well, my engine is done now. i was cruising at 60mph and i start hearing a clanking sound on my way home the other night. i could just smell the burning oil that was spit out of the block onto the hot turbo. i wasn't sure what it was at first, so when i popped the hood and pulled out the flash light, i shined it on the block and saw a hole that a golf ball could slip into, and one of my eagle rods poking through. i just fell to my knees and started crying right there on the side of the road.

the motor has the older style ge sleeves, eagle rods, and cp 9:1 pistons. i suppose the oil pump went out or something. i'm going to tear the motor down here pretty soon and inspect everything and take some pictures, i'll be sure to post them up for viewing pleasures. it made 377whp, and 333wtq, and it will be sorely missed.

all that is left to do now is to build it better than it was before. i plan to use benson sleeves, endyn rollerwave pistons, and manley rods on the next block. i'll have it all back together by summer's end.


the rod cap was squozen like a florida orange.


more squozeness.




damage to the bottom of the sleeve. this is the only sleeve that was damaged.


This one really shows how hot the rod got.....you can see the discoloration.


Bad Piston........Good Piston (only one rod and piston was damaged also)


This pic shows how the rod twisted


Another shot of the sleeve damage.......with its assasin snickering in the background. **** YO COUCH *****!


my new mantle piece........scarred for life.


evidence that the rod just didn't want to stay inside that damn block. maybe it was clausterphobic.


the rod cap bolts broke off........which i'm not sure is what caused the engine failure, or if the engine failure caused the breaking of the rod cap bolts. the rod cap was found in my oil pan along with tons of metal, and the rod cap is now about 5mm from being able to fit back onto the rod (it was squeezed in, i'll try to get a pic of it too.) the crank is pretty scratched up, and the girdle has some pretty good dings as well, it's debateable if i'll use the girdle again or just buy a new one. hope you guys enjoy the pics.


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Modified by ChrisRicketts at 1:29 PM 7/4/2005

 

You had a h23 vtec... right?

 

I'm assuming so, thats what his sig says.

Im so sorry to hear that, sounded like a great setup. Good luck on the rebuild.

 

No I'm pretty sure he just had it bored out to achieve 2.3L... H22 crank, 89mm bore... But I could be wrong...

 

yea, h22 bored to 89mm..........

next one will be 87mm, and i'll probably end up using endyn rollerwave pistons instead of the weisco pistons like i had said before.

hopefully i'll have it all back together within a month and a half. i'll try to take pics soon.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ChrisRicketts &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea, h22 bored to 89mm..........

next one will be 87mm, and i'll probably end up using endyn rollerwave pistons instead of the weisco pistons like i had said before.

hopefully i'll have it all back together within a month and a half. i'll try to take pics soon.</TD></TR></TABLE>


stop copying me with the rollerwaves and manley rods and my sig!! haha jk...

but sucks man, hopefully you'll get another one up and running soon.

call me if you need any help or have anymore questions

 

Just out of curiosity, did you have an oil pressure guage?

Best of luck with your next build

 

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stop copying me with the rollerwaves and manley rods and my sig!! haha jk...

but sucks man, hopefully you'll get another one up and running soon.

call me if you need any help or have anymore questions </TD></TR></TABLE>

well...........rollerwaves are the best of the best, and manley are some of the strongest rods you can buy, so why go with anything different?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SKDRCR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just out of curiosity, did you have an oil pressure guage?

my oil pressure gauge wasn't hooked up at the time.......a mistake i will never make again.

Best of luck with your next build </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

pics.

 

ouch. good luck with the rebuild

 

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WhY j00 g0tt4 b3 h4t1n d4Wg?!?!?!

I figured I'd see ya posting back up here again. Sorry to see the motor toasted. I'm really interested in how the rod snapped! It was tuned by st00pid, so i'm pretty sure timing or something of that nature wasn't the cause......did it whine before dying? How was the oil level?

 

need to purchase an oil pressure gauge next time for your car chris

 

no whining before the car died..........it was running stupid for a while, like it would be hard to start up and sometimes it just wouldn't kick in when i got on it......

when the car was tuned, it was on a 2.25" exhaust and a 60-1 turbo--- i've been running it on that same tune with a 3" exhaust and a sc61, so i'm sure that played with the a/f ratios a little.

i actually have 2 oil pressure gauges, they're just not hooked up.

oh well......i've learned from this experience, and the next setup is going to kick the old one's ***.

 

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stop copying me with the rollerwaves and manley rods and my sig!! haha jk...

but sucks man, hopefully you'll get another one up and running soon.

call me if you need any help or have anymore questions </TD></TR></TABLE>


Hater ...Just messin with ya John

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hank the retard &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm assuming so, thats what his sig says.

Im so sorry to hear that, sounded like a great setup. Good luck on the rebuild.</TD></TR></TABLE>reading comprehension PWNS j00

 

Sorry to hear man, what number did you get with the 60-1?!

 

the 377whp that it made was the 60-1...........i'm assuming it was somewhat close to that number with the sc61.

 

Sweeet. Well as you now know anytime you change any component dealing with boost you should get retuned cause it can mess with your air fuel ratio..

 

yea, i realize this........i wanted to get it retuned while i was in houston, but jason was out of town, and i don't trust anyone around to tune it that is any closer to me than him, which is a good 4.5 hour drive. this next setup will be tuned to perfection.

btw.........i have some siemen deka 680cc injectors for sale if anyone needs some. i want 220 shipped for them.

 

pics added.......feel free to jack off to them, they only cost me a few grand.

 

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REALLY sorry to hear about your motor guy..

 

oh well man.....**** happens and then you die. it will be better than before now though, that's the only positive way to look at it i guess.

 

even more pics added.

 

Kind of makes me wonder if my stock block can handle boost... Im scared now.

 

next time, get some pauter rods