Uh, tom....

[Prince Valiant]

What do you think of this?

OUCH!

This is from a texas LS1 that had what sounds like to be a similar set-up to yours, Heads, cam, headers, etc LS1. Reputed to put 450hp to the wheels.

http://img3.imgspot.com/u/04/194/04/spareparts.jpg
http://img3.imgspot.com/u/04/194/04/windagetray.jpg

he was a roadracer and spent far more time on the gas in the long straight aways with less cooling periods...as well, more opportunities to starve the oil in long turns...

but they figured the problem stemmed partly from too much heat. The failure occured reving ~ 7000rpm during a road race. Notice how the wrist pin seems to have pulled from the piston. :wooo

What would be your guess?

[Cryptic]

looks like someone removed a cyclinder with a drill press

[Syclone0044]

:wow :stare :cool: :popcorn

[GHOSST]

explain to me what I'm lookin at:confused....I see a piece of a piston:thumbsup

[quickcarl]

Ouch to the wallet too. I see either Oliver or Crower rods in that piece(that WERE in that piece) !!!! :omg

[Ricky Bobby]

all i gotta say is that had to make one hell of a racket under the hood :goof

[BAD LS1]

Yeah that rod/pistolie combo are Fubared :rolf

I can buy the fact that sustained high speed runs at 7K would certainly do that.

Its always running on borrowed time but mine only sees 7K for a breif moment and then is back down to 5800 but it sees 7K 3 times in 11 seconds though :confused

It must have had a moto-man break in, i see 0 blow by and carbon build up past the top rings.

[Cryptic]

It must have had a moto-man break in, i see 0 blow by and carbon build up past the top rings.


how can you tell that from that pic?

[BAD LS1]

Well part of my everday job is engine failure analysis of small engines, big engines exhibits the same failure traits as well.

But if you look at the skirt and ring land section of the whole piston there yet you will see no brown build up on those areas, nice and bright alluminum yet, this same piston has a chunk of rod left on it yet that broke extremely high. when they break high its indicative of a overspeed failure.

[Ricky Bobby]

good call tommy LOL :goof

[Bad-TSi]

Yikes, I'd be crying.

[jbiscuit]

if that motor had VTEC it would be fine.....

VTEC OWNS JOO! :rockwoot: :wooo

[BAD LS1]

Yeah that motor was havin a bad ****** day!! Looks like stuff that comes out of a motor thats seen NITRO or something like a top fueler :rolf

[Al]

Well part of my everday job is engine failure analysis.


I think it is cool that you could figure that out.

[Crawlin]

psssh, wuss....

320hp stock motor

www.geocities.com/z28camaro93/index9.html

if it doesn't load, that's because geocities sucks and it has been viewed too many times, so check back later if you really want to see it :)

Chris

[SMS 1]

:popcorn entertaining.

[scubastang]

i'll add some carnage hehe - hopefully Tom's got LS1edit under control or he might look like this :banana

http://img2.exs.cx/img2/6607/ouch5.jpg

[BAD LS1]

Total fuc-king carnage!! :wow

That mofo was having one bad day, looks like a 5.0L bottm end :confused just a thought since the oil pump is mounted on the front of the motor.

Its got two turbo's on it whatever it is

[jbiscuit]

holy crap. He seriously didn't tune his NOS timing before he ran 9's :punch:

[SSmike1]

wow, looks like fun!

YEP, Moto-Man Breakin!
i bet it was Running Real Good, until she Blew up!

:wooo



psssh, wuss....

320hp stock motor

www.geocities.com/z28camaro93/index9.html

if it doesn't load, that's because geocities sucks and it has been viewed too many times, so check back later if you really want to see it :)

Chris

[SSmike1]

I wonder what he will get in return, for a Core Charge?

he he he

:)

i'll add some carnage hehe - hopefully Tom's got LS1edit under control or he might look like this :banana

http://img2.exs.cx/img2/6607/ouch5.jpg