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Ever thrown a rod? You've had it lightly..

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Old 04-12-2012, 02:07 PM
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No coke on those pistons! - probably polished every race/ meeting
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I should think they run on Ethanol so little coke would be produced.
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Thats mad.Ive seen it before.

I through a rod on one of my old XR3i,s i used to own when i was younger lol.
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Jesus Christ man..!
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Just likes rods engine lol
That's what happens every time he drives it ain't it


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Er hang on a bit here - that, by the looks of the vid blew the fookin head off!

Am I wrong?
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he was only meant to blow the bloody doors off
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Nothing better than seeing an engine trying leap out of the bay, that's when you know you've got serious power
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Ah not to bad.

This looks like a 3508 CAT engine that WAS probably worth 150 grand.


Pushing a lazy 1000hp dependant on arrangement specification.
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Years ago my mates dad rally car through the clutch and fly wheel out the trans" tunnel then it went through the door ( passengers side ) . That shock him up a bit .
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Originally Posted by Cosnada
Er hang on a bit here - that, by the looks of the vid blew the fookin head off!

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Technically yes it did blow the heads off, however the heads were still attached to the top of the block too
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