1 00:00:05,841 --> 00:00:09,673 [upbeat music playing] 2 00:00:12,745 --> 00:00:16,059 [Tory] This car says luxury to me. 3 00:00:16,093 --> 00:00:19,545 A 1981 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. 4 00:00:21,064 --> 00:00:22,617 You know who likes luxury? 5 00:00:22,651 --> 00:00:24,860 Mobsters. 6 00:00:24,895 --> 00:00:27,035 Uh, this is gonna be fun. 7 00:00:27,070 --> 00:00:29,451 This myth has my name written all over it. 8 00:00:29,486 --> 00:00:31,384 I think we got ways to go. 9 00:00:31,419 --> 00:00:33,835 [dramatic music playing] 10 00:00:33,869 --> 00:00:36,562 [singer] ♪ Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 11 00:00:36,596 --> 00:00:37,839 [car revving] 12 00:00:39,530 --> 00:00:40,773 [narrator] Meet the team. 13 00:00:40,807 --> 00:00:42,395 We'll be at work in no time. 14 00:00:42,430 --> 00:00:43,879 This might be the miracle coolant 15 00:00:43,914 --> 00:00:45,364 that everybody's been searching for. 16 00:00:45,398 --> 00:00:47,435 Oh. 17 00:00:47,469 --> 00:00:49,368 [narrator] With the mechanical expertise. 18 00:00:49,402 --> 00:00:51,128 [Faye] My main concern is structural integrity. 19 00:00:51,163 --> 00:00:52,647 I think this is gonna work. 20 00:00:52,681 --> 00:00:54,614 [narrator] To test all things automotive. 21 00:00:54,649 --> 00:00:56,547 -That was beautiful. -The more air we push through, 22 00:00:56,582 --> 00:00:58,066 the more fuel siphoned out. 23 00:00:58,101 --> 00:01:00,310 -And boom. -Wow. 24 00:01:00,344 --> 00:01:03,209 [narrator] This isMotor Mythbusters. 25 00:01:03,244 --> 00:01:06,178 This is the weirdest thing I've ever seen. 26 00:01:06,212 --> 00:01:09,905 [narrator] Where science meets the streets. 27 00:01:11,631 --> 00:01:13,840 [upbeat music playing] 28 00:01:13,875 --> 00:01:16,774 -Oh. -God, this thing weighs a ton. 29 00:01:16,809 --> 00:01:18,293 We're gonna need some momentum. 30 00:01:22,228 --> 00:01:23,609 What is this? 31 00:01:23,643 --> 00:01:25,921 -This is luxury. -[Faye] What? 32 00:01:25,956 --> 00:01:28,338 [Tory] It's a Cadillac Eldorado 1981. 33 00:01:28,372 --> 00:01:30,685 Look at the leather interior. I mean, this is what 34 00:01:30,719 --> 00:01:32,894 a mobster would drive in the 80's. 35 00:01:32,928 --> 00:01:37,001 What's interesting is that it had a 864 engine in 1981. 36 00:01:37,036 --> 00:01:38,693 That was very unique. And you're laughing 37 00:01:38,727 --> 00:01:40,108 because you probably know something I know. 38 00:01:40,143 --> 00:01:41,558 Yeah, well, it could go from 39 00:01:41,592 --> 00:01:42,835 a six-cylinder to an eight-cylinder 40 00:01:42,869 --> 00:01:44,492 down to a four-cylinder. 41 00:01:44,526 --> 00:01:46,183 And it was supposed to be like fuel efficient. 42 00:01:46,218 --> 00:01:47,805 But it just caused so many problems 43 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,704 that they just left it in eight-cylinder. 44 00:01:49,738 --> 00:01:51,430 Well, there is a method to the madness 45 00:01:51,464 --> 00:01:52,983 and there was a plan for that. 46 00:01:53,017 --> 00:01:54,812 He's gonna get real nerdy on us 47 00:01:54,847 --> 00:01:56,435 -with the engine. -[Faye] Oh. 48 00:01:56,469 --> 00:01:58,126 Oh, this is a heavy hood. 49 00:01:58,161 --> 00:02:00,439 This was an engine that was ahead of its time. 50 00:02:00,473 --> 00:02:03,062 So you think about the time when this car came out, 51 00:02:03,096 --> 00:02:04,926 we're still dealing with a bit of an oil crisis. 52 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,203 And the fuel economy was something 53 00:02:06,238 --> 00:02:07,342 that was embraced heavily. 54 00:02:07,377 --> 00:02:08,688 The guys from Cadillac thought 55 00:02:08,723 --> 00:02:10,518 maybe it'd be an engineering marvel 56 00:02:10,552 --> 00:02:14,591 and an advantage to deactivate two cylinders 57 00:02:14,625 --> 00:02:16,558 and another two cylinders to make this act like 58 00:02:16,593 --> 00:02:18,146 a four cylinder at times, 59 00:02:18,181 --> 00:02:19,527 especially in coasting and when cruising. 60 00:02:19,561 --> 00:02:21,425 And so they used solenoid to lock 61 00:02:21,460 --> 00:02:23,047 the rocker arms of the cylinders 62 00:02:23,082 --> 00:02:26,050 to prevent any type of gas coming in or out. 63 00:02:26,085 --> 00:02:27,845 So you can imagine the intake and exhaust valve 64 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,158 not being actuated, they kept the pressure in. 65 00:02:30,193 --> 00:02:32,367 So the engine, they kept pressurizing 66 00:02:32,402 --> 00:02:34,542 the empty cylinders constantly. 67 00:02:34,576 --> 00:02:36,716 You just think about, like, all the power you're gonna lose. 68 00:02:36,751 --> 00:02:38,270 -Well, that was the goal. -That's what I'm thinking. 69 00:02:38,304 --> 00:02:39,374 -Less power? -Yeah. 70 00:02:39,409 --> 00:02:40,513 -Less fuel. -More economy, less fuel. 71 00:02:40,548 --> 00:02:41,825 -Less fuel. -More economy. 72 00:02:41,859 --> 00:02:43,689 -[Faye] Yeah. -It was a good concept. 73 00:02:43,723 --> 00:02:45,518 -Was it though? -Well, I mean, 74 00:02:45,553 --> 00:02:47,037 -they were trying to do the right thing. -Yeah. 75 00:02:47,071 --> 00:02:48,176 Shall we check out the rest of the car? 76 00:02:48,211 --> 00:02:49,315 -Sure. -Sure. 77 00:02:50,903 --> 00:02:52,525 [Tory] I'll show you the dead body in the back. 78 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,872 I just wanna make sure this isn't a gangster's. 79 00:02:54,907 --> 00:02:56,391 All right. Look at this. 80 00:02:56,426 --> 00:02:58,255 -Oh, there's Jimmy Hoffa. -[Bisi laughs] 81 00:02:58,290 --> 00:03:01,120 [Faye] What's that weird little motor? 82 00:03:01,154 --> 00:03:03,295 [Tory] Oh, look at that. 83 00:03:03,329 --> 00:03:05,469 The soft close feature. 84 00:03:05,504 --> 00:03:06,815 [Tory] You open it up. 85 00:03:06,850 --> 00:03:08,438 You put the dead body in the back. 86 00:03:08,472 --> 00:03:09,749 [Bisi] That's a great way to respect the dead. 87 00:03:09,784 --> 00:03:11,061 [Tory] That's gangster. 88 00:03:11,095 --> 00:03:12,718 Not only that, you can do it quietly 89 00:03:12,752 --> 00:03:14,616 so no one hears you slamming the trunk, you know. 90 00:03:14,651 --> 00:03:16,653 -Oh. -Oh, that's good. 91 00:03:18,620 --> 00:03:21,313 [Tory] If this car could talk, the stories it would have... 92 00:03:21,347 --> 00:03:22,831 This looks like actually some crazy, 93 00:03:22,866 --> 00:03:24,212 like, chairs I would find at, 94 00:03:24,247 --> 00:03:25,765 like, my grandfather's basement. 