I think they should make a movie out of my Honda life, only at the 'based on a true story' part would anybody belive the crap that can happen to one person

On with the gore:






Notice the peice of aluminum in the pic above, that's actually cylinder #1 and that piece actually embedded itself in the head leaving that little indent near the shard






Notice the edges of the pistons and the 'knicks' along the edges..



What I know:

Block is trash (deep scores in sleeve #4), perfect for re-sleeve, no $$ here for that.

Head is trash, thankfully Mpr3 will swap mine for a clean one


What scares me:

Lots of 'knicking' along the edges of pistons 1-3

Possible rod damage where piston #4 was punctured

Based on the photos, and I know they aren't perfect, but you can proabably see that cylinders 1-3 were full of aluminum shards when I removed the head. Also, the corresponding pistons took a bit of a beating from these shards leaving little 'knicks' on some of the flat edges. Needless to say, this worries me greatly. Has abybody esle seen this kind of damage to pistons and still had the car run well? Will a machine shop be able to smooth out the imperfections? At this point this is my greatest concern simply because I'm not in a position to spend an extra $400+ for a new set of pistons and rings along with the work i've already gotten myself into. Any feedback would be apprieciated.

 

Was this an FI setup

 

are you boosted or na?

 

ouch!

gl with that metal heep!

 

oh wow.....i really dont know what a machine shop is going to do with some of that, but they should be able to clean the pistons up a bit id imagine.

 

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Why would he post in Forced Indcution if he was Naturally Aspirated?

But damn, that sux.

 

so what happened exactly?

Khoi

 

holy **** me running. and i'm stressing about my busted motor mount.

 

yea dood.. give us alittle more info on what exactly caused this'

 

worst nightmare right there

 

valve retainers decided to leave the scene at about 8500rpm on a dyno pull, if i remember correctly

 

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You mean the valve "keepers?" I don't think the retainers function in holding the valves at all.

Khoi

 

oops, keepers. sorry its been a long day

 

SOMEBODY MAKE WITH SOME PISTOWNED pics stat ! ! ! Those pics are narly

 

the retainer cracked in half.

 

Should've upgraded the springs and retainers

 

yah the sad part is he just priced out the springs and retainers that week i think it was.

 

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I think it's a tie between u and jordo. . . .

 

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don't forget me... my sohc saga was a trip and a half. and i got owned by a rod bearing 5k (if that) into the motor's life. sad part is... the guy who has the block now is gonna own me with my own block

 

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don't forget me... my sohc saga was a trip and a half. and i got owned by a rod bearing 5k (if that) into the motor's life. sad part is... the guy who has the block now is gonna own me with my own block </TD></TR></TABLE>

just **** in his gas tank, that will cure any ownage problems

 

The other 3 pistons are probably ok. A sleeve liner may fix the block. Probably best to swap heads It can be repaired but would be expensive. Running stock springs and retainers can cause these results

 

sucks man, i was just watching the video of you racing M.A.R.C. that was posted not too long ago. the damage is worse than i thought . i was just expecting to see one broken valve, not 2.

i was also suprised as im sure you were to see that there was metal nicks and pieces in all of your cylinders...im not sure how that would happen.

good luck with the rebuild/ with whatever setup you choose to do next.

 

OUCh!!! Any damage to your turbo?...

 

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muaaaaahhh!!!!!

dave remember i still have the ls sitting in the garage.

 

Damn Dave, sorry.