are you sure he didnt throw a rod? ive never heard of a clutch *exploading*

 

Clutches (and flywheels) detonate all the time. That's why manufacturers make and many racing classes require clutch bellhousings to protect the driver and anyone else nearby from flying shrapnel.

So I think the description is accurate. If he threw a rod, being a transverse-mounted I4, I would have expected the hole in the hood to be been further up, closer to the bumper.

 

On the sixth day, God created the scatter shield.

 

yea epic vid indeed lol

 

I've seen a similar effect, when a battery explodes under the hood of a car, extremely dangerous.