Motor blew up :(
Mar 18, 2009, 02:17 PM
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Sorry to hear about you motor man, sucks!
Like you said... Built block.. by either Turbo Trix, or AMS Sleeved built block FTMFW!
Good look over seas, make it back safe!
-Chris
Like you said... Built block.. by either Turbo Trix, or AMS Sleeved built block FTMFW!
Good look over seas, make it back safe!
-Chris
Mar 18, 2009, 02:30 PM
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Wow, just wow. To take a stab in the dark, my suspicion is that all these mods, imparticular the MBC, + no tune caused the failure. I am leaning towards the MBC, because they tend to cause overboost issues at partial throttle in load cells that are running lots of timing and lean AFRs, but again, these are all just guesses. Were any of your pistons cracked? How about your valves? Were they bent? Any more insight you can offer so we can figure out what the hell happened here?
Mar 18, 2009, 02:39 PM
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Mar 18, 2009, 02:58 PM
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more pics would help us here and more info to see what happened with this engine.
its the first evo x i see that fails
Mar 18, 2009, 03:00 PM
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looks like runned lean a longer period of time . Maybe that rpm between 70-75mph was the critical , most lean condition your engine had without the tune and those goodies.
I think everyone who have your mods :
an intake, upic, lic, fmic, mbc. tbe. Can cause a dangerously lean condition for sure. AT that level i think the tune is very important.
I might be wrong , but this is my opinion.
Good luck with the rebuild, and make it sronger .
I think everyone who have your mods :
an intake, upic, lic, fmic, mbc. tbe. Can cause a dangerously lean condition for sure. AT that level i think the tune is very important.
I might be wrong , but this is my opinion.
Good luck with the rebuild, and make it sronger .
Mar 18, 2009, 03:15 PM
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Wow, just wow. To take a stab in the dark, my suspicion is that all these mods, imparticular the MBC, + no tune caused the failure. I am leaning towards the MBC, because they tend to cause overboost issues at partial throttle in load cells that are running lots of timing and lean AFRs, but again, these are all just guesses. Were any of your pistons cracked? How about your valves? Were they bent? Any more insight you can offer so we can figure out what the hell happened here?
That could of been the problem. Another thing to is I guess in texas they run 90octane? atleast along route66. I was acutally pissed when I went to 3 gas stations and saw 90 was the highest they had. I've come to a stopping point in taking the motor apart, right now my time is dedicated to my family and not the car. If I find more time I will take the head off to see if i ate some valves. From what I can see the piston looks cracked looking up at it.
Mar 18, 2009, 03:20 PM
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So I was just messing with my oil pump and the gear is seized. I wonder if it locked up just driving. I checked the oil about 20miles before it happened and I still had plenty of oil in the pan when i drained it out.
Mar 18, 2009, 03:22 PM
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You might have overboosted with the MBC a while ago and did some initial damage, along with 90 octane it just accelerates the deterioration. i suspect it was a gradual process to come down to this. Good luck with your built and hope everything works out for you!
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