Turbo 2v bit the dust last night

[Angus]

Last night at GLD, a guy over on CMC (I think he's over here too; splytsnd) that was running the same setup as me on a bullitt, well his motor looks to have said 'I'm done.' He hasn't looked into it too much yet but he said there's a lot of coolant and oil pouring out from under the car...

Got me a bit worried as we're running the same kits at the same boost with about the same power levels... Bob Kurgan chimed in that it could have been the cooler air from last night that put more boost in to make it go kaboom.

Got a good run in though...

fastest passes of the night...

1.87 60' 12.35 @ 117.01
1.82 60' 12.36 @ 111 with the car eating itself on the 3/4 shift and coasting the last 150-200 feet

Sucks for him but now's he's got a good excuse to build the motor.

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[Bru]

Yikes

 

[skeezer]

BOOOOOM

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

BOOMLAND

 

[Jean Ralphio]

KABLAMO

 

[Riski]

Nicey nice runs though

 

[Shibby50]

Scary

 

[Angus]

So would it be better to pull the engine and install forged parts while the block is in place or gamble and wait till it goes?

 

[Shibby50]

Well if it goes in the car, you have the chance of messing up alot more stuff, wiring heads valves. It all depends on what lets go really.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I'd get a new shortblock before it blows. That way at least you can offset some $$ selling a good used SB.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

id buy a short block and swap it. Im not a wait for it to break type of guy.

 

[MikeyLikesIt]

Which kit are you guys running? Was it tuned?

 

[machausta]

Three words: Teksid short block

 

[Shibby50]

Which kit are you guys running? Was it tuned?

It was the on3 turbo kit, was tuned by bob at kurgan motorsports. Made around 500wtq.

 

[blakbearddelite]

I'm curious if he was running a bit more boost than he should have been. I was told not to mash the skinny pedal if it's below 50. You run the risk of making more untuned boost and popping your motor. I hope he wasn't riding around with 500whp, that's just plain stupidity right there.

 

[blakbearddelite]

I just read the thread over there. He was indeed running 500, but it was rwtq and not rwhp. Still, 500rwtq is enough to grenade a stock motor. I'm not even sure why someone would want to go that much over the stock tolerance of the rotating assembly unless they had a spare built motor.

 

[utryd2]

If you can afford it build it now. Then you can at least sell yours, if you can't swing the whole thing now start buying parts and build it in stages as funds are available. Unexpected builds suck!!!

 

[The Broken Regal]

was he running it at teh same PSI level as the dyno runs that netted this 500rwtq and whatever hp??

 

[blakbearddelite]

It looks like that is what Kurgan was saying.

 

[Angus]

was he running it at teh same PSI level as the dyno runs that netted this 500rwtq and whatever hp??

Yes, and his dyno put him actually at 431hp/467tq

 

[The Broken Regal]

Yes, and his dyno put him actually at 431hp/467tq

not good news for you

sorry man, i'd be freakin out, unless you dont care

 

[blakbearddelite]

Yeah, if those were the numbers my car was seeing, I'd be a little nervous. In cooler weather, I'm pretty much at 400/400 myself. And I'm cool with that power level. Though I wouldn't mind 401/401 so I could hit that 11.99.

 

[The Broken Regal]

am I missing something as to how 400whp in stang doesnt net 11s? how much do they weigh? er well both your ugys are verts

 

[blakbearddelite]

am I missing something as to how 400whp in stang doesnt net 11s? how much do they weigh? er well both your ugys are verts

I wish I could tell you. I'm only .04 away from teh 11's right now. Mine weighs 3,800lbs with me in it. I don't think it's too much a stretch to say the headwind cost me an 11 sec pass on Saturday. Next trip, I'm taking out the passenger seat and maybe the rear seat.

EDIT: Plus, I'm only currently able to launch my car at 2,000rpm. I'm sure that's a limiting factor as well. I should be able to cut a low 1.6X / high 1.5X.

 

[Intel]

Guess the joys of cold weather for more fun boosting has some ill effects for people. Although I am rocking a built motor with stock turbos