And Mosport won. Sucks. Left the track with a rod sticking of the block. For the life of me I can't figure out how it happend. It was the second lapping session of the day on a new track. I had an instructor in the car with me and was taking it slow to learn the line. Came around 5b and heard a clicking sound so I let off the throttle. Hit the straight and it was gone - thought debris or something rubbing against the rims - went on the throttle slowly, seemed fine, Vtec kicked in, so I contined down the straight shifting at 7K when I heard 2 large popping sounds followed by a lot of smoke. The motor was done.

Don't think it was oil related - fresh fluid went in the night before and before the lapping I checked it before going onto the track and it was clean and full. I run a baffled oil pan too.

Didn't over rev it - was still learning the track. Even my instructor was puzzled.

Won't know till it comes apart. Any theories on the weak link?

 

Wrong forum

 

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Wrong! he is in the right forum He is running a B18C5...

Man, that truly sucks... I thought you were going to tell us about some off track misshap but this sucks just the same... I wonder if your issues with engine overheating had any bearing on this? Hope it's nothing serious.

On a more positive note, how was Mosport from the drivers seat?

 

I've never been more scared in my life. Loved every minute of it - gotta go back. 4, 5a and 5b corners are pure heaven and hitting 220 on an uphill straight away to a 150 right hander - never taken a corner at 150 before. Plus walls everywhere. 5 cars were towed home that day - 2 were wrecks and 3 were breakdowns. It's all 3rd and 4th gear mucho speed.

I wondered about the overheating - but when I did the head gasket it was fine. Won't know till I take it apart. Went to a JDM importer yesterday looking for JDM R and he told me it's probably backpressure. Who knows. I'm thoroughly pissed though. Rs shouldn't blow up like that. Not sure what to do about it.

 

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I wondered about the overheating - but when I did the head gasket it was fine. Won't know till I take it apart. Went to a JDM importer yesterday looking for JDM R and he told me it's probably backpressure. Who knows. I'm thoroughly pissed though. Rs shouldn't blow up like that. Not sure what to do about it. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Maybe a loose wire harness caused the engine to lean out or something... Hybrids often have electrical problems and sometimes engine failure can result. I have never seen (nor heard of) a stock R motor going poof like that. Hope the damage is not too bad.

 

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you're talking about km/h right?

 

Yep - kph. We're crazy canuks. That's like 140-145mph on the straight and 95mph on the right hander. Definately not recomended for those with a hear condition.

Electrical is a theory, but my car is full obd2 with the complete type R wiring harness. Don't think the wiring is any more likely to fail than on a stock type R. I'll have to tear it down and see. I'm not even sure what to look for.