POP! goes her motor :( (EDITED with inner carnage pics) - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

79CamaroDiva · 08-13-2005, 06:10 PM

What the title says.. I blew up my dragster motor today on my 2nd time shot. Luckily it was in the burnout and not down the track. As if that weren't bad enough, that probably means I wont be racing tomorrow, becuase tonight we were going to try to get my camaro running right for tomorrow, but instead we're now taking this apart. So far it looks like just the bottom end is hurt, the rockers, springs, pushrods, heads, all look to be fine. Won't fully know til its apart. This season is just not being nice to me

Oh well, guess thats racing Â*

Tsar · 08-13-2005, 06:19 PM

Damn thats quite a whole

Sorry to hear, i hope it "buffs out".

PDubs87Z28 · 08-13-2005, 07:37 PM

sorry to hear about that. Like you said luckly it didn't happen down the track

foff667 · 08-13-2005, 07:59 PM

damn

Fasterthanyou · 08-13-2005, 10:38 PM

Think of it like this... it could have been a lot worse. Oil spraying all over the headers and catching the car on fire.
Looks like the rod's bottom half (fasteners maybe) let go and the result was the crank kicking the rod into the block

. Sorry to hear but like you said, it's racing and at least the top end is looking okay.

79CamaroDiva · 08-13-2005, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Fasterthanyou

Think of it like this... it could have been a lot worse. Oil spraying all over the headers and catching the car on fire.
Looks like the rod's bottom half (fasteners maybe) let go and the result was the crank kicking the rod into the block

. Sorry to hear but like you said, it's racing and at least the top end is looking okay.

Actually I was thinking of oil on the slicks down the track and smacking a guardrail being worse. I managed to pilot a bodied car out of that situation, a dragster would be a whole different ball game, no steering, just hold on. Thank God it didnt happen like that. Somebody came through for me for next weekend and has another motor that just needs my heads, so I'll be able to run next weekend. But again, what a PITA.

unstable bob gable · 08-14-2005, 12:28 AM

Wow! Sorry to see/hear about your mishap. Those picts brought back some painful {and expensive!} memories. Things like that made me get outa racing, and just be content to cruise from 7-11 to 7-11...

Best wishes and Godspeed on getting 'er back together! 8)

Squirrel · 08-14-2005, 12:34 AM

too many words to read....but.....good luck 8)

Ian · 08-14-2005, 12:37 AM

ouch, you sure made a nice window in that motor! best of luck with the rebuild and its definitly a good thing you didnt do that at half track! If you did we might have one less member and one less friend

. gald to hear you're okay, but that definitly sucks.

foff667 · 08-14-2005, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Ian

ouch, you sure made a nice window in that motor! best of luck with the rebuild and its definitly a good thing you didnt do that at half track! If you did we might have one less member and one less friend

. gald to hear you're okay, but that definitly sucks.

its a cooling vent fyi

Koll · 08-14-2005, 10:17 AM

Listen, I got some JB weld sitting here next to me.....

On a side note, your engine has a hole in it.

bad64chevelle · 08-14-2005, 11:17 AM

WOW sorry to see/hear that. I hope you get both vehicles up and running soon. See ya
Jon

camaro2you · 08-14-2005, 06:15 PM

damn that sucks, atleast your ok.

j0n · 08-14-2005, 06:52 PM

damn thats a ****ing hole...i knew i saw your "car" and was wondering why i didnt catch a pass or two...good luck with the rebuild...if ya need an extra hand tell mike and ill swing up that way

79CamaroDiva · 08-14-2005, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by j0n

damn thats a ****ing hole...i knew i saw your "car" and was wondering why i didnt catch a pass or two...good luck with the rebuild...if ya need an extra hand tell mike and ill swing up that way

haha, when you saw the car, did you happen to look at the state of the motor? it had no heads all of today, and we finally pulled it around 4 this afternoon.

j0n · 08-14-2005, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva

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Originally Posted by j0n

damn thats a ****ing hole...i knew i saw your "car" and was wondering why i didnt catch a pass or two...good luck with the rebuild...if ya need an extra hand tell mike and ill swing up that way

haha, when you saw the car, did you happen to look at the state of the motor? it had no heads all of today, and we finally pulled it around 4 this afternoon.

lol i just kinda noticed it once and i thought u standing next to it but i couldnt tell...either way i was expecting to see a pass...definately didnt pay too much attention :P

79CamaroDiva · 08-14-2005, 08:38 PM

Here's some pics of the inner mess, and what really happened.

Pics of the hole in the block that you saw yesterday, along with a crack that goes all the way across it.

Here's pictures of the cylinder wall. What happened is it collapsed around the piston, causing the whole mess. You can see a rust spot in there thats more than just a few hours old, it must have been there for quite a while, but when the engine would warm up, any water in there would turn to steam and we wouldnt see it.

And here's the carnage that resulted....

And we're back to stage 1..

jims69camaro · 08-14-2005, 09:07 PM

glad you're ok. and i thought i told you already to quitcherbitchin?

you got the best job in the world. par for the course.

79CamaroDiva · 08-14-2005, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jims69camaro

glad you're ok. Â*and i thought i told you already to quitcherbitchin? Â*

Â*you got the best job in the world. Â*par for the course.

haha, I'm not bitching (anymore

). Thats racing right? My dad's being cool about it, he's actually down at the engine builders now (they're buddies) talking about whats gonna be built. Since the heads are still good we're going with another 440, but this time getting a mega block instead of a stock one. There goes the money I was saving to get a new daily driver!!

NJSPEEDER · 08-14-2005, 11:55 PM

i only have one thing to say...................JB WELD!!!!!!!!

lol

that sucks big time. hope you can get teh new motor together soon.

later
tim

Batman · 08-15-2005, 07:39 AM

That ain't so bad, get the JB weld!

08-15-2005, 08:25 AM

itll buff out

jrsfast84 · 08-15-2005, 03:03 PM

so what happen to your motor.JR1.

79CamaroDiva · 08-15-2005, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jrsfast84

so what happen to your motor.JR1.

well, $6k-$7500 for a new shortblock.. plus they take a few weeks to come in. We're looking around, but it aint lookin good. We cant even just pop a chevy in there for the time being because we dont have the motor plates for one. Dunno if i'll have one by the weekend.

SteveR · 08-15-2005, 04:31 PM

Holy crap. You're lucky it happened at the line and not at the 1000' mark. Hopefully you'll be running again soon.