today on the way to cumbria rsoc i blew a hole in my block am gutted to say the least looks like a con rod has came through the block and ive now got a hole the size of my hand and found my big end shell on the m6 i was cruising in a convoy and heard a pop then smoke so i killed the engine and pulled over but i dont know what to do now

 

Rebuild it with a bigger stronger bottom end. Maybe some nice forged conrods wouldnt be a bad idea

 

Lewis has you car not got steel rods in it with forged pistons.

Were you cruising or slowing down from a high speed blast

Sorry to hear about it, its never good to open the bonnet and find out bits of your car have dissapered or fallen off

 

What would be the cause of a rod throught he block

 

piston seizure mate i bet

 

Due to what

 

getting hot i done it in a nova quite funny really

 

AS far as i lnow the car is pretty well specced and maintained, Lewis will tell us more

 

still its not nice when it happens

 

Whats next Lewis

 

D'oh, sorry to hear that mate

 

Not good mate

Anyone else reading this and bricking it about taking their rs out?

 

Nah, fuck it. If it breaks you get it fixed and move on. Just about anything that can break, shatter, smash or pack in, has on mine (Ask T28)

Car is better for it now, everything works all the time and I have no fear putting the foot down or going on a long run anymore

Just need to try and avoid foxes crossing the road in future

You'll be back mate, mibbe a few ŁŁ's lighter but what the hell eh?

SMG

 

cheers for the kind words got the car towed back to scotland lastnite just put it in the garage ive not even went back to look at it so pissed off i still dont know what happend as i was just cruising and it went without a rattle or knock the bottom end as davie said was highly spec'd and prob wont know til iget it stripped what caused it
just got a new house so couldnt have happend at worse time wont be on the road any time soon unless i can get a low comp block cheap

 

Lewis i just hope when you strip it that it has steel rods, etc... and not standard stuff

 

Really sorry to hear this Lewis, browsing about the west website have you not long put it back on the road?

Just leave it for a few days cool yerself down then go have a look, once you get it apart and get the bits youll be champing at the bit, just cash though mate.

Best of luck to you mate, plenty folk about to give you a hand

Pete

(mines been of the road since october )

 

Just got these sent to me Lewis, youve done a crackin job of it





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fuckin ell

 

To make that hole would it have let go at the crank.

Steel rods and crank(i think) surely it would have has ARP bolts

 

Lewis's bottom end

Low compression bottom end. Farndon steel crank, arrow steel rods, accrelite pistons 0.5mm oversize, A.R.P rod bolts, A.R.P flywheel bolts,

Looks very strong but it let go so easily

 

Deffo dave, doubt a seized piston would do that.

I would have thought that ARP's would be statutory on any rebuild not just a power build, hopefully lewis might still have the build receipt from the last owner which can back this up and hopefully not a bodge.

still its not impossibly that they could fail

 

maybe the damage wasnt caused on the trip though?

 

davie i still have all recipts all work was done at power enginering i must admit mate am totaly stumped could it be ware and tear as pete said i do know the prev owner thrashed it big time just hope i can salvage the goodies in there

in the pics mate you cant see that there is a hole in the sump too all i could find was a big end shell and bit off my block on the road

 

made some size of a hole didnt hear a clunk or nout just mega loss in pressure

 

Keep us updated mate

 

defo not piston siezure the bolts must have ripped out the rod thats the only way it could of happened im sure unlucky aint the word

 

Could the conrod bolts have worked loose and sheared off? Sorry to hear about your misfortune As said above you just dont expect that sort of thing to happen with a spec like that