Broken wheel from boost?!

[erikkire18]

As the title states, is it possible that my the outer lip of my wheel snapped when I hit boost? Here’s what happened. I was getting on the freeway in 3rd about 30mph, gave it some gas (half or less throttle) felt boost and heard the spooling so let off the gas a bit (didn’t hit the brakes) Usually when this happens I keep control of the car and it doesn’t spin the rears. But this time the boost accelerated and took off, I got side ways and was near to hitting the center wall, thank god there weren’t any cars in the middle nor far lane, which is why I merged into the middle lane. After getting sideways and Close to hitting the wall, I heard a metal snapping noise. I though my rear hit the wall, I get home and find my wheel is the only one that is broken in half as pictures are shown. My Frame or bumper didn’t hit the wall at all, there’s no dents or hits. And I didn’t hit because I would have bounced off and my car would have been wrecked most likely. I never came to a compete stop on the freeway and kept driving. Went back to see if I left any damage on the wall or debre but all I saw were skid marks of my left rear wheel and when the boost kicked in. What makes me think the tire snapped the wheel is that I have 305 on the back but the width is 9.5, and people have not recommended I had that size since there is a bit more wall of the tire that surrounds the wheel. Was it possible my tire snapped the wheel under boost? My tire is completely fine and no tpms sensor went off and it hasn’t released air nor any holes in the tire. Anyone have a similar experience? I’ve done many pulls and I know the power of the car and know when to let off, I’ve never fully gassed it, especially with others around me. The pictures show my wheel and how it’s broken in half. Any ideas of how or why this happened?

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[Jay-rod427]

Boost didn't break the wheel. Sliding the back end out did. The side load broke it off on top of a tire a bit wide for a 9.5" wheel.

 

[Vegas5OH]

there must have been some sort of curb or you just kissed the wall. you can see the scrape marks on the tire even from where you hit

 

[moffetts]

The scuffs are only as tall as the (broken) lip on the wheel, so the tire itself did the damage.

 

[Boduke0220]

What the first reply said

 

[erikkire18]

Yah I think it was the whole shift of the back end cuz I didn’t hit any wall. My tire doesn’t stick out more than my fender so my whole side would have been dented. Is it possible my rear break locked up?

 

[DTeal23]

No.

 

[ProChargerTECH]

After working at a dealership for 3 years.... this is tell tail, curb damage.

It might not have happened when the tire let go, but trust me that hit a curb.
Then finally the power broke her all the way free.

 

[2qwk4ya]

My Gut feeling is you got really lucky! I think you kissed a k-rail White barrier. The first and 3rd pic tell the story. Those k-rails are wider at the bottom the wheel took the impact and not your 1/4 panel. You should Buy a lottery ticket.

 

[erikkire18]

Yah I’m super lucky that The only thing I damaged was the wheel (hopefully). Not sure if my chassis or something might have been moved. I’m guna be installing a 3.31 pumpkin and stronger axles next week. Along with toe links and the cradle lock out kit, than an alignment after all that. Hopefully nothing else got damaged

 

[erikkire18]

Need to purchase welds now hopefully within a week or 2

 

[moffetts]

The welds will bend when you curb them.

 

[erikkire18]

what wheels you guys got and tires? im at 700whp at the moment but have the controller to 750whp and 800whp but i stay at 700. Any suggestions

 

[SolarFlare]

Def hit something.

 

[venumous]

Curb was touched 100%

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