95 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,491 [Bisi] You know, you think about mob bosses 96 00:03:27,526 --> 00:03:29,390 and being swanky, this was it. 97 00:03:29,424 --> 00:03:31,323 Yeah. You ever seen the movie Casino? 98 00:03:31,357 --> 00:03:32,979 Oh, I love that movie. 99 00:03:33,014 --> 00:03:34,602 Casino? No, I haven't seen it. 100 00:03:34,636 --> 00:03:35,879 -You haven't seen Casino? -[Faye] Of course. 101 00:03:35,913 --> 00:03:37,294 Big shocker. All right. 102 00:03:37,329 --> 00:03:38,985 Well, it's a gangster movie. 103 00:03:39,020 --> 00:03:40,711 -It's based on a true story. -Good. 104 00:03:40,746 --> 00:03:42,817 And Robert De Niro plays this guy, Ace Rothstein. 105 00:03:42,851 --> 00:03:45,233 He works for the mob. And the mob 106 00:03:45,268 --> 00:03:48,409 tried to take him out by using a car bomb. 107 00:03:49,617 --> 00:03:51,481 [explodes] 108 00:03:51,515 --> 00:03:53,414 [Tory] He's in the car, the bomb goes off. 109 00:03:53,448 --> 00:03:55,899 But he says this particular model 110 00:03:55,933 --> 00:03:58,246 and year had an extra steel plate 111 00:03:58,281 --> 00:03:59,661 under the driver's seat, 112 00:03:59,696 --> 00:04:01,180 and that's what saved his life. 113 00:04:01,214 --> 00:04:03,907 That is the myth that we're gonna test. 114 00:04:03,941 --> 00:04:07,359 [narrator] According to the movie, the 1981 Cadillac Eldorado 115 00:04:07,393 --> 00:04:09,878 came complete with a blast proof plate. 116 00:04:09,913 --> 00:04:13,296 Convenient coincidence or manufacturers marvel? 117 00:04:13,330 --> 00:04:16,713 Either way, could bolstering a car's undercarriage 118 00:04:16,747 --> 00:04:19,267 with a steel plate actually defend 119 00:04:19,302 --> 00:04:21,304 against a mobster's car bomb? 120 00:04:23,098 --> 00:04:25,549 [Faye] That's weird, there's, like, this one year 121 00:04:25,584 --> 00:04:27,310 of this car had that extra steel plate. 122 00:04:27,344 --> 00:04:28,863 [Bisi] It could be an engineering mistake 123 00:04:28,897 --> 00:04:30,036 that they're trying to correct 124 00:04:30,071 --> 00:04:31,624 or rumor has it that they try to 125 00:04:31,659 --> 00:04:33,005 -balance out the chassis by doing that. -Right. 126 00:04:33,039 --> 00:04:35,041 Since this is the exact car. 127 00:04:35,076 --> 00:04:37,216 -I say we start by pulling the seat out. -[Bisi] Mmm-hmm. 128 00:04:37,250 --> 00:04:39,287 [Tory] See if that plate is even there. 129 00:04:39,322 --> 00:04:42,014 Good call. Can you get to him from here? 130 00:04:42,048 --> 00:04:43,360 [Tory] I'm trying to. 131 00:04:43,395 --> 00:04:46,432 Now, I am super excited about this one. 132 00:04:46,467 --> 00:04:48,331 -All right. Clear. -Oh. 133 00:04:48,365 --> 00:04:50,263 [Tory] Because I'm a big fan of gangster movies 134 00:04:50,298 --> 00:04:52,783 and because I like explosions. 135 00:04:52,818 --> 00:04:54,509 And this has both. 136 00:04:56,339 --> 00:05:00,860 Well, on first inspection, I don't see a big steel plate. 137 00:05:00,895 --> 00:05:02,275 [Bisi] Yeah, I concur. 138 00:05:06,245 --> 00:05:07,591 Do it. 139 00:05:10,283 --> 00:05:12,009 I mean, if you're a gangster 140 00:05:13,425 --> 00:05:17,049 and you knew the driver's seat was here, right? 141 00:05:17,083 --> 00:05:21,674 You would place the explosive device under here. 142 00:05:27,818 --> 00:05:29,889 -I hear a different pitch. -Yeah, me too. 143 00:05:29,924 --> 00:05:31,512 -We should drill through this. -We definitely should. 144 00:05:31,546 --> 00:05:33,272 -[Bisi] Yeah. -I like the idea. 145 00:05:33,306 --> 00:05:34,963 And to be able to find out where we should drill, 146 00:05:34,998 --> 00:05:36,551 I think I should bring the car down. 147 00:05:36,586 --> 00:05:38,035 -Yeah, and then go... -And then go from inside. 148 00:05:38,070 --> 00:05:39,382 -Right. So to be sure. -Right over the seat. 149 00:05:39,416 --> 00:05:40,383 -Exactly. -All right. 150 00:05:40,417 --> 00:05:41,522 All right. 151 00:05:41,556 --> 00:05:43,006 The seat would be right here. 152 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,076 -[Faye] Mmm-hmm. -[Bisi] Yes. 153 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:45,249 And as I feel around it, 154 00:05:45,284 --> 00:05:47,217 I don't... I don't feel... 155 00:05:47,251 --> 00:05:48,874 -It feels quite thin. -Yeah. 156 00:05:48,908 --> 00:05:50,910 So does this and so does this. 157 00:05:50,945 --> 00:05:54,155 What if we did a hole here, a hole here, 158 00:05:54,189 --> 00:05:55,501 and then a hole here? 159 00:05:55,536 --> 00:05:58,953 [machine whirring] 160 00:06:04,855 --> 00:06:06,616 But so far, that looks like a single sheet. 161 00:06:06,650 --> 00:06:08,203 [Tory] No, it is. Yeah. Hundred percent. 162 00:06:10,343 --> 00:06:11,828 -And you see the drill bit, right? -[Faye] Yup. 163 00:06:11,862 --> 00:06:13,346 -[Bisi] Yes. -Okay. 164 00:06:15,176 --> 00:06:16,626 -[Faye] Drill bit. -[Bisi] Yup. 165 00:06:16,660 --> 00:06:19,905 Well, as you can see, there's no steel plate. 166 00:06:19,939 --> 00:06:22,459 So this part of the myth is looking busted. 167 00:06:22,494 --> 00:06:25,186 But something saved his life from the bomb. 168 00:06:25,220 --> 00:06:27,568 Yeah, there has to be a reason why 169 00:06:27,602 --> 00:06:29,673 Robert De Niro's character survived that blast. 170 00:06:29,708 --> 00:06:31,779 -Yeah. -[Bisi] What do you think, Faye? 171 00:06:31,813 --> 00:06:34,160 Uh, well, I just checked the VIN and the build date. 172 00:06:34,195 --> 00:06:35,576 I'm thinking that maybe I'm just gonna check 173 00:06:35,610 --> 00:06:37,129 like some online service records 174 00:06:37,163 --> 00:06:38,613 and see if there actually was an update 175 00:06:38,648 --> 00:06:40,650 done to this vehicle to this year. 176 00:06:40,684 --> 00:06:41,789 [Tory] Mmm-hmm. 177 00:06:41,823 --> 00:06:43,894 [upbeat music playing] 178 00:06:45,482 --> 00:06:47,001 -[Faye] Check this out. -[Tory] Mmm-hmm. 179 00:06:47,035 --> 00:06:48,727 So this is an actual service bulletin 180 00:06:48,761 --> 00:06:51,315 from Cadillac corporate to their dealerships. 