Saturday night was looking to be a great night. We decided to get several of the guys together and go out for dinner. We went out to TGI Fridays where we snapped a few pics. Things were going great and we were all having a great time. We decided to head up north a bit and see what was going on where all the imports hang out on Saturday night. We decided to head down the gas station about a mile away that has 95 octane at the pump. Here are some of the pics from TGI Friday's.












When sitting at the stop light pulling out of TGI Friday's my car was making a funny noise at idle. I decided that I better check this out when I get to the gas station. Light turns green and I pull out. I baby the car through 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gears. Right before I shift to 4th it feels like it lost a bit of power. I then shift to 4th and car starts to sputter, then comes clanking metal, then the motor dies. I hit the hazards and coast off in to a parking lot. I get out and do a visual inspection. I first look at the timing belt (cut valve cover) and it is still there. I then check the tension on the intake and exahust sides and it is tight on both sides. I then check the oil and it's completely full. So I decide to try and turn it over while the guys watch the motor. Motor turns, accessory belts turn, timing belt does not. We call a tow truck who actually gets it on the flat bed with hardly any scraping of the front end (my car is SLAMMED). We get it in to my garage and fire up the air compressor. About an hour later..............

TJ & I going to work


Still working


Damn it's hot in here




What's this? A missing tooth?


I know where this goes!


Head. Notice where the valves hit the pistons.


Why won't these close?


What's left of the timing belt



The broken teeth were at the bottom of the crank pulley which is why the cams were not turning. Time for a rebuild.......

What did we all learn here? DO NOT RUN TODA SPEC C'S ON A STOCK TIMING BELT! I was dumb, now I have to pay.

 

For a side note, a total of 14 teeth were broken off. And we only found one

 

Damn Brad, sorry to see

At least the photos look nice! And Mickey is really letting his car get dirty

Brian

 

Nice pics
Hopefully you get your car running soon.
What timing belt are you going to run now?

 

ouch brad

 

Toda owns j00, literally. Time for upgrades!

 

wtf is up with those dirty *** cars???

just bent valves? any damage to the pistons?

 

The pistons are scared. I probably COULD still run them but I have a problem with the pistons rings anyway. Now is the time to have it built. Sleeved, 84mm, 12.5 comp, EMS...who knows what else. Oh yeah, TODA TIMING BELT!

 

That sucks. How many miles were on the timing belt with the cams in?

 

nice pics but one expensive night at TGIF!

 

Damn Brad, that sucks

Nice pictures though

 

OUch

 

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45k miles on the timing belt, still the original one. I put the cams in the car a few days before the Expo. I drove to PA & back, about 2k miles total on C's.

 

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What rims are those on that black teg???

 

ouch..sorry to see.. good luck w/ the rebuild


nice pics..well at first

 

Looks like a good meet you had there. Sucks about what happened to your car. Good luck with the rebuild and also finding the other teeth.

 

Which cams were you running?

Not the spec C's?

 

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Not the spec C's?</TD></TR></TABLE>

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is it alright for me to say yoo got 0wned ?
hehe . . . GL with the build though bro

 

Gloves are for pussies .........J/K !

Lesson learned the hard way .......goodluck with the rebuild though

 

Brian and Andy = the greatest helpers eVAr!!!!

Glad to hear you are going to stick with the original block. good luck.

 

Ah fugg...

Sorry to hear, Brad

 

Ouch!! What cam gears were you running? I'm guessing Todas? Gen I or II?

 

Was the belt tensioned properly after the cam install?

RJ - just curious (about the belt... )

 

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Yep.