Somethings wrong....

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:36 pm

Hmm... not sure what's wrong....

LMAO... okay so this picture is hard to see... but it looks like at the bottom of the cylinder wall is kinda "broken"... is this block fked now? It's like that on the 1 and 4 cylinder... honing won't fix that will it?

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:39 pm

If it's right at the bottom of the cylinder like it looks like in the pic, I *think* you'll be OK. May want to do something about the rods, however... that one looks like it may be tweaked a tiny bit.

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:55 pm

from what ive read before.. i think youll be ok since its at the bottom of the cylinder.

Post by **occasional demons** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:10 pm

Yep, nothing wrong with a little chunk of cylinder wall missing. As long as it is below the piston travel, and the bore is still round. Didn't bother my VW 1.7 liter at all. Hell it even was missing the bottom tab off the piston skirt, and never complained. Put a lot of miles on that engine with a main cap from another.

Those Germans have damn good tolerances when one main drops and exits stage left. Then you take one off a 1.6 block, buy a new bearing shell, bolt it on and torque it down, and the crank still turns by hand, and the clearance is well within spec. For some reason the oil pressure was much better too.

I would have the block checked out before writing it off.

2005sxt24 · Post by **2005sxt24** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:45 pm

did you hydro lock your engine, or how did you bend a rod like that??

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:50 pm

using spray...

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:54 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:using spray...

hes lucky he didnt blow the welds on the intake.

but yes nitrous was the verdict here.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:56 pm

RADARsx 2.0 · Post by **RADARsx 2.0** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:15 am

HOLLY HELL them rods are more bent than a politician at a brothle...what happened there lownslow?

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:22 am

I suggest having that block magna fluxed to look for stress cracks, i would hate to see the whole motor go after you get it back together. next time use a progressive controller and jet it rich.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:27 am

sidepipe87 wrote:using spray...

Was not the reason the rod went like it did...

I'm 99% positive something got sucked into the motor.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:33 am

Something did... Nitrous Oxide.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:16 am

You're a

RADARsx 2.0 · Post by **RADARsx 2.0** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:26 am

LowNSlow wrote:You're a

I'd do what OD say LnS...if it don't affect the "efficiency" of the motor and still runs fine...then adopt the Canadian modo "if it ain't broke....don't fix it"/ "run it till it's dead"...ok the second one is my life motto but hey...

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:58 am

Oh yea, I see it. Looks like the one of the left doesn't have the performance bend that the one on the right does.

Needs MOAR bendorz. Problem solved.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:55 am

Yea, the one on the right has the DCR performance bend.

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 12:03 pm

now John, I told you not to eat TWO bowls of wheaties in the morning... lol

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 12:40 pm

Looks like the one on the right needs some:

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:37 pm

Another member of the banana rod club. Welcome!

neonpla · Post by **neonpla** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:19 am

^ lol

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:27 am

LowNSlow wrote:You're a

says the guy bending rods

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:35 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:
LowNSlow wrote:You're a

says the guy bending rods

He's rrrrrrrrrrough on rrrrrrrrrrods!

v95 · Post by **v95** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:52 pm

make it into a key chain. I got one of my imput shaft when i broke that and then another one of my 3rd gear when I broke that and another one of my shift selector when I broke That. I making a collection you should start one.

n20sxt · Post by **n20sxt** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:30 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:
LowNSlow wrote:You're a

says the guy bending rods

that sucks dude

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:53 pm

Make it a chain.

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:51 pm

and wear it around my neck

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:11 pm

Bling!

But yeah have the block thoroughly inspected, if it's fine run it.

And no, I didn't have my VW block inspected. It had 300,000 miles on it, so if it let go, well it had a good life. But it just kept on going like the damn energizer bunny.