found this on a south african web site
http://www.fordownerssa.co.za/escort...hp?f=37&t=1755
now thats what i call a total failure the crank is in 5 pieces

 

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have a look at this then
drew's BDA turbo
by Andrew » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:34 am This was my last BDA Turbo engine after 10 yrs of drag racing them.The low graph,221NM 210 HP was with the std BDA camshafts.The second graph (267HP 410NM) was achieved with BD3 cams set at 110 and 114 deg. lobe centers.The boost was set at 1.5 bar(blown through to Dellorto siddies).The car actually started to wheelspin at 410 nm of torque with two adults standing in the boot, the reason for the sudden drop in torque.The car pulled strong up to 8500 rpm and the rev. limiter kicked in at 9000 rpm.Dyno testing was performed at KAR Kempton Park.
1/4 Mile times was constant at 12.7 sec. with street rubber and best 1/4 mile speed of 187 km/h.The reason for changing to the Pinto engine was that the 1600 Kent block (AX P/N) could not handle more power.The last sub. assy destroyed itself by seperating the block in half just above the main bearings, and it destroyed the cross member and steering rack. The cranck ended up in five pieces under the car with all main bearing caps, conrods still attached to pieces of the block.I was a sh#*t expensive failure.$$$$$$$$.It took me 2yrs to build and replace the BDA with the Pinto turbo.

Andrew RWD Shift Stick Driver Posts: 472 Joined: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:29 am Location: Boksburgi copied this from his thread with a brief description of what happened.

 

ive copied them below

 

Mapped by Paul Hills!

 

ops thats well fooked.

 

fuck that that is a punch in the

 

jesus that went with some force

 

ohhhh that wont be cheap, feel for him

 

the top end was in a good usable condition but the guy could,nt afford the rebuild so he built a pinto turbo instead it use to live in a mk2 race car the bda made 267hp&410nm of torque.

 

Wow, thats proper carnage!

 

never seen anything that bad in all my life!!! OUCHIES!

 

buggerations! thats nasty

 

LOL

 

ouch thats very nasty

 

what caused it to break like that?

its gone with huge force

 

oh ya father.

 

So this can not be fixed with a bit of welding??

 

At least the cranks journals wont need grinding

But that made a noise when it went bang

 

is it just me or has that pulled the MAINS out of the block

 

yes he did pull the mains out of the block he also destroyed the engine x member & steering rack

 

Stock cast iron crank by the looks of it, must have been gutting after all that work

Mark

 

Fuck me, if your going to do it, may as well do it properly I suppose!!!

 

what a mess

 

yep!

 

What did he expect, reving to 9k rpm with a 'rubber' (standard cast) crank, jack shaft and rods (with a bit of stress relieving).
Ford did not put a steel crank,rods, jackshaft in the BDT with four bolt main caps for nothing.

Steve