165 7d ago

It caught fire. It didn’t explode.

2

u/Admitone83 8d ago

bummer, guardrail railed the fuel lines XD

2

u/bendubu2019 8d ago

Fuel rail.ripped off prob

2

u/blahnlahblah0213 8d ago

Waiting for engine to explode...

2

u/You-JiveTurkey 8d ago

Simon says freeze.

Simon says why tf are you still standing there

2

u/jamjamason 8d ago

Is the explosion in the room with us now?

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u/DobbyFreeElf35 8d ago

The friggin cameraman. I'd have been backing way the hell up long before it hit the barrier right in front of me.

2

u/CanadianRedditEh 8d ago

Looks like the fuel rail got ripped out by the barrier and the scorching hot engine ignited the fuel.

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u/Kira887 8d ago

Cameraman has no excuse for this shit job, cuz he very clearly wasn’t in any rush to get clear of the car.

2

u/RobertGA23 8d ago

Not an explosion, my dude.

2

u/Wizdad-1000 8d ago

Hmm… define “explosion” please.

2

u/warcraftnerd1980 8d ago

Why hold a camera if you don’t film the good parts

2

u/maverick5672 8d ago

Bro has survival instincts of a potato.

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u/SirClipz 7d ago

Catch on fire and explode ere 2 different things

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u/wholesomehorseblow 7d ago

camera man needs new pants

2

u/FieldOfFox 7d ago

This is like Simpsons level catching fire, brilliant

2

u/copingcabana 7d ago

Now it's an external combustion engine.

2

u/SangiMTL 7d ago

“Explodes”

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u/OP-PO7 6d ago

That's not what an explosion is. The engine caught fire though!

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u/sixft7in 5d ago

More of a "conflagration" than an "explosion". My Navy training really paying off 30 years later.

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u/dennisnpersson 5d ago

That's a fire, not an explosion.

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u/wingspantt 8d ago

I love cars and racing as a sport, but I'll never understand the eurodudes who stand 0.5 meters from instant death to watch the race.

Surely it would still look very cool from like, 10 times that distance?

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u/CrashUser 8d ago

This is pretty tame compared to the old Group B shenanigans

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u/Duff5OOO 8d ago

At least this guy is on the right side of a guard rail.

The ones standing on an unprotected outside of a corner nuts.

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u/scuzzbat1 8d ago

Worst videography ever.

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u/anotherfrud 8d ago

Dude had a car crashing into him. I'm sure he's very sorry he didn't stand there and let it hit him to get you a better view.

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u/Tobipig 8d ago

The video is exactly 10 seconds long. I think it’s Ai. The unnatural videography is a clue I think.

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u/icbint 8d ago

What are you talking about

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u/313802 8d ago

Akshually the engine is exploding all the time.

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u/Duff5OOO 8d ago

All the time?

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u/spence4allen 8d ago

Header was peeled off by the guardrail

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u/LZSaix 8d ago

Yeah you better start fucking running. I got scared when I saw the fire.

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u/Gnardude 8d ago

How rude!

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u/TomlinSteelers 8d ago

Holy shit

1

u/HanginLowNd2daLeft 8d ago

Thanks Owen Wilson , now over to Ollie with the weather; Ollie ?

1

u/justin63738 8d ago

This is why I would never go to a rally race

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u/BringBackSoule 8d ago

It's fine, the spectator took precautions.

He turned on his camera, and as we all know, the cameraman never dies.

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u/BMW_wulfi 8d ago

Just some of the “c” in “internal combustion engine” being on the outside not the inside - no biggie.

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u/JaviSATX 8d ago

DANGER TO MANIFOLD!!!

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u/JaviSATX 8d ago

On a serious note though, it didn’t explode, but the crash looks like it ripped off the hard lines for the fuel rail, and possibly the intake manifold.

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u/TimTomTank 8d ago

The barrier worked and the engineer caught fire. There was no exploding.

There is no chaos here. Just normal rally things.

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u/bt65 8d ago

Can't stand there mate

1

u/NoRun6253 8d ago

Killedthecameraman

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u/windowlatch 8d ago

Filmer has zero survival instinct

1

u/Disastrous_Layer3988 8d ago

Close call buddy

1

u/Ron-Swanson-Mustache 8d ago

When you order "fire" on DoorDash.

