I ------- Blew up my Motor Today!
03-17-2003, 07:51 PM
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I ------- Blew up my Motor Today!
Well, I put some DSM 450's on my Corolla yesterday with the FTB hack, and the car ran good. Real good. I'm talking squealing tires in second gear good. I had so much more power in the low RPM's over the Vortech FMU.
Then today, after some 10 psi runs, I pulled into my friend's driveway, and the car started running rough, then smoke started pouring out. I jumped out with the fire extinguisher thinking I had a gas leak that was on fire, only to discover smoke was coming out of every possible opening on my engine block.
That's it. It's totally fried. I must have broken a piston or a ring land or something, because when the engine cranks over, smoke comes straight out of the crankcase.
So my buddy helped me tow the car home, a few miles away, and now I have to pull the engine and see if it's rebuildable, or if I will end up getting a 65k mile engine from a junkyard for $450. And to make matters worse, it's gonna rain all week, and this is the only week I have off of school till the end of may!
The engine's coming out tomorrow, I don't know what to do! I don't know if this engine's worth the rebuild, since all the machining will cost way more than the $450 it will take to get the junkyard motor, and I don't know any simple methods to make my new engine more boost-resistant. Two head gaskets, machined pistons, I just have no clue what I can do on a budget. And I wanted to race on April 5th! I guess that won't be happening!
Whew! Just venting, I knew this day would come sooner or later.
And for all of you with some morbid curiosity in you, I'll be taking pics as soon as I get this bitch pulled apart, so stay tuned!
Then today, after some 10 psi runs, I pulled into my friend's driveway, and the car started running rough, then smoke started pouring out. I jumped out with the fire extinguisher thinking I had a gas leak that was on fire, only to discover smoke was coming out of every possible opening on my engine block.
That's it. It's totally fried. I must have broken a piston or a ring land or something, because when the engine cranks over, smoke comes straight out of the crankcase.
So my buddy helped me tow the car home, a few miles away, and now I have to pull the engine and see if it's rebuildable, or if I will end up getting a 65k mile engine from a junkyard for $450. And to make matters worse, it's gonna rain all week, and this is the only week I have off of school till the end of may!
The engine's coming out tomorrow, I don't know what to do! I don't know if this engine's worth the rebuild, since all the machining will cost way more than the $450 it will take to get the junkyard motor, and I don't know any simple methods to make my new engine more boost-resistant. Two head gaskets, machined pistons, I just have no clue what I can do on a budget. And I wanted to race on April 5th! I guess that won't be happening!
Whew! Just venting, I knew this day would come sooner or later.
And for all of you with some morbid curiosity in you, I'll be taking pics as soon as I get this bitch pulled apart, so stay tuned!
03-17-2003, 09:33 PM
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Re:I ------- Blew up my Motor Today!
So how long did it last at 10 psi
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03-17-2003, 09:39 PM
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Re:I ------- Blew up my Motor Today!
Damnn just when the fun began with the hack. well a jump to 10 psi must have felt great though.
too bad about the motor givin' in. I hope all goes well.
Good luck.!! R.I.P. (waiting for a resurrection)
too bad about the motor givin' in. I hope all goes well.
Good luck.!! R.I.P. (waiting for a resurrection)
03-17-2003, 09:45 PM
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Re:I ------- Blew up my Motor Today!
Originally Posted by 45psi
this is just my opinion, but i think you should bring the car back to stock, and sell it. get a crx. good luck with whatever you do.
03-17-2003, 10:11 PM
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Re:I ------- Blew up my Motor Today!
Damn, that sucks. Well, since technicaly it is your parents car, are they going to rebuild it I think it is only fair!! 
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