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[bfc10]

Well,

After rebuilding the car, schoolboy error of not checking over the engine, i was having a blast down the Autobahn when within 5 seconds there was a loud whining noise, no loss of oil pressure or overheating and then a massive explosion and i'll let the pictures tell you the rest :doh:

I think the phrase is "Its Fooked" springs to mind, an expensive lesson to learn but shit happens, so i have have bought Andy Chan's/Little Ghost's forged engine from Bob at GTI-R US (Top service from Bob ) and have now got the car running again but will be ensuring the set up is spot on before going any further with the car.

 

[Fast Guy]

So if you had checked it over, what would you have found wrong? Throwing 2 rods is pretty impressive.

 

[red reading]

don't re-use standard rod bolt's.

 

[PobodY]

i have have bought Andy Chan's/Little Ghost's forged engine from Bob at GTI-R US (Top service from Bob ) and have now got the car running again but will be ensuring the set up is spot on before going any further with the car.

That answers Andy's question then. - I think that was built by Agra wasn't it?

 

[bfc10]

So if you had checked it over, what would you have found wrong? Throwing 2 rods is pretty impressive.

don't re-use standard rod bolt's.

The engine was working in my old car and as far as i know has never been stripped down before? so i just swapped it over complete during the the re-shell and didn't really check anything on it :doh:

Don't know why it happened, throwing 2 rods i can only think of is oil starvation at high speed? but it sure made a spectacular firework show in my rear view mirror at 160mph :evil:

 

[red reading]

one rod bolt snapped causing oil starvation to the 2nd, or the cylinders melted between 2 and 3 and it hydraulic locked........... nice to see it broken properley at 160mph...lol

 

[Trondelond]

My heartfelt condolances!

 

[vss irvine]

thats one of the best ive seen, congratulations good effort.

and @ 160mph even better!

 

[skiddusmarkus]

HOw much power was it running pre DIY air-cooling?That will help answer a nother thread about what power the rods can take .

 

[bensmith907]

Its how it would have wanted to go!

 

[MarkTurbo]

HOw much power was it running pre DIY air-cooling?That will help answer a nother thread about what power the rods can take .

I think sustained high revs was the issue here more than power! Good effort though, never seen 2 rods go before :lol:

 

[red reading]

skid marks the rods will take over 500, the rod bolts are the weakness as standard just fit arp's and enjoy.

 

[skiddusmarkus]

Hahah I know Danny, I was messing about .

 

[pulsarboby]

bastad you had me worried there i thought that was the engine you just bought:doh:

wasnt little ghosts old engine it was another which was fitted in the car before we stripped it

how did you get on with the clutch fork prob?

 

[bfc10]

bastad you had me worried there i thought that was the engine you just bought:doh:

wasnt little ghosts old engine it was another which was fitted in the car before we stripped it

how did you get on with the clutch fork prob?

Sorry Bob should have put on the title it was the old engine :lol:

Took about 2 hrs of moving the bearing a mm at a time whilst keeping pressure on the fork was a ballache but better than having to drop the box.

A couple more pics of the engine head stripped.

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