Has anyone blown a motor
Feb 6, 2009, 10:51 AM
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I wanna hear more about the x that overboosted? Any information?
i know a few X's here in PR broken by owner/driver mistakes and overboost...
i know an instance of 2 x's breaking at the same day (racing) because of overboost
theres a guy here w/ a white one (pepe colon's son for those who know pr folk) he is on his 3rd going on 4th engine already...
common failure comes from the piston 'skirt' cracking under boost
i know an instance of 2 x's breaking at the same day (racing) because of overboost
theres a guy here w/ a white one (pepe colon's son for those who know pr folk) he is on his 3rd going on 4th engine already...
common failure comes from the piston 'skirt' cracking under boost
Feb 6, 2009, 05:51 PM
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I have had this happen on an svt built engine from my focus, it is due to high AFR not over boost is what I have been told. What are these pistons made out of is it hyper eut? I am sure I could hit search and find the answer but really dont want to right now.
Feb 6, 2009, 05:52 PM
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Feb 6, 2009, 08:07 PM
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original (taken on september 06, 2008 from my cel phone cam)
big circle is main dmg to piston
circle below is section of skirt that was cracked
the picture is not to defined enough but the skirt is cracked i held this piston in my hand
Feb 7, 2009, 09:20 PM
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My car is making 411 whp. Parts were custom built by Xtremeboost, turbo was purchased from CBRD (Blouch), and the tuning was performed by Jestr Tuning. My car has over 13,000 miles on it and I have beat the hell out of it after I first broke it in for 2,000 miles. Once I replace the stock exhaust, I should gain at least another 50 whp because I can turn up the boost (I am experiencing some surging due to the stock exhaust when I turn up the boost so I am just going to have to be satisfied with 411 whp until I get that fixed. My point here is that if you get your parts from those who sell or build high quality parts, and get it tuned by someone who knows what they are doing, then you should be fine. The X is a beast and the engine is very strong. BTW - all the numbers mentioned here are on pump 93 gas.
Feb 8, 2009, 07:10 PM
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So, you think by revving it high before break in, it some how blew his engine ( you do realize you said it happened when he had 3000miles on the car which is a good amount beyond break-in for an engine)? You do know there are rev limits in place set by Mitsubishi to stop that. Either way, a stock car with 3000 miles on it had its engine blow, and you don't think that would fall under the warranty? Even with the clutch destroyed, how does that prove abuse? How could you differentiate between abuse and a someone who simply doesn't know how to drive the car (slipping the clutch too much)?
Feb 9, 2009, 07:05 AM
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But how is he an idiot? How do you know it was his fault? You must be either young or not been around many engines if you don't think that build error can cause more problems than anyones driving. If you don't torque, say, a rod bolt correctly, it will fail and tear all sorts of things up.
Feb 9, 2009, 07:46 AM
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But how is he an idiot? How do you know it was his fault? You must be either young or not been around many engines if you don't think that build error can cause more problems than anyones driving. If you don't torque, say, a rod bolt correctly, it will fail and tear all sorts of things up.