Well my evo 8 steel engine has thrown a rod and has holes in the side of the block

and people say fords are unreliable LOL.....

 

Shame , 2.3 stroker kit time then

 

,

Sad news, what do the std rods look like?

 

ooooops.

 

Bad luck pal
Have you kept the mk2?

 

No idea as mine are forged ones.... but it seems that they aint strong engines LOL...

Hard to say why it made holes in the block with out the strip down but it went with a bang

70-80mph in 4th.....and no real boost

 

Still got the mk2 thank fook LOL

Evo makes the cosworth seem bomb proof by comparision

 

not nice to hear, gutted for ya, presume the engine wasn't standard (internally)

steve

 

odear...


i thought you had an 6 tho? 8 engine in a 6?

 

Martin - when i pop down i'll bring you a standard Evo rod that i retrieved after someone misheard the advice of "your boost controller is set, you have no reason to touch it"

They are remarkably skinny - can instantly see why non MR/9 engines aren't safe over 350lb/ft.

Sorry to hear about your engine Steve

 

If it was standard internally then fair enough its not as tough as ppl think, but if its been rebuilt & not very well it will blow just like a cossie engine thats not been built well

 

Its not a standard engine...

Forged bottom end...brand new evo 8 engine in a 6 LOL

 

Thought all Evo's bar the FQ 400's and a select few that run uprated rods as Std were on thier piston/rod limit at about 380BHP?

 

as per conversation,sorry to hear this Steve.

 

What was the make of the con rod.

Mark

 

i ran an evo 8 fq 300 for two years and 32,000 miles with no problems at all! not as modified as yours tho, it had a 3" system,uprated pump, w,r,c remap h,k,s blow off and mushroom filter! reguraly seen wrong side of 170, (on the clocks anyway) without as much as a squeak! p,s,,,, car had also done 22,000 miles when i bought it! gutted for ya tho matey

 

Funny enough it doesnt say on the reciept so I will ask that question.

 

Sorry to hear this Dingy, but no, Evos are not unreliable. YOUR Evo is.

Mine has done 14000 miles this year, as in 14 thousand. Almost entirely to track days and around tracks, plus 3 Ring trips. In just under a year.

I've had to fit a new Track rod end. That is is it. Ł25 it cost me.

It has regular oil services and then gets driven like I stole it with no drama at all.

You've been very unlucky with yours, which is a shame as I'm sure you would have enjoyed the car more if it had worked more often more of the time.


Did you or the previous owner have any form of warranty with whoever built up the forged engine your car runs? Rods should deffo not be exiting the block

 

Si am going to strip it and find out...

Evo's are deffo unreliable LOL

 

Had my Evo for 3.5 years running Autronic - never had a single problem, mind you it was mapped by Mark 'The Autronic God' Shead so it was running like a dream

 

its always when you not hurting them the let go

sorry to hear it but atleast you can say your cosworth is more reliable than an evo lol

 

what spec is yours si?

 

freak occurance..
my mates evo 8 ran 360 bhp on standard rods and was totally trouble free... now runs 440 on standard pistons and uprated rods..
only gets used on track and the thing has been faultless.

 

Good man, then piece it back together bigger and better / faster!

I really need to look at forging mine (with a bit of a Stroker too) soon, as although mine has worked well so far I know it won't last forever and as per most people on here, I WANT MORE POWER!


Mine is mild, 320 bhp as I'm only running a fuel pump, spark plugs, 3" exhaust and no cat with Ecutek remap. The cams (which are a mild spec in the 260 models) and the small ish (9.8) exhaust housing limit what I can do with it. 350 would be max out of my current spec, but I'm happy enough with the go go at the mo.

I've read reports of standard rods letting go at 300 bhp and people running FP Green turbos at 450 bhp on standard rods with no problems. Really seems hit and miss, but most Evos seem to be happy at 350 bhp.

After forging and stroking, Evos seem to breeze 500, 600 and 700+bhp.

Hmmm 700 bhp

 

Unlucky Dingy!
Have'nt really had any big issues with mine in 3years of ownership.
Couple of clutches a box and a steering rack - warranty sorted everything bar the clutches.

Si 700 in an Evo's a riot especially with a bang bang box

 

sorry to read this dingy

but i have to say mines been fine with plenty of hard driving.

would like to know what caused it to throw a rod

 

Unlucky that ur engine let go. But I really don't believe that comment above.

Any car that throws a modified rod off boost at 70-80mph isn't unreliable. It is a shit build or shit parts. Can't blame Mitsu for that.

RW

 

Evo's are not unreliable at all, I have NEVER had one that we have tuned die or even break down at all for that matter, not even a reported missfire in 8 years of tuning them. When modded right they are pretty bomb proof, which is of course one of the main reasons they they are so popular.

Normally the standard components are pushed past their already high limit, or they are replaced with sub-standard components. Not the cars fault in either scenario, just bad tuning in 99% of cases.

Yours ma well just be a case of bad luck, all marques have Cases of bad luck, but i feel its unlikely since you suggest the bottom ends been replaced, and its a part of the bottom end that just broke.

 

Sadly for the people who are saying that they are reliable.

My own experience - they are the most unreliable car in the world LOL....so i will have to disagree based on my own experience.

I will find out why it failed....

Just so you know this car had a new engine build due to a previous engine failure...

Bottom end has been rebuillt and thats let go unless its dropped a valve and thats taken the bottom end out LOL....who knows...

All i know there is a hole in the engine that shouldn't be there...

Car is coming back home today - so i will start taking the engine out tonight and post some pics up as and when i get to that stage

 

Thats one car though, not all of them.

 

these are the internals from an Evo V which look the same as the Evo VI

 

Think your wasting your time lads trying to explain to dingy that they are reliable he has made his mind up & totally ignoring the fact he has bought a lemmon with a shonky engine build..Sorry dingy but that is fact like it or not

 

Kev Atkins has just finished his second complete TA season with his MAD engine, 740bhp with no probs, so the engine is strong if built correctly, many aint.

 

Carlo - don't tar me with the blinkered brush that you seem to have done.

In my experience my evo has been unreliable in many ways....i know standard cars will be reliable but am not talking about that am talking about my own experiences with a modified car.

Until i find the cause i cant comment....

My run of bad luck....

Radiator bust
Turbo Bust
ECU bust
engine bust
Done 400 miles in this car and the engine has done around 2400miles...

So I think its unreliable....

I am not comparing tuners or starting a war here am just posting my experience nothing more.....

when i put

It has a LOL after it and is meant very tongue in cheek.....but anyone who actually personally knows me would think that

 

Hope you get it sorted steve!

 

was this on a l8

 

L8 LOL...

 

Fair enough steve but the title should be MY EVO IS UNRELIABLE

 

as posted on MLR all you ever do is moan moan moan

You bought a pup had no idea what your were buying, didn't research what your were buying and hey presto look whats happened

YOU CAN ONLY BLAME YOURSELF!!!

with all the money you now spent you could've quite easily bought an 8 MR modified or none modified and had a totally 100% reliable 320+ BHP or near as dammit 400BHP with a modified MR

Total Lack of Knowledge is the fault here and that means YOU!

 

bummer dingle