darkcambria splodes his engine and has to rebuild
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darkcambria splodes his engine and has to rebuild
Running Summit Point Shenandoah I had the engine let go. At the time it didn't seem too bad but I finally got the engine torn down. This was an untouched msm longblock with similar to a FM big enchilada on it. 57k miles total.
Here's the video of it happening on my warmup lap at 2:40. Not terribly exciting.
First thing I noticed when I pulled the valve cover was that the intake cam was just sitting there. The cam bolt was snapped. That hadn't been touched since the belt was done 20k miles ago (About 300 race miles as well).
Rod exited the bottom
Not much left of it
Put a hole through the intake side also
Wiped out the turbo housing
Head
Bottom end
So now its time to move along. I have a spare bottom end that's at the machine shop getting ready. Planning to build that and add an efr6758.
Here's the video of it happening on my warmup lap at 2:40. Not terribly exciting.
First thing I noticed when I pulled the valve cover was that the intake cam was just sitting there. The cam bolt was snapped. That hadn't been touched since the belt was done 20k miles ago (About 300 race miles as well).
Rod exited the bottom
Not much left of it
Put a hole through the intake side also
Wiped out the turbo housing
Head
Bottom end
So now its time to move along. I have a spare bottom end that's at the machine shop getting ready. Planning to build that and add an efr6758.
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that is some impressive carnage.
most all engine failures i see here are rods letting go. a $200 set of ebay rods would have prevented this.
Can be done in a weekend and $300 including new seals.
most all engine failures i see here are rods letting go. a $200 set of ebay rods would have prevented this.
Can be done in a weekend and $300 including new seals.
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Watching back the video, im willing to bet you over-revved it a bit. sounds like your keeping your foot to the floor between shifts letting it slam the limiter. Very bad habit as it doesnt shave time off your laps, just causing un-needed wear on the clutch, trans, and in this case, im willing to bet your motor. Probably stretched a rod and it got weak.
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Watching back the video, im willing to bet you over-revved it a bit. sounds like your keeping your foot to the floor between shifts letting it slam the limiter. Very bad habit as it doesnt shave time off your laps, just causing un-needed wear on the clutch, trans, and in this case, im willing to bet your motor. Probably stretched a rod and it got weak.
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