Well it happened. 8000 RPM in 2nd gear, shifted to 3rd, and that was it. POP, smoke screen from hell, metal clanging and banging all over the place. toast. At first thought, I thought it was the dreaded crower retainers. not the case, they appear fine and so do the valves. Rod is bent to ****, and bluish near the piston end so it appears to have gotten very hot, not sure if thats the cause or not. the piston is either in pieces or stuck in the cylinder. one of the ARP rod bolt is gone on one side, so maybe that was it. oil levels were fine, checked that morning, and car doesnt run lean at all. tough to tell what caused it.

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hmmm, this cant be good...

nope, that definitely doesnt look like a JB Weld fix...

this came to rest poetically ON the header between the block and header

cylinder 3, piston lightly slapped it at 90 degree angle and tweaked the valves


THE REBUILD HAS BEGUN!


Modified by RTW DC2 at 11:16 PM 12/16/2004

 

Shouldve gotten ARP rod and rod bolts. Sorry to hear man. If the head is in good shape you can just buy the bottom end and thatll save some cash. My bro just had his motor blow, except it was only a b16. On his motor, the valve broke off the stem and the piston hit it a ton of times, and the cylinder wall cracked all the way down. It was not fixable so now he is going for an EP. Good luck and i hope the head is fine so you save some loot. GL

 

Damn....I'm so sorry....i can't even imagine how you feel.....i don't know you that well...or at all.....but if you had an itr you were family....and thats real sad to hear....Not trying to be funny at all...but i got 10 or 15 bucks towards the cause....

 

there were ARP rod bolts.

knalige thanks but I dont want your money.

 

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i hope you know i really wasn't trying to be rude....if i came across as so i apologize.....just tryna help anyway i can

 

that sucks man, sorry to hear. If you need any help let me know

 

nice job on blowing up the motor!

Sorry to hear of such a pia thing.

IM sent...

 

damn... sorry to hear that.. when **** blows its just not fun.. its not easy to keep itr stock with all aftermarket stuff out there.. good luck whatever you decide to do..

 

sorry for your loss! I always thought you had a great set up. there are better things for you in the future.

 

if you want to sell the car as is how much are u asking?

 

So sorry to see man, that totally sucks

 

dude, trust me, i feel ya man

 

anyone give me an idea of what the car is worth in its current state?

JUN3 cams/str gears
slightly ported head (not sure if head is damaged yet)
tranny is fine
can still turn the motor over with crank pulley so crank may be fine
AEM EMS ECU
otherwise mainly stock with approx 53K salvaged/rebuilt title.

give me some ballpark numbers with and without the motor.

Thanks

 

Sorry to see that

 

i just imed u but i was wonder what color? year? and body condition and if you have pics?

 

check the link under my username for some pics haha

 

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JUN3 cams/str gears
slightly ported head (not sure if head is damaged yet)
tranny is fine
can still turn the motor over with crank pulley so crank may be fine
AEM EMS ECU
otherwise mainly stock with approx 53K salvaged/rebuilt title.

give me some ballpark numbers with and without the motor.

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I assume it's an ITR, ri?
What year, where r u located, etc.
Salvaged title cuz you had your seats stolen if I recall correctly?

 

Sorry to hear that man, bad week for ITR's. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
Mine engine not quite as bad as yours, but I still may need a new one. The insurance adjuster is coming on Monday, keeping my fingers crossed.

 

Holy **** Ryan! Damn! I'll call you in the morning. Don't sell it, please. There is no else to rice with if you're gone guy!

Ill help you as much as possible, let me call you in the morning though

 

I am very sorry to hear that.

Just get an ls bottom end and ride out.

If you really want to sell it, check your PM's.....

 

Being a dumb **** as I am - what caused this? What would make your car, with nice parts and tuning - do something like that? Knock? Poor install, ... ?

 

I just got off the phone with Opie and he said if you don't fix that caR he's going to DONKEY PUNCH you. And I think he ment it

 

time for some JB weld...and a lot of it

My guess it SEVERE detonation!

 

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part the non-damaged pieces out. that will give you an idea how much you can get.

maybe this is why you cant go to the expo?

 

Yo i f33l you man.......i cracked my casing not too long ago also, not that big of a whole though yO ! Fix that damn thing or i get to help the Op-dogg!