Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

FUCK. Man, I was not expecting that after looking down into the spark plug holes. :(

From the limited pics, it looks like the head may be salvageable though??? Damn man, I've just been seriously sick to my stomach since this happened since we were both pounding on our cars just minutes earlier. Very easily could have been either of us.

Do you think you know what caused it yet?? bad tensioner? bad valve spring? did you do springs when you put the cams in?

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:(

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

That is some crazy carnage!

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

Holy hell! That's a lot of damage! That really sucks dude :(

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

What the hell is it with this year and EVO's?! Sorry to hear about this Brad. :( If you ever need an extra set of hands, let me know! Shit, if the belt is in good condition I'd say a probable cause could be a bad tensioner. Either way, I hate to see this happen to any of us!

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

Yea not 100% what caused it. Either a tensioner or my fuck up. Exhaust cam has a nice groove in it and looks like my turbo might be fucked too. Beer makes the world better?!

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Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it!

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

I suppose if you put any amount of shrapnel through the motor it will end up in the turbo. No good

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

time for that buschnuts mani so you can toss on that turbo nobody wants to buy from ya?

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

Well, at least I wasn't the only Evo to dump on the way back from Cars and Coffee I guess (lol JP)...seriously though WTF, I just did this 1 year ago...my car has spent more time on a tow track then the road lately.

I feel your pain man, I hope you get it sorted out, it really sucks!

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

Dang. Good luck with the repairs.

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

Holy crap! That's way worse than mine was, sorry to hear it man. Hopefully your block and/or head are salvageable, cores for these things are not cheap. But look at it this way, here's your chance to go with a 2.3 or 2.4 and throw a real turbo on it. I've been putting mine together this weekend, but after seeing all the carnage recently, almost makes me want to sell it the minute it's together and get a Volvo. :D

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

Shitty man, are either of the cam alignment pins broken?

Give me a ring if you need help putting her back together

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

Sorry to hear man!

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

Dude Brad that sucks man! This is just a sign that you should build the motor and turn this car into your new "tin can". How you explained what happen sorta sounds like how I blew up my subaru...weird

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

BRAD:
How many Evo timing belts had you done before doing your own?

As someone who personally is more familiar with DSMs, I had helped a friend do his Evo Timing belt. Did it exactly as you would a DSM, and didn't understand why the belt had too much slop in it. Realized, oops, The eccentric tensioner pulley GOES THE OPPOSITE way than on a DSM. I made that mistake, but caught it after scratching my head why the belt seemed a little loose. Could that be a possibility?

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

I've done zero evo timing belts but when it was put together the belt was not loose in the slightest and didn't make any strange noises for the 3 weeks I had been driving it and the close to 3k miles I put on it since doing the timing belt.

I also did the put the pin back in the tensioner after spinning the motor over and letting it sit 3 times to be sure there was the right tension on it. Who knows, probably my mess up at something but it just really blows.

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

Holy eff dude, this is not how its supposed to be. :(

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

Man that sucks dude, mitsus are dying all over!

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

Seems to be a spring thing...same thing happened last year at this time.

This truly does suck though, you just got the evo...sad times man :(

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

damn, those mitsu gods do not appreciate us right now :( sad to see that

Re: '03 BBY Evo
 

Yea it kinda sucks but I think I'll pull the motor tonight and see if the block and lower end are messed up beyond repair. If it doesn't look too bad I'll get a parts list over to Shane and see what the $ damage could be or buy a beater to get to work in and build it as I get the extra money. All I know is a need a car asap though as riding my motorcycle to work this morning in the rain and it being like high 30's wasn't fun.

I think I'll keep it though and make it a little more fun in the process. I missed the power of my 2g anyways but do like being able to turn, have 4 doors, heat/ac and most of all a radio. I didn't think this project thread would be updated very often, boy was I wrong. haha