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i hear piston decided to exit the block :(
Nightmare!
That is really not what you needed!
i know the big block is fat and heavy but there is no need to make holes in it to get the weight down :p
BT says: (23:13:11)
PMSL
BT says: (23:13:27)
i decided to dump all the oil and coolant as well just to be sure
Stuart says: (23:13:46)
yeah, **** oli and his drilling crap weight saving lark
BT says: (23:13:58)
lmao
BT says: (23:14:00)
so true
BT says: (23:14:13)
made gfood video though so its all gravy PMSL
Stuart says: (23:14:32)
;)
Stuart says: (23:14:46)
now fit a small block and consider it a lesson learnt lol
BT says: (23:14:52)
PMSL
lol lol lol lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
Spot on that man!
Ur both soo mean :( :cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
LMAO, im not convinced its the drilling anyway. its definately the pointy nipples! lol
pmsl
he he he he
Righty, spent today undoing all my previous work! Managed to get the engine out and stripped down to a point where I ws able to work out what went wrong, and also the cars ready to recieve the new lump (which is already lined up thanks to Mr Marshall).
I decided the first job should be to get all the ancillarys off the engine, and remove the rocker cover (which I can fit to the new engine to save arsing about doing another breather mod)
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Next job was to remove the head (which was a ballache, I really have NO room down the offside of the engine. I rekon it'll be an engine out job to do cambelt changes in the future, although the rate i go through engines may save me this problem anyway!) I was very relieved to find the head was untouched from the violence that went on below it!
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First look at the bottom end. That pistons a bit twisted LMAO
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With the head off, i didnt need to jack the car up too high to drag it out, so i split the bottom end from the gearbox and started having a poke about.
Holy cow, thats a big ass hole!
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In fact, so big I could get my hand in and push the piston out of the bore! Here was the first clue, half a rod still atached to the gudgeon! Poor thing took a beating, no where near as bad as I was expecting, but seeing as the little end it pretty much locked solid onto the gudgeon pin (robably bent) its a write off.
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This was the only debris I found. A testament to ARP methinks! The rest of the rod and shells / bearings etc must have fecked off through the fist sized hole LOL
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This is a cool pic. Shows that the crank is pretty much undamaged so that eliminates the bearing disintegrating, also shows a big hole something punched into the sump baffles
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DSC00156.jpg
Another pic of the baffle. Not too bad, ill reuse it on the new engine I rekon.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...P/DSC00157.jpg
SO there we have it. Closer inspection of what I have left of the conrod, I can see evidence of a crack where the separation started, so basically, catastrophic rod failiure! Bless it, i did give the bastid a caning over the last few years!
Not how I was expecting to see the car so soon after finishing it! New engine will be chucked in in a few weeks when I can be ****d.
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