181 00:06:51,350 --> 00:06:53,421 There actually was a suspension recall 182 00:06:53,456 --> 00:06:55,492 from 1980 to the 1981 model year. 183 00:06:55,527 --> 00:06:57,218 However, all that it was 184 00:06:57,252 --> 00:06:59,013 these upper control arm nuts 185 00:06:59,047 --> 00:07:00,463 -came loose... -[Bisi] Oh. 186 00:07:00,497 --> 00:07:01,981 ...in that one model year. So... 187 00:07:02,016 --> 00:07:03,500 So there was no mention 188 00:07:03,535 --> 00:07:05,122 of like a steel plate to balance out... 189 00:07:05,157 --> 00:07:06,572 -No. -...the suspension? 190 00:07:06,607 --> 00:07:08,436 And in fact, I went and checked out exactly 191 00:07:08,471 --> 00:07:11,853 what was required of this technical service bulletin. 192 00:07:11,888 --> 00:07:13,890 And all that it was, was replacing the nuts. 193 00:07:13,924 --> 00:07:15,547 -[Bisi] Yeah. -[Tory] There was never a steel plate? 194 00:07:15,581 --> 00:07:17,031 -[Faye] Absolutely. Yeah. -[Tory] Cool. 195 00:07:17,065 --> 00:07:18,619 -Just nuts. -Nothing but nuts. 196 00:07:18,653 --> 00:07:21,898 [upbeat music playing] 197 00:07:27,420 --> 00:07:29,353 [Tory] Okay. The steel plate wasn't factory. 198 00:07:31,390 --> 00:07:33,703 But we're testing the movie myth. 199 00:07:33,737 --> 00:07:35,083 And De Niro's character said 200 00:07:35,118 --> 00:07:37,189 that there was one in his Caddy. 201 00:07:37,223 --> 00:07:38,846 So to replicate the film 202 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,882 and test if we can bombproof the car, 203 00:07:40,917 --> 00:07:43,954 we're installing our own one quarter inch steel plate. 204 00:07:46,267 --> 00:07:49,063 By welding it to the chassis directly beneath the driver's seat, 205 00:07:49,097 --> 00:07:51,893 it's right where the movie said it was. 206 00:07:51,928 --> 00:07:53,792 And since we don't wanna be anywhere 207 00:07:53,826 --> 00:07:56,173 near the Eldorado when we blow it sky high... 208 00:07:56,208 --> 00:07:58,003 [Bisi] All right. Look at that beauty. 209 00:07:58,037 --> 00:08:01,247 [Tory] ...Bisi and Davis, our resident electronics guru 210 00:08:01,282 --> 00:08:03,422 are putting together a remote control system. 211 00:08:03,456 --> 00:08:06,218 [Davis] So this is our rotary encoder pins 212 00:08:06,252 --> 00:08:07,564 and our ground. 213 00:08:07,599 --> 00:08:09,566 [Tory] So with the push of a button 214 00:08:09,601 --> 00:08:12,120 from a safe distance, we can turn the ignition key 215 00:08:12,155 --> 00:08:14,329 and trigger the car bomb. 216 00:08:14,364 --> 00:08:16,539 [engine starts] 217 00:08:18,333 --> 00:08:19,887 Well, we've got a working servo mechanism. 218 00:08:19,921 --> 00:08:21,785 I think we're ready to blow up this car. 219 00:08:21,820 --> 00:08:23,373 -Beautiful. -All right. 220 00:08:23,407 --> 00:08:27,757 [tense music playing] 221 00:08:27,791 --> 00:08:30,587 [Tory] To test this myth, we're in the middle of nowhere. 222 00:08:30,622 --> 00:08:32,520 It's a secret location. And for good reason, 223 00:08:32,555 --> 00:08:34,453 because we're gonna be blowing stuff up. 224 00:08:34,487 --> 00:08:36,489 Now our good friend, Bob Epps, 225 00:08:36,524 --> 00:08:39,354 a bomb technician is going to help us do that safely. 226 00:08:39,389 --> 00:08:41,874 But more importantly, he has some insight 227 00:08:41,909 --> 00:08:45,395 to what may have happened in this myth. 228 00:08:45,429 --> 00:08:48,329 So, Bob, we're looking at the myth from the movie Casino. 229 00:08:48,363 --> 00:08:49,779 -The Cadillac blows up. -Yup. 230 00:08:49,813 --> 00:08:51,228 He survives the blast 231 00:08:51,263 --> 00:08:53,023 and he says it's because of a steel plate 232 00:08:53,058 --> 00:08:55,543 under his seat that he actually survived. 233 00:08:55,578 --> 00:08:56,786 -I've heard that. -You've heard the story? 234 00:08:56,820 --> 00:08:58,615 -Yeah. -What type of explosives 235 00:08:58,650 --> 00:09:01,756 did you think the mob would've used to set up a car bomb? 236 00:09:01,791 --> 00:09:03,620 In that area, there's a lot of mining. 237 00:09:03,655 --> 00:09:05,622 And they do use dynamite for that. 238 00:09:05,657 --> 00:09:07,900 It would've been very easy for the mob to buy 239 00:09:07,935 --> 00:09:11,076 or maybe illegally acquire 240 00:09:11,110 --> 00:09:12,491 -a few sticks of dynamite. -Or steal? 241 00:09:12,525 --> 00:09:13,941 -Yeah. -[laughter] 242 00:09:13,975 --> 00:09:15,287 -Or maybe just take it. -You're a gangster. 243 00:09:15,321 --> 00:09:17,600 -Yeah. -You're not buying stuff. 244 00:09:17,634 --> 00:09:20,568 If you're a mobster, where would you place the explosives? 245 00:09:20,603 --> 00:09:22,397 [Bob] I would want the explosives as close 246 00:09:22,432 --> 00:09:24,020 or right under where I thought 247 00:09:24,054 --> 00:09:25,987 the intended person was gonna sit. 248 00:09:26,022 --> 00:09:28,507 [Tory] So we bought a Cadillac Eldorado, 249 00:09:28,541 --> 00:09:30,371 same year, same model. 250 00:09:30,405 --> 00:09:33,029 And we stripped it down and it turns out 251 00:09:33,063 --> 00:09:35,928 there was no steel plate underneath the driver's seat. 252 00:09:35,963 --> 00:09:37,240 That was a big part of his story. 253 00:09:37,274 --> 00:09:38,655 But now we wanna see 254 00:09:38,690 --> 00:09:40,588 if you did have a steel plate in there, 255 00:09:40,623 --> 00:09:43,626 would it be enough to save your life from an explosion? 256 00:09:43,660 --> 00:09:45,800 -So you got a car... -Yup. 257 00:09:45,835 --> 00:09:47,630 ...and you put a steel plate in it. 258 00:09:47,664 --> 00:09:49,114 I'm thinking you want me 259 00:09:49,148 --> 00:09:50,425 to hook you up with some dynamite? 260 00:09:50,460 --> 00:09:52,082 -That's why... -Let's do it. 261 00:09:52,117 --> 00:09:53,739 -That's why we came here. -[laughter] 262 00:09:55,430 --> 00:09:56,673 So you have the remote system? 263 00:09:56,708 --> 00:09:58,295 [Bisi] Yes, we just need to install it. 264 00:09:58,330 --> 00:10:00,815 Rig everything up properly and get going. 265 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:03,335 Is this like your first experience 266 00:10:03,369 --> 00:10:04,854 -with high explosives? -Oh, yeah. 267 00:10:04,888 --> 00:10:06,510 This is... This is my first time. 268 00:10:06,545 --> 00:10:08,823 The most I've seen is like an M-80 firecracker 269 00:10:08,858 --> 00:10:10,411 for, like, 4th July. 270 00:10:10,445 --> 00:10:12,793 -You guys are in for a treat. -Oh. 271 00:10:12,827 --> 00:10:15,140 -You'll never get used to it. -You see I'm smiling. 