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| nine14cats |
 Sep 16 2004, 08:54 PM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo  Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None  |
As many of you know I missed a shift earlier this year and blew up my 2.7L 6 at Buttonwillow. I'm currently building a new car with a 3.6. I sold my burned up motor to a raceshop and they tore down the engine. What they found was that I did not bend valves as suspected. I broke the rings on every cylinder due to incorrect head clearance.
My missed shift was going to do damage, but not this much if the machine shop I used had done the clearancing correctly. What is interesting is that on the last rebuild I did with this engine, I used a large, nationally know engine machine shop and thought I was safe. Even if I didn't miss a shift, my engine was living on borrowed time. It appears the pistons and heads were touching. It kinda makes me lose faith in everyone I talk to in this business. I'm not a master mechanic, but the lack of of attention to detail I have run across over the past 2 years has been really disappointing. Maybe I'm just cursed. Anyway...here's some pics of what happens when your P's hit the heads. Bill P. Attached image(s) 
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| fiid |
Sep 17 2004, 11:10 AM
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Turbo Megasquirted Subaru Member Group: Members Posts: 2,827 Joined: 7-April 03 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 530 Region Association: Northern California |
I gots to say this.
If your machine shop did not give you what you ordered, and that gave you engine carnage, they at least owe you a new set of the correct parts. If it's a one in a million event, then they will be able to cost in their defect rate quite cheaply, since the cost of it will be divided by a million. That's just how it is. If you go to a dealership and give them $40,000 for a Lexus, you would not take a Ford Focus because the runner picked out the wrong car. Admitted - that would be a little more obvious, but if you are in the machine shop business, accuracy has to be what it's about. Now - if the wrong thing got ordered - that's a different problem. I also think you or your builder should have checked the parts prior to fitment, but that's easy to say in retrospect, and a step that I probably would have skipped as well. In software as well as life - it's always good to check your inputs. Regardless - sorry this happened - it's a big bummer. I'm sure you'll enjoy the 3.6 though. |
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nine14cats Engine carnage Sep 16 2004, 08:54 PM
nine14cats pic 2 Sep 16 2004, 08:54 PM nine14cats pic 3 Sep 16 2004, 08:55 PM nine14cats pic 4...OUCH :wacko: Sep 16 2004, 08:55 PM lagunero Yea it sucks when things go wrong. Especially when... Sep 16 2004, 09:12 PM nine14cats Yep...I know stuff happens. And everyone that has... Sep 16 2004, 09:15 PM Demick I don't get it. The pistons and heads were to... Sep 16 2004, 10:26 PM nine14cats Hi Demick,
I know. It sounds really weird. But ... Sep 16 2004, 10:47 PM KenH Well if you are sure the machine shop is at fault ... Sep 16 2004, 11:20 PM McMark QUOTE
nine14cats My thread is not meant to bash a business, only to... Sep 17 2004, 12:25 AM redshift Yes it is.. sorry man.
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M Sep 17 2004, 12:30 AM Randal QUOTE
SLITS I find it strange that if the pistons were hitting... Sep 17 2004, 10:40 AM
ejm :agree: with SLITS
looks like detonation damage... Sep 17 2004, 05:37 PM |
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