First WOT nightmare run "Whipple"

[Roh92cp]

My car has been cooped up all winter waiting for the first signs of spring after my home instal, well today was the day. Got 93 octane in and went for a long drive, feels so smooth like butter really, stock drivability in every way. Well went to test wide open in 4 th and holy fuck it stuck wide open and only noticed when I de clutched and the RPMS started bouncing off the rev limiter, I put it back in gear let the clutch out and kept stomping the throttle with no results had to declutch again as road was running out more rev limiter bouncing until I hit and held the start button, finally it shut down. I was so fucken pissed all this on the first time I go WOT. I restarted and was able to drive home 2 miles with no issue. When I got home looked at the winter rubber floor mat and it was hanging on the pedal...GOD DANG IT!!.REALLY!!! Chucked the mat across the yard and went for another ride and everything looked good, temps, oil pressure and no unusual engine sounds and went for another WOT test, and all went well, pulled like a mother. WTF kind of shit luck:doh:

Moral of the story is a freakin floor mat could kill you or blow your motor. Never again will I put a rubber mat under my foot:eyebulge:

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[Stage_3]

Man,....that is scary. Glad nothing serious had happened and glad it was just the mat and not an actual" issue".
ENJOY!!

 

[turbo50]

same thing happen to my 15 tundra, scared the piss out me

 

[MSMStannyl]

Was it the factory all weather mat? I have them and have had no problems. The drivers side one clips in so it doesn't move.

One of the biggest mistakes I've seen people make is that they put the all weather rubber mats OVER the regular carpet mats. Bad idea!

 

[Roh92cp]

Was it the factory all weather mat? I have them and have had no problems. The drivers side one clips in so it doesn't move.

One of the biggest mistakes I've seen people make is that they put the all weather rubber mats OVER the regular carpet mats. Bad idea!

Yup big mistake for sure, I put a standard rubber mat over the stock mat:frusty:

 

[Furore]

Glad you are OK man. That could have ended badly. I know a guy who got into a pretty major accident under similar circumstances..

 

[DiEzel]

I went weathertech and never looked back, 19k of many a WOT runs. Zero issues.

 

[zaquhree]

shit that would scare me with stock opg lol

 

[Roh92cp]

shit that would scare me with stock opg lol

My knees were knocking just thinking about going WOT after reading both travis@boostworks and other other recent engine failure. Then the shit has to happen first time out, and yes stock OPG and timing gear:eyebulge:

 

[stevnoof]

Wow glad u r ok. And your car as well.

 

[zaquhree]

My knees were knocking just thinking about going WOT after reading both travis@boostworks and other other recent engine failure. Then the shit has to happen first time out, and yes stock OPG and timing gear:eyebulge:

Mine are both going in tonight thank god no more butthole puckering lol

 

[ETCH]

Thats why i go commando... fuck the rubber......... wait we weren't talking about sex were we?????

 

[Grim12]

wow, that's freaking scary. Glad it was a simple problem though.

 

[SC_Ruby]

Glad nothing besides a few tight cheecks :eyebulge: Now that the heart rate has settled down how bout that Whippple pull

 

[Burnin4]

lol, great story. Congrats on the new setup! I bet there was a huge sense of relief once you discovered the mat was the culprit and nothing was wrong with your car.

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