This build is made of greatness. Sorry for the unfortunate current state of things. Now me and the mad mechanic have to tear apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried!

 

What the hell are you talking about

 

Gay quote from a childhood film... My appologies for hijacking threads ha. Car looks awesome by the way. Planning on a rebuild? 30psi would be insane.

 

I need to sell these damn rods and pistons!

 

You have me petrified. Now I'm thinking of selling my built bottom end, and going stock.

 

Yea no **** man

 

Dont sweat it guys. Im sure youll both be fine. Phil and I just took the stock engine apart and thankfully everything looks cherry. Im pushing to be back on the road by next weekend.

 

Stop the gayness.....
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Stock motors are lame.

 

no whats lame is blowing a new one two weeks after having it built. Thats pure homo.

 

Did you ever find a definitive answer for why this happened in the first place? I read back through it again, but never saw a sure reason...

 

from what 4 other engine builders have told me, it was too tight of a clearance on the rod bearing.

 

Do you still have the clearances that the builder gave you?

I am about to puy my engine toghether this weekend and I want to make sure I dont make the same mistake. If my clearances come close to yours then I'll definetly send the block back to the shop.

 

I dont know and i dont talk to the builder anymore so i can help you there. Sorry man

 

Did you have the crankshaft machine? If so, the clearances @ the Rod Bearing might have been correct, but the failure was unevitable.


Excert from Text book.

DISTORTED CRANKSHAFT
Bearing failure which produces severe wear on both the upper and lower halves of the bearing are usually caused by excessive distortion of the crankshaft. This may be a result of unusually high loading conditions and excessive speed. A bent crankshaft will also produce this type of wear.


**** like this just happends

Better luck with your next build.

 

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I also just got these in the mail from Miataroadster.com

 

You get valves too? What's your rev limiter going to be set at?

 

His goes to eleven.

 

for now with the stock bottom end around 7700 rpms. in the event i get my other block rebuilt, 8k rpms. I got these more as a I like the way they make the engine feel type of thing.

lol