272 00:10:15,174 --> 00:10:17,245 -My cheeks are hurting -already. Yeah. It's... 273 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:18,971 -In anticipation. -It's the adrenaline. 274 00:10:19,006 --> 00:10:20,766 It's unbelievable. 275 00:10:20,801 --> 00:10:22,216 All right. Say goodbye to the car. 276 00:10:22,250 --> 00:10:23,907 [Bisi] Bye, Cadi. 277 00:10:23,942 --> 00:10:25,737 -It's kind of hard. -I kind of wonder... 278 00:10:25,771 --> 00:10:27,635 Yeah, I feel bad for it. 279 00:10:27,670 --> 00:10:29,223 [Tory] We are all set to test this myth. 280 00:10:29,257 --> 00:10:30,983 I am super fired up. 281 00:10:31,018 --> 00:10:32,744 Bob studied the scene in the movie 282 00:10:32,778 --> 00:10:34,469 and he's using his experience 283 00:10:34,504 --> 00:10:36,437 to rig the right amount of dynamite 284 00:10:36,471 --> 00:10:38,819 to replicate that explosion for us. 285 00:10:38,853 --> 00:10:41,822 Once connected to the ignition, mobster style, 286 00:10:41,856 --> 00:10:43,686 we can press the button. 287 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,964 Then we'll be able to analyze the aftermath 288 00:10:45,998 --> 00:10:48,967 and determine whether the driver's side steel plate 289 00:10:49,001 --> 00:10:52,936 is enough protection to save your life from a car bomb. 290 00:10:52,971 --> 00:10:55,318 I'm excited to see how Bisi and Faye react. 291 00:10:55,352 --> 00:10:56,940 You never forget your first time. 292 00:10:56,975 --> 00:11:00,530 [upbeat music playing] 293 00:11:00,564 --> 00:11:02,601 All right. Starting the car. 294 00:11:04,327 --> 00:11:09,297 In three, two, one. 295 00:11:13,577 --> 00:11:15,303 -[explodes] -[Bisi] Oh. 296 00:11:15,338 --> 00:11:17,202 [Tory laughing] 297 00:11:17,236 --> 00:11:18,997 Oh, my goodness. 298 00:11:19,031 --> 00:11:20,619 Oh, my God. 299 00:11:20,653 --> 00:11:23,726 [upbeat music playing] 300 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,728 [explodes] 301 00:11:25,762 --> 00:11:27,350 -[Tory] What do you guys think? -[Bisi] Oh, my God. 302 00:11:27,384 --> 00:11:28,385 -Yeah. No way... -[Faye] Oh, yeah. 303 00:11:28,420 --> 00:11:29,421 No way someone survived that. 304 00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:30,525 Oh, my God. Look at it. Look at it. 305 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:33,149 -Oh, my gosh. -There's no vehicle left. 306 00:11:33,183 --> 00:11:35,841 -That is crazy. -[Tory] That was... That was awesome. 307 00:11:39,017 --> 00:11:40,777 -[Faye] Whoa. -[Tory] That shockwave is actually pushing the air. 308 00:11:40,812 --> 00:11:42,054 [Faye] Oh, my God. That was crazy. 309 00:11:42,089 --> 00:11:43,366 [Tory] So that bubble you see. 310 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:44,436 [Bisi] Look at the windshield. 311 00:11:44,470 --> 00:11:45,886 [Faye] Well, look at, like, the shockwave. 312 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:47,542 What would that do to a person's body? 313 00:11:47,577 --> 00:11:49,682 [Tory] Uh, it would make them go deaf. 314 00:11:49,717 --> 00:11:50,960 And then if you're close enough, 315 00:11:50,994 --> 00:11:52,064 it will actually kill you. 316 00:11:52,099 --> 00:11:54,584 [explosion] 317 00:11:54,618 --> 00:11:57,725 [Tory] All that energy is going straight through the floor. 318 00:12:00,245 --> 00:12:04,111 Car flips up on its nose and then comes back down. 319 00:12:04,145 --> 00:12:06,285 -That's how much power this blast had. -[Bisi] Wow. 320 00:12:07,804 --> 00:12:10,289 Wow. Look at the metals mangled. 321 00:12:10,324 --> 00:12:13,361 It's crazy. It doesn't even resemble a proper car anymore. 322 00:12:13,396 --> 00:12:15,570 It looks like an onion just exploded on top. 323 00:12:15,605 --> 00:12:17,434 -[Faye] Oh, my God. -Tory, it's like a yard sale. 324 00:12:17,469 --> 00:12:18,711 [Faye] Oh, the steering wheel. 325 00:12:18,746 --> 00:12:20,368 -Oh, my God. -[Bisi] Whoa. 326 00:12:20,403 --> 00:12:22,267 [Bob] The whole car got ripped. 327 00:12:22,301 --> 00:12:25,546 -[Faye] Wow. -[Tory] Look at the steel plate. 328 00:12:25,580 --> 00:12:28,825 -[Bisi] Oh, my goodness. -Holy crap. 329 00:12:28,860 --> 00:12:30,654 -That's the steel plate? -It's come through the roof. 330 00:12:30,689 --> 00:12:32,277 -Oh, my God. Oh, my God. -It's like an ejection seat. 331 00:12:32,311 --> 00:12:33,554 [Faye] All right. 332 00:12:33,588 --> 00:12:35,142 So what do you guys think, 333 00:12:35,176 --> 00:12:37,765 having a steel plate is not gonna save your life? 334 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,215 Absolutely not. 335 00:12:39,249 --> 00:12:40,941 No. No. I mean, look at it. 336 00:12:40,975 --> 00:12:43,460 It'd be more of a liability than anything. Wow. 337 00:12:43,495 --> 00:12:45,600 [Tory] So, like, I feel like you picked the exact amount 338 00:12:45,635 --> 00:12:48,224 of explosives and the perfect type. 339 00:12:48,258 --> 00:12:51,089 -[Faye] It really looks like the movie. -[Bisi] Yeah. 340 00:12:51,123 --> 00:12:52,573 [Faye] It looks like the pictures in the movie. 341 00:12:54,471 --> 00:12:56,715 I feel like we really did a really good job recreating this. 342 00:12:56,749 --> 00:12:58,475 [Tory] Yeah. He survived, 343 00:12:58,510 --> 00:13:00,063 but it wasn't because of the steel plate. 344 00:13:00,098 --> 00:13:01,547 -[Bisi] Nope. -[Faye] Yeah. 345 00:13:01,582 --> 00:13:04,205 What would it take for someone to survive 346 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:05,551 a blast of this magnitude? 347 00:13:05,586 --> 00:13:07,001 Are you saying maybe we can make 348 00:13:07,036 --> 00:13:10,418 some kind of bombproof underlaying? 349 00:13:10,453 --> 00:13:12,973 [Bisi] We now know a steel plate alone wasn't enough 350 00:13:13,007 --> 00:13:15,803 to save Robert De Niro's character inCasino. 351 00:13:15,838 --> 00:13:18,150 But he did survive the blast. 352 00:13:18,185 --> 00:13:20,014 So we need to come up with a way 353 00:13:20,049 --> 00:13:21,671 to reinforce the steel plate 354 00:13:21,705 --> 00:13:23,638 and test if there's any way 355 00:13:23,673 --> 00:13:25,606 this movie myth is plausible. 