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