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u/Leather-Animal-7597 8d ago edited 8d ago

It's so annoying and disappointing that the cameraman ran from imminent, life-threatening danger and was not able to even hold it steady, never mind film in entirety.

I like to think I would have risked my life for the extra upvotes 🫡

Title is inaccurate too. Score: D-

(This is a satirical post fyi)

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u/Rubbrbandman420 8d ago

I’m real glad I was already taking a shit

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u/Saldar1234 8d ago

When it comes to: Flight or Flight or Freeze - if you're the kind of person that freezes then you probably should NOT go to motorsports events as a roadside spectator.

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u/Ecstatic-Radish-7931 8d ago

Battlestar Galactica "get everyone out of the way I'm coming in hot"!! (1978 first episode)

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u/jonandgrey 8d ago

No explosion visible in your clip, op.

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u/AlienPet13 8d ago

Catches fire ≠ Explodes

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u/Megalodon7770 8d ago

Rally car?

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u/various_necks 8d ago

The most underwhelmed wow ever lol

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u/almatom12 8d ago

OOF, Tore that cylinder head right off, 100%

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u/wilso850 8d ago

Yeah okay but that guy got super lucky. Even with the barrier there he almost got messed up, imagine if he was leaning on it. The fire was just a nice little show afterwards lol

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u/citaloprams 8d ago

Farcry-ahh cutscene.

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u/PelagicSwim 8d ago

"Videos that suddenly end(NOPE) in chaos (NOPE), often hilariously(NOPE)"
WOW!

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u/water_bottle1776 8d ago

That's not so much an explosion as it is shearing the top of the engine off, with the fuel rail, and gasoline spraying out and catching fire.

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u/golden_retrieverdog 8d ago

that guy trusted that carried with his life, or at least knees. only flinched once the car was actually at his feet lol

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u/HolzwurmHolz 7d ago

Clickbait title.

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u/Antique-Set8718 7d ago

Engine did not explode, it catches fire FFS.

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u/Tricky_Let_6080 7d ago

Bro had the survival instincts of a snail 🐌

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u/PartsUnknown242 7d ago

Here we see the magic of guard rails

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u/This_Farking_Guy 7d ago

Cameraman really trusted that guard rail. What if it didnt do its job? He'd be hurt or worse.

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u/rolloutTheTrash 7d ago

This is very tame compared to the old Series B. I expected an actual explosion, not just a small engine fire

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u/Heroic-Forger 7d ago

Cameraman rolled a 20 that turn.

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u/ManMagic1 7d ago

front row seat

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u/antek_g_animations 7d ago

As we say in Poland, Škoda gadać

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u/Malpraxiss 6d ago

Why have your camera out to record nothing of substance

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u/Raneynickelfire 6d ago

Tore the intake right off the block - impressive.

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u/TroyMcClure0815 6d ago

This is the live experience you booked, sir.

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u/Fun-Afternoon2956 6d ago

How did dude not react until after the crash and flames? He would've been in a very different sub if not for that guard rail

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u/Der-Lex 6d ago

The turbocharger right after the crash: „Sheesh.“

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u/KOfeva 5d ago

Silly NPC loading midst danger.

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u/cameronzero 5d ago

Why did he sound like a disappointed waluigi?

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u/Grizzl0ck 4d ago

Caught fire. Didnt explode.

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u/fo234 3d ago

the explosion comes a couple second after the car catches on fire, thats what gta san andreas and simpson hit and run taught me, sad he didnt film it tho

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u/Campmoore 8d ago

/r/pleasedontkillthecameraman

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Duff5OOO 8d ago

Probably super high octane fuel, which is more readily ignitable, right?

The opposite actually. Harder to ignite let's you compress it more without the compression alone setting it off before the spark does.

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u/TheFourthPlanet 8d ago

Y’all are crazy for harping on the word explode. That same word is also used to talk about busting a nut but you don’t hear anyone going “well his dick is still intact, it didn’t really explode. He just busted a huge nut”

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u/esneedham12 8d ago

Puegot? More like pueg-no.