356 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,367 I like this, end of the world mobile, down. 357 00:13:28,402 --> 00:13:30,162 I think we need to go back to shop 358 00:13:30,197 --> 00:13:31,992 and choose some materials that could survive. 359 00:13:32,026 --> 00:13:34,857 You know, the steel plate went haywire 360 00:13:34,891 --> 00:13:38,067 but it may be a good choice to combine that 361 00:13:38,101 --> 00:13:40,414 -and some other materials. -I like it. 362 00:13:40,448 --> 00:13:42,485 Are you saying I need to order more dynamite? 363 00:13:42,519 --> 00:13:44,142 -Always. The answer to that... -[Faye] Yes. 364 00:13:44,176 --> 00:13:45,937 -...is always yes. -Done. 365 00:13:45,971 --> 00:13:47,524 [Tory] Bob, nice work. 366 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,078 -[Faye] Seriously. -[Tory] Thanks, dude. 367 00:13:49,112 --> 00:13:50,320 Another day in the office for a bomb guy. 368 00:13:50,355 --> 00:13:52,357 [Tory] Right. 369 00:13:52,391 --> 00:13:55,360 [upbeat music playing] 370 00:14:00,020 --> 00:14:01,504 [Bisi] This is memory foam. 371 00:14:01,538 --> 00:14:03,506 -[Tory] Oh, that may work. -[Bisi] Yeah. 372 00:14:03,540 --> 00:14:05,611 [Tory] To see if we can replicate the survival scenario, 373 00:14:05,646 --> 00:14:07,061 we'll need another Cadillac. 374 00:14:07,096 --> 00:14:08,856 So Faye's searching the web 375 00:14:08,891 --> 00:14:10,996 for one that's destined for the scrap yard, 376 00:14:11,031 --> 00:14:13,757 while Bisi and I work on finding the best combination 377 00:14:13,792 --> 00:14:17,140 of known bombproofing materials and techniques. 378 00:14:17,175 --> 00:14:20,350 So this was giving me an idea. 379 00:14:20,385 --> 00:14:24,734 This is a helmet from a bomb suit. 380 00:14:24,768 --> 00:14:26,736 -Wow. -[Tory] It's like a race helmet. 381 00:14:26,770 --> 00:14:28,669 [Bisi] This is the weirdest looking race helmet I've ever seen. 382 00:14:28,703 --> 00:14:31,258 Except that it'll stop frag from killing you. 383 00:14:31,292 --> 00:14:32,535 Okay. Let's see. Let's see here. 384 00:14:33,777 --> 00:14:35,124 Oh, fits me. It quite fits. 385 00:14:35,158 --> 00:14:36,470 See? Look at that. 386 00:14:36,504 --> 00:14:38,334 Wow, this is pretty... 387 00:14:38,368 --> 00:14:41,854 -[Tory] Yeah. -That is thick. It smells funny. 388 00:14:41,889 --> 00:14:44,064 Oh, yeah. Because when you're defusing bombs, 389 00:14:44,098 --> 00:14:45,686 -you're sweating a lot. -Oh, yeah. 390 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,067 What is this material? 391 00:14:47,101 --> 00:14:49,000 So it's built of a few different materials. 392 00:14:49,034 --> 00:14:50,311 -There's Kevlar... -Yeah. 393 00:14:50,346 --> 00:14:51,726 -Uh-huh. -...plastic, and foam. 394 00:14:51,761 --> 00:14:53,728 And so I was thinking, 395 00:14:53,763 --> 00:14:56,352 what if we took similar materials 396 00:14:56,386 --> 00:14:58,906 and we created our own underlayment 397 00:14:58,941 --> 00:15:02,047 underneath the car to make the driver's seat bombproof. 398 00:15:02,082 --> 00:15:03,911 That sounds good. These materials 399 00:15:03,946 --> 00:15:05,706 individually can withstand some blast, 400 00:15:05,740 --> 00:15:07,432 -but when combined nicely... -Yeah. 401 00:15:07,466 --> 00:15:10,676 If you had a chance to make your seat bombproof, 402 00:15:10,711 --> 00:15:12,437 -what would you do? -I would do 403 00:15:12,471 --> 00:15:14,059 -what you typically see in a movie... -Okay. 404 00:15:14,094 --> 00:15:15,647 ...where someone would jump into a bathtub 405 00:15:15,681 --> 00:15:17,269 or cover themselves with a bathtub. 406 00:15:17,304 --> 00:15:18,788 -Like a cast iron tub. -Yeah. Pretty much. 407 00:15:18,822 --> 00:15:20,238 Yeah. That's cool. 408 00:15:20,272 --> 00:15:21,722 Yeah. What would you do? 409 00:15:21,756 --> 00:15:23,241 I was watching this documentary 410 00:15:23,275 --> 00:15:26,278 and this guy, he armored a tractor. 411 00:15:26,313 --> 00:15:28,556 What he did is he built these steel, 412 00:15:28,591 --> 00:15:32,319 like, boxes and then filled them with concrete. 413 00:15:32,353 --> 00:15:34,942 So what I was gonna do is do a couple pieces of steel 414 00:15:34,977 --> 00:15:37,807 and then a couple of pieces of the concrete-infused board. 415 00:15:37,841 --> 00:15:39,671 -Oh, that works. -Should we start building? 416 00:15:39,705 --> 00:15:41,914 Absolutely. 417 00:15:41,949 --> 00:15:44,572 [Tory] Before we attempt the bombproof our second car, 418 00:15:44,607 --> 00:15:47,058 we need to conduct some small-scale test. 419 00:15:47,092 --> 00:15:49,577 We went around the shop, collected all different types of materials 420 00:15:49,612 --> 00:15:52,097 that we think might mitigate a blast. 421 00:15:52,132 --> 00:15:53,478 And now, we're just gonna figure out 422 00:15:53,512 --> 00:15:55,031 what the right combination is. 423 00:15:55,066 --> 00:15:56,757 [Bisi] You know, Tory, where I'm from, 424 00:15:56,791 --> 00:15:58,448 our tubs have iron in the middle 425 00:15:58,483 --> 00:16:00,312 -and porcelain on both sides. -Oh, really? 426 00:16:00,347 --> 00:16:02,625 -Yeah. -[Tory] Do porcelain on both sides. 427 00:16:02,659 --> 00:16:04,006 -Yeah. Okay. -[Tory] Why not? 428 00:16:06,180 --> 00:16:08,182 [Bisi] So you have multiple layers of concrete, I see. 429 00:16:08,217 --> 00:16:10,115 [Tory] And three layers of concrete 430 00:16:10,150 --> 00:16:12,842 -and then two layers of steel. -[Bisi] Uh-huh. 431 00:16:15,983 --> 00:16:19,435 It looked like the helmet has foam, plastic, 432 00:16:19,469 --> 00:16:22,714 and Kevlar, so we have this nylon, 433 00:16:24,129 --> 00:16:26,545 almost sandwich it with the Kevlar. 434 00:16:30,963 --> 00:16:33,173 We'll see if this works. Fingers crossed. 435 00:16:36,452 --> 00:16:39,179 [Tory] Okay. So it's time for a small-scale test 436 00:16:39,213 --> 00:16:41,664 to determine which combination of materials 437 00:16:41,698 --> 00:16:44,632 has the most potential to mitigate the explosion 438 00:16:44,667 --> 00:16:47,290 we saw in theCasino movie car bomb. 439 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:49,810 So what do we have? 440 00:16:49,844 --> 00:16:51,639 Well, starting over here in the right, 441 00:16:51,674 --> 00:16:53,848 a sandwich consisting of ceramic 442 00:16:53,883 --> 00:16:55,505 and steel in between. 