you know how sometimes the metal u brackets that hold your injectors clips on get lost, or they just crack because they are plastic? well i had this happen, so i just used zip ties to hold them down, until oneday i changed a fuel jector' seal and didnt have any zip ties handy, so i just drove the car home from a friends house really carefully because i didnt want the clip to come off and shut the injector off. well a week later of not driving i forgot to re zip tie the clips on, took my friend out for a spin, ripped through every gear up to third on the highway, car wouldnt go past 130 mph, usually it is pretty linear up to 145 or so, so i shifted to fourth, still just stuck at 130mph, kinda started dying out, then all a sudden it was like a grenade of white smoke. lol, luckily i was in the process of building a new motor, drove it home on three cylinders for about 15 miles. anyways here are some pics.














^this is how the pistion came out, i didnt force it out to make the rings shaped like that.








oil pan^



girdle ^







ps they were DSM injectors and injector clips, i shoulda used the obd1 honda injector clips they actually fit just as good and aren't as brittle with age.





Modified by hxtasy at 9:30 PM 3/28/2007

 

kab00m.

 

yeah i never have the camera rolling when something cool happens.

 

awwwww!

 

i was expecting to see a mustang cobra or something

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by delspool &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was expecting to see a mustang cobra or something </TD></TR></TABLE>

Youtube my friend haha

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by delspool &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was expecting to see a mustang cobra or something </TD></TR></TABLE> haha it was a d series does that count?

 

i can see through your block lol

i bet the whole town of pa heard you scream holy **** when ya opened the hood lol, but i dont see how ya drove back that far leakin that much oil , SINGLE CAM FTW!!!

 

OUCH!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by trav95civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i can see through your block lol

i bet the whole town of pa heard you scream holy **** when ya opened the hood lol, but i dont see how ya drove back that far leakin that much oil , SINGLE CAM FTW!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>


the funnier part was it sat for three weeks and then started right back up, i was gonna un hook the wastegate and finish blowing the other three cylinders but i decided i might not want to mess up the remaining valves in the head. plus this is like the third d series i blew, so i wasn't really shocked, or upset, even though this engine was freshly rebuilt 10,000 miles ago.

also, anyone that knows blown motors, i am like 90% sure it was from the injector clip coming loose, but does it look like lean AFR's? the pistion is smaller diameter than what it used to be. it could have blown from detonation cause it wasn't tuned well, just a base map, but like i said the injector clips were also making horrible contact every time i would hit a bump or accelerate probably.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hxtasy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">


the funnier part was it sat for three weeks and then started right back up, i was gonna un hook the wastegate and finish blowing the other three cylinders but i decided i might not want to mess up the remaining valves in the head. plus this is like the third d series i blew, so i wasn't really shocked, or upset, even though this engine was freshly rebuilt 10,000 miles ago.

also, anyone that knows blown motors, i am like 90% sure it was from the injector clip coming loose, but does it look like lean AFR's? the pistion is smaller diameter than what it used to be. it could have blown from detonation cause it wasn't tuned well, just a base map, but like i said the injector clips were also making horrible contact every time i would hit a bump or accelerate probably.</TD></TR></TABLE>

its gonna run lean if an injector shuts off, 25% fuel cut

 

YES! do it again! and this time video it! haha!

 

That sucks, i bet you dont get good gas mileage with that hole in the block

 

So besides being down on power, before it blew the motor didn't sound different? No audible pinging?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LeGeND4LiFe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So besides being down on power, before it blew the motor didn't sound different? No audible pinging?</TD></TR></TABLE>


couldn't really hear any pinging/knocking, but who knows that turbo is so freaking loud

 

NICE

 

Any pictures of the head, its looks like some valves kissed that piston pretty good...

 

some JB weld, new piston and rod and that thing will be running in no time

 

Damn! That looked like fun! Scarry at the same time if it was in fact a simple injector clip that did all that

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybridmoments &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">some JB weld, new piston and rod and that thing will be running in no time</TD></TR></TABLE>
JB WEld the oil pan and girdle too. Need to keep the oil in.
Lack of oil for 15 miles...another reason Honda Engines kick ***
Good luck on the next D.

 

So my question is why didn't you buy new clips so it was done the right way?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hxtasy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">, car wouldnt go past 130 mph, usually it is pretty linear up to 145 or so,</TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hxtasy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> it could have blown from detonation cause it wasn't tuned well, just a base map, .</TD></TR></TABLE>

You were taking the car up to those speeds on a basemap? Then you think it blew because of your injector clip? If the car wasn't tuned then I wouldn't go blamming the injector clip. I'd blame the nut behind the wheel.

 

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its gonna run lean if an injector shuts off, 25% fuel cut </TD></TR></TABLE>

actually that cylinder would just shut off and shouldnt cause any damage if he stopped trying to accelerate. my guess is it wouldnt pull past 130 because the clip came off and u were on 3 cylinders. and the act off you trying to make it accelerate more in that state snapped a rod

 

damn that sux bro! No digital air/fuel gauge?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99B16Si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

actually that cylinder would just shut off and shouldnt cause any damage if he stopped trying to accelerate. my guess is it wouldnt pull past 130 because the clip came off and u were on 3 cylinders. and the act off you trying to make it accelerate more in that state snapped a rod</TD></TR></TABLE>

Just curious as to why at steady rpm it would not cause damage in that state, but under acceleration it could snap a rod?