[s-cars] Scary S-CAR / Stommung story . . .

[Bob DG]

Nothing a little duct tape wouldn't have fixed :0

Nothing's perfect, 75k miles is a good amount.

>From: "marc weiner" <marcweiner at comcast.net>
>To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Subject: [s-cars] Scary S-CAR / Stommung story . .  .
>Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:29:19 -0600
>
>I just blew the O2 sensor and O2 bung completely out of the downpipe.  Yes, 
>believe it or not I have a perfectly circular hole in my Strommung 3rd Gen. 
>downpipe.
>
>This is what happened:  I heard some rattling noise from what I thought 
>were some connecting bolts b/w my downpipe and center section since that 
>has come loose before on my way to work.  I started smelling exhaust so I 
>opened up the vents and cracked the windows and sunroof for my 55 mile 30 
>degree F drive to Denver - kept smelling exhaust all the way and started 
>getting light headed near the end of my drive.  I was a little late so I 
>didn't do any R&D until before my commute home (BTW - I spent most of the 
>day feeling a little woosy).  When I started the car for the drive home - 
>the exhaust was really loud so I checked under the car and everything was 
>tight - when I checked under the hood - it was obvious the loud exhaust 
>noise was the exhaust blowing out of the downpipe bung hole.  So, by 
>opening up the vents on the way to work I was actually blowing exhaust from 
>the engine compartment right up my nose - lucky I didn't pass out and glad 
>I at least opened the windows.  Also, lucky the hot exhaust gas didn't 
>ignite the fuel lines/fuel filter.  So, I shut the vents - opened all the 
>windows and drove slowly to ASW in Broomfield and dropped it off for a bung 
>weld job.  Scott at Strommung said he would pick up the tab for the 
>job/rental car or send me a replacement downpipe.  I opted for the weld job 
>for now to see if it holds which will cause less downtime for the car since 
>he has not available downpipes at this moment.  He said he has never had 
>this happen to anyone but I thougt I would let you all know it can happen 
>and to be careful - I was lucky I didn't assfixiate (sp?), pass out while 
>drive, or light up my engine.
>
>My car runs Hoppen/Lehman Stage IV gear - lower compression pistons (8:5 
>to1) , Lehman head, RS2 injectors, RS2 turbo, RS2 extrude honed EM and can 
>peg about 27-28 psig on the VDO boost guage and can be scary fast and 
>smooth as a babys butt.  I know there is more power out there on the list 
>w/ guys running bigger turbos and Strommung 3" setups- anyone else have 
>anything like this happen??? - I probably have about 75k miles on the 
>Strommung system.
>Marc Weiner
>94 S4, 225k miles
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