443 00:16:55,540 --> 00:16:56,782 And the good thing about ceramics 444 00:16:56,817 --> 00:16:58,370 is that just like with body armor, 445 00:16:58,405 --> 00:17:01,339 it can shatter, absorbing a lot of energy. 446 00:17:01,373 --> 00:17:04,066 This sandwich here, it's two pieces of steel, 447 00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:07,379 but inside, there is concrete-infused board. 448 00:17:07,414 --> 00:17:09,001 [Faye] Okay. All right. 449 00:17:09,036 --> 00:17:10,762 And, Faye, over there is my personal favorite. 450 00:17:10,796 --> 00:17:14,524 It consists of outer layers of ballistic nylon, 451 00:17:14,559 --> 00:17:16,906 some foam to absorb a lot of energy, 452 00:17:16,940 --> 00:17:18,942 and that little white piece right there... 453 00:17:18,977 --> 00:17:21,566 -Yeah. -...is high density polyethylene. 454 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,602 [Tory] These are similar materials that you would find 455 00:17:23,637 --> 00:17:24,983 -in a bomb suit. -[Faye] Mmm-hmm. 456 00:17:25,017 --> 00:17:26,674 Why don't we get some explosives... 457 00:17:26,709 --> 00:17:27,986 -Oh, yeah. -...and see which one does better? 458 00:17:28,020 --> 00:17:29,677 Awesome. 459 00:17:29,712 --> 00:17:32,163 [Faye] The test plates are secured to three steel pans 460 00:17:32,197 --> 00:17:34,061 to replicate the car's undercarriage. 461 00:17:34,096 --> 00:17:36,650 Strapped beneath each is a mini dynamite stick, 462 00:17:36,684 --> 00:17:38,479 equivalent to about 10% of what we use 463 00:17:38,514 --> 00:17:40,826 in the full-scale car explosion. 464 00:17:40,861 --> 00:17:43,415 [Tory] Fire in the hole. 465 00:17:43,450 --> 00:17:45,417 Fire in the hole. 466 00:17:45,452 --> 00:17:46,694 -I like that. -All right. 467 00:17:46,729 --> 00:17:48,040 -Okay. Okay. -Whenever you're ready. 468 00:17:48,075 --> 00:17:49,352 All right. Okay. Okay, guys. 469 00:17:49,387 --> 00:17:50,353 -Okay. -Count it down. 470 00:17:50,388 --> 00:17:53,149 Three, two, one, go. 471 00:17:54,426 --> 00:17:56,911 [laughter] 472 00:17:56,946 --> 00:17:58,603 -Oh, my goodness. -Woo. 473 00:17:58,637 --> 00:18:00,605 -That was crazy. -Oh, that was the foam. 474 00:18:00,639 --> 00:18:02,607 [Tory] All right. Let's go see how they did. 475 00:18:02,641 --> 00:18:05,610 [upbeat music playing] 476 00:18:07,405 --> 00:18:10,580 -That was a good boom. -That was a proper blast. 477 00:18:10,615 --> 00:18:11,961 [explosion] 478 00:18:15,344 --> 00:18:17,139 -[Tory] Hah. -[Bisi] Look at that. 479 00:18:18,519 --> 00:18:21,419 Oh, my... Oh, look at the pan. 480 00:18:21,453 --> 00:18:23,386 -But it... But it didn't go through. -It did not. 481 00:18:23,421 --> 00:18:25,388 -Oh. -That's promising. 482 00:18:25,423 --> 00:18:28,253 Extremely promising. Oh, but look at this. 483 00:18:29,461 --> 00:18:32,844 -Oh, oh. -[Tory] Oh. 484 00:18:32,878 --> 00:18:34,742 [Bisi] Oh, that's pretty good. 485 00:18:34,777 --> 00:18:36,227 This is... This is more promising. 486 00:18:36,261 --> 00:18:37,711 -Yeah. That's pretty good. -Huh. 487 00:18:37,745 --> 00:18:39,989 All right. Let's look at the tile. 488 00:18:41,266 --> 00:18:42,440 -That's incredible. -[Bisi] Oh. 489 00:18:42,474 --> 00:18:43,958 [Tory] The porcelain completely shattered, 490 00:18:43,993 --> 00:18:45,788 -taking all that energy. -Uh-huh. 491 00:18:45,822 --> 00:18:47,962 And, I mean, look at the steel, it's not that bent. 492 00:18:47,997 --> 00:18:49,481 [Bisi] It's not that bad. 493 00:18:49,516 --> 00:18:51,207 It looks like they all worked well. 494 00:18:51,242 --> 00:18:53,589 What if we took the parts that worked the best 495 00:18:53,623 --> 00:18:55,107 from all three and combine it 496 00:18:55,142 --> 00:18:57,282 and make the ultimate bombproof car? 497 00:18:57,317 --> 00:19:00,147 I like where you're going. 498 00:19:00,182 --> 00:19:02,080 [Faye] To figure out the best combination of blast 499 00:19:02,114 --> 00:19:04,255 mitigating materials for our full-scale test, 500 00:19:04,289 --> 00:19:05,980 we shall review the slow motion footage 501 00:19:06,015 --> 00:19:07,603 from our small-scale experiment. 502 00:19:07,637 --> 00:19:11,296 And we got some interesting results here. 503 00:19:11,331 --> 00:19:13,609 [explosion] 504 00:19:13,643 --> 00:19:15,197 -[Bisi] Look at the ground. -[Tory] Oh. 505 00:19:15,231 --> 00:19:16,784 -You see the shockwave. -[Bisi] Yes. 506 00:19:16,819 --> 00:19:18,200 Isn't that cool how it kicks up 507 00:19:18,234 --> 00:19:19,684 -the dust on the ground? -Oh, cool. 508 00:19:19,718 --> 00:19:21,306 [explosion] 509 00:19:21,341 --> 00:19:22,652 -[Tory] You see that little peak? -[Bisi] Yes. 510 00:19:22,687 --> 00:19:25,517 -[Faye] Mmm-hmm. -[Tory] That's all the porcelain shattering 511 00:19:25,552 --> 00:19:27,312 and absorbing all that energy. 512 00:19:27,347 --> 00:19:29,452 -So, I feel like... -Yeah. Porcelain, I feel is a great contender. 513 00:19:29,487 --> 00:19:32,938 [Tory] Yes. I would say we stick with the plastic, 514 00:19:32,973 --> 00:19:35,803 maybe the porcelain, obviously we're gonna go with steel. 515 00:19:35,838 --> 00:19:37,115 But then we're gonna have to build 516 00:19:37,149 --> 00:19:39,945 some kind of compartment in there to protect the driver. 517 00:19:39,980 --> 00:19:44,018 Maybe we build like a little cocoon... 518 00:19:44,053 --> 00:19:46,469 -Oh. -...for the person to sit in for this blast. 519 00:19:46,504 --> 00:19:48,713 -We should. -Yeah. We're gonna have to go above and beyond 520 00:19:48,747 --> 00:19:50,818 because after looking at that first explosion, 521 00:19:50,853 --> 00:19:52,717 there just seems like there's no way. 522 00:19:52,751 --> 00:19:54,684 -[Bisi] So why don't we look at the car... -Yeah. 523 00:19:54,719 --> 00:19:56,617 -...and see what we can up with? -Okay. It sounds good. 524 00:19:56,652 --> 00:19:59,448 [upbeat music playing] 525 00:20:01,243 --> 00:20:03,037 [Tory] I guess we'll start by pulling the seats out. 526 00:20:03,072 --> 00:20:04,832 -[Bisi] Yes. -[Faye] Yeah. Sounds like a good plan. 527 00:20:06,178 --> 00:20:09,251 This is a 1985 Cadillac Deville. 528 00:20:09,285 --> 00:20:11,011 Now, it's a midrange model. 529 00:20:11,045 --> 00:20:12,840 It's not quite as luxurious as the Eldorado. 530 00:20:12,875 --> 00:20:14,946 However, it's gonna sub-in perfectly 531 00:20:14,980 --> 00:20:16,706 because it's made in the same era 532 00:20:16,741 --> 00:20:18,777 and it has a similar construction, 533 00:20:18,812 --> 00:20:20,676 got the coupe body style, and the chassis is the same. 534 00:20:20,710 --> 00:20:22,505 So it'll work perfect for this test. 535 00:20:24,818 --> 00:20:27,407 We have the floor pan of the car. 536 00:20:27,441 --> 00:20:30,306 And on top of that, we're using a layer of ceramic tile, 537 00:20:30,341 --> 00:20:32,584 which we know will shatter on impact 538 00:20:32,619 --> 00:20:35,035 and disperse the shockwave. 539 00:20:35,069 --> 00:20:36,485 Three layers of concrete fiberboard 540 00:20:36,519 --> 00:20:38,935 to absorb energy and deflect the blast, 541 00:20:38,970 --> 00:20:41,075 then our high density plastic 542 00:20:41,110 --> 00:20:43,146 to protect from fragmentation. 543 00:20:43,181 --> 00:20:44,941 And to stay true to the movie myth, 544 00:20:44,976 --> 00:20:47,703 we are using a steel plate as the topmost 545 00:20:47,737 --> 00:20:50,292 layer of protection for the driver's seat floor. 546 00:20:51,293 --> 00:20:53,364 I feel safer already. 547 00:20:53,398 --> 00:20:55,366 I will then put up the side shields 548 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,126 and just basically create a box. 549 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:58,679 We're just gonna fit this one in 550 00:20:58,714 --> 00:21:00,371 -on the passenger side. -[Bisi] Oh, okay. 551 00:21:00,405 --> 00:21:02,649 [Tory] And hopefully, that will keep us safe. 552 00:21:09,794 --> 00:21:11,589 Oh, this is actually looking pretty robust. 553 00:21:11,623 --> 00:21:13,901 -Look at how thick that is. -Yeah. 554 00:21:13,936 --> 00:21:17,353 -[Tory] We got, like, five inches of material. -[Faye] Right. Right. 555 00:21:17,388 --> 00:21:19,700 This could be the only thing that survives from the blast. 556 00:21:19,735 --> 00:21:22,565 I mean, really, the car is just gonna get decimated, 557 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,154 but I'm hoping that this little compartment 558 00:21:25,188 --> 00:21:27,225 that we're building withstands it. 559 00:21:36,924 --> 00:21:39,168 All right. This thing is almost done. 560 00:21:39,202 --> 00:21:41,929 We have the floor in place, the sidewalls, 561 00:21:41,964 --> 00:21:44,346 I just need to weld the back wall 562 00:21:44,380 --> 00:21:46,486 and then next thing to do is 563 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,004 take this out to the bomb range, 564 00:21:48,039 --> 00:21:49,351 and load up some explosives 565 00:21:49,385 --> 00:21:51,353 and see if this thing is blast proof. 566 00:21:56,427 --> 00:21:58,912 [upbeat music playing] 567 00:22:02,847 --> 00:22:04,573 I feel really safe in this car. 568 00:22:04,607 --> 00:22:06,506 This car has no idea what's about to happen to her. 569 00:22:06,540 --> 00:22:08,577 I think it does. That's why it's making all that noise. 570 00:22:08,611 --> 00:22:09,957 -[Bisi laughs] -Please don't. 571 00:22:09,992 --> 00:22:11,131 Now we're back at the bomb range 572 00:22:11,165 --> 00:22:12,788 to see what it would take 573 00:22:12,822 --> 00:22:16,447 to actually build a car bombproof vehicle. 574 00:22:16,481 --> 00:22:18,587 [Faye] You got this, Tory. You got this. 575 00:22:18,621 --> 00:22:20,589 -[Bisi] What? -[laughs] 576 00:22:23,385 --> 00:22:26,077 [Tory] We used materials that we thought were blast-mitigating. 577 00:22:26,111 --> 00:22:29,149 We've created a little cocoon that the driver could sit in. 578 00:22:29,183 --> 00:22:31,254 Now it's time to test this. 579 00:22:31,289 --> 00:22:33,809 Will he survive? We're about to find out. 580 00:22:33,843 --> 00:22:37,157 To test this properly, we do need a proper human analogue. 581 00:22:38,607 --> 00:22:39,711 It's... What is... 582 00:22:39,746 --> 00:22:41,126 -Did you visit a morgue? -Um... 583 00:22:41,161 --> 00:22:42,956 We need to get him into the driver seat. 584 00:22:43,991 --> 00:22:45,407 [Faye] Oh, God, he's heavy. 585 00:22:45,441 --> 00:22:46,787 So awkward. 586 00:22:46,822 --> 00:22:49,376 Stuck it... Okay. Try that. 587 00:22:49,411 --> 00:22:50,722 [Tory] Oh, there we go. We got him. 588 00:22:50,757 --> 00:22:52,517 -[Faye] Yeah. -There we go. 589 00:22:52,552 --> 00:22:54,416 [Bisi] Hands on the steering wheel as well, that's perfect. 590 00:22:54,450 --> 00:22:56,659 [Tory] Well, to make sure we know whether or not 591 00:22:56,694 --> 00:22:59,075 -he'd survive this, we have this. -What is that? 592 00:22:59,110 --> 00:23:00,905 -This... These are burst discs -[Bisi] Nice. 593 00:23:00,939 --> 00:23:03,010 And they are rated for 100 PSI. 594 00:23:03,045 --> 00:23:05,668 So let's say, what we built stays intact. 595 00:23:05,703 --> 00:23:07,463 -Right. -It might look like he survived. 596 00:23:07,498 --> 00:23:10,052 But if these have burst then we know 597 00:23:10,086 --> 00:23:11,847 -he would have been killed by the blast. -Oh. 598 00:23:11,881 --> 00:23:13,676 Body could not withstand the pressure. 599 00:23:13,711 --> 00:23:15,022 -Exactly. -Got it. Okay. 600 00:23:15,057 --> 00:23:17,128 So I figured we'll just put it right here on his lap. 601 00:23:17,162 --> 00:23:19,061 To confirm if the blast is survivable, 602 00:23:19,095 --> 00:23:22,202 the burst discs are calibrated to 100 PSI, 603 00:23:22,236 --> 00:23:24,204 which the human body cannot survive. 604 00:23:24,238 --> 00:23:25,377 All right. I think we're set. 605 00:23:25,412 --> 00:23:26,724 Oh, wait, he needs hair. 606 00:23:26,758 --> 00:23:28,622 -Wig color? -Ooh, definitely brown. 607 00:23:28,657 --> 00:23:29,899 Yeah. That's like more gangster. 608 00:23:29,934 --> 00:23:32,350 -I got this one for Bisi. -Oh. Oh. 609 00:23:32,384 --> 00:23:34,870 -[Bisi] I always wanted one of these. -[Tory] Oh, that looks great. 610 00:23:34,904 --> 00:23:36,665 We have our driver in position. 611 00:23:36,699 --> 00:23:38,425 And it's time to test whether or not 612 00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:39,875 we're gonna save this guy's life. 613 00:23:39,909 --> 00:23:41,497 -Are you guys ready? -Do I look ready? 614 00:23:41,532 --> 00:23:43,810 [Tory] You look so ready. [laughs] 615 00:23:43,844 --> 00:23:45,467 [Bisi] This is quite warm. 616 00:23:45,501 --> 00:23:46,916 [Tory] You need to change your profile picture. 617 00:23:46,951 --> 00:23:47,986 [Bisi laughs] 618 00:23:48,021 --> 00:23:50,161 [explosion] 619 00:23:50,195 --> 00:23:52,059 [Faye] Our first full-scale experiment 620 00:23:52,094 --> 00:23:54,199 was a perfect match for the movie explosion. 621 00:23:56,478 --> 00:23:58,065 But the steel plate alone 622 00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:00,516 was not enough to save our driver. 623 00:24:00,551 --> 00:24:03,243 Bob is now replicating the dynamite rig and test conditions 624 00:24:03,277 --> 00:24:06,833 so we can determine if our composite, ceramic tile, 625 00:24:06,867 --> 00:24:09,560 cement sheet, polyethylene board, and steel plate 626 00:24:09,594 --> 00:24:12,079 can withstand and deflect the car bomb's blast 627 00:24:12,114 --> 00:24:14,357 enough to save Buster's life. 628 00:24:14,392 --> 00:24:17,119 Ooh, this is gonna be good, you guys. 629 00:24:17,153 --> 00:24:19,604 -This is the moment. -[Tory] My feeling is 630 00:24:19,639 --> 00:24:23,366 we built that little seat with so much material, 631 00:24:23,401 --> 00:24:26,093 I feel like he has a pretty good chance of surviving. 632 00:24:26,128 --> 00:24:28,648 I think even if the structure we made stays intact, 633 00:24:28,682 --> 00:24:32,168 the pressure waves itself are gonna just destroy his insides. 634 00:24:32,203 --> 00:24:34,274 So I think our little pressure vessel 635 00:24:34,308 --> 00:24:36,103 is gonna burst at a hundred PSI. 636 00:24:36,138 --> 00:24:38,416 [Faye] I don't know. I'm a little on the fence. 637 00:24:38,450 --> 00:24:40,245 -[Tory] Mmm-hmm. Let's find out. -[Faye] It seems like a lot. 638 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:41,937 -Well, we'll know in few seconds. -[Faye] Okay. 639 00:24:44,042 --> 00:24:47,011 [upbeat music playing] 640 00:24:47,045 --> 00:24:48,737 [Tory] In three, 641 00:24:50,255 --> 00:24:51,256 two, 642 00:24:52,603 --> 00:24:53,707 one. 643 00:24:56,572 --> 00:24:58,367 -[explosion] -[all] Oh. 644 00:24:58,401 --> 00:25:01,853 [laughing] 645 00:25:01,888 --> 00:25:03,061 What? 646 00:25:03,096 --> 00:25:04,546 [explosion] 647 00:25:08,688 --> 00:25:09,930 [all] Oh. 648 00:25:09,965 --> 00:25:13,451 I... That is... 649 00:25:13,485 --> 00:25:14,659 [explosion] 650 00:25:17,317 --> 00:25:18,767 [Bisi] That... But that was... 651 00:25:18,801 --> 00:25:20,009 -What the heck... -That was beautiful. 652 00:25:20,044 --> 00:25:21,804 -Why am I shaking? -...was that? 653 00:25:21,839 --> 00:25:23,323 -That was beautiful. All right. -That was amazing. 654 00:25:23,357 --> 00:25:24,980 -[Faye] Oh, my God. -[Bisi] Oh, my goodness. 655 00:25:27,845 --> 00:25:29,363 Our structure looks almost intact still. 656 00:25:29,398 --> 00:25:30,917 [Tory] Yeah, it does. 657 00:25:30,951 --> 00:25:32,539 [Faye] Look at all the tile. 658 00:25:32,574 --> 00:25:34,299 [Bisi] If anything, it did almost exactly 659 00:25:34,334 --> 00:25:36,301 what we saw in our small-scale test. 660 00:25:36,336 --> 00:25:38,545 The tile disintegrated and absorbed a bunch of energy. 661 00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:40,823 Yeah. I mean, it completely destroyed 662 00:25:40,858 --> 00:25:42,963 -the bottom of the car. -Right. 663 00:25:42,998 --> 00:25:45,725 However, our high density plastic 664 00:25:45,759 --> 00:25:48,555 -plus our fiberboard is still intact. -[Bisi] Yes. 665 00:25:48,590 --> 00:25:50,005 -Even the console survived... -[Tory] Yeah. 666 00:25:50,039 --> 00:25:51,903 ...the steering wheel, everything that was obliterated... 667 00:25:51,938 --> 00:25:54,596 -[Tory] Yeah. -...in the first vehicle is intact. 668 00:25:54,630 --> 00:25:56,943 -[Faye] Yeah. -[Bisi] Faye, how does Buster look? 669 00:25:56,977 --> 00:25:59,462 [Faye] He actually looks okay. 670 00:25:59,497 --> 00:26:00,774 [Tory] How's the wig? 671 00:26:00,809 --> 00:26:02,120 [laughs] 672 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,332 [Bisi] Even though Buster is very resilient, 673 00:26:07,367 --> 00:26:09,541 our burst discs... Wait a minute. 674 00:26:09,576 --> 00:26:12,372 This is tricky because the discs themselves... 675 00:26:12,406 --> 00:26:14,236 -Oh. -...actually survived. 676 00:26:14,270 --> 00:26:15,789 But they're pretty wrinkled up. 677 00:26:15,824 --> 00:26:17,273 And the fact that this was actually 678 00:26:17,308 --> 00:26:18,827 launched out of the vehicle, 679 00:26:18,861 --> 00:26:20,622 -I mean, all that energy... -Yeah. 680 00:26:20,656 --> 00:26:22,175 ...probably would have broken your spine. 681 00:26:22,209 --> 00:26:24,418 So on first inspection, 682 00:26:24,453 --> 00:26:26,973 we saw that our burst discs didn't burst. 683 00:26:27,007 --> 00:26:28,595 But they did get wrinkled up pretty good. 684 00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:30,942 So that means it didn't go over 100 PSI. 685 00:26:30,977 --> 00:26:35,602 But eighty to a hundred PSI means severe lung damage, 686 00:26:35,637 --> 00:26:38,156 which means you may have survived the shockwave 687 00:26:38,191 --> 00:26:40,400 but you're probably gonna die soon after. 688 00:26:40,434 --> 00:26:43,610 But the fact that our gauge got tossed out of the bucket 689 00:26:43,645 --> 00:26:46,302 tells me that there was so much energy 690 00:26:46,337 --> 00:26:48,339 and all that shockwave probably 691 00:26:48,373 --> 00:26:50,134 just would have ripped right through the person's body, 692 00:26:50,168 --> 00:26:52,619 uh, and killed them anyway. So it was a good effort. 693 00:26:52,654 --> 00:26:55,001 -Look at the seat... -But I don't think 694 00:26:55,035 --> 00:26:56,485 this person would have survived. 695 00:26:56,519 --> 00:26:57,728 [Faye] What do you think of this myth? 696 00:26:57,762 --> 00:26:59,661 I think it's busted on all levels. 697 00:26:59,695 --> 00:27:01,110 He would not have survived 698 00:27:01,145 --> 00:27:03,250 but, man, that was a good attempt. 699 00:27:03,285 --> 00:27:05,080 I need my souvenir. 700 00:27:05,114 --> 00:27:06,495 -[laughs] -And the wig. 701 00:27:06,529 --> 00:27:07,876 Oh, my God. 702 00:27:07,910 --> 00:27:09,567 Oh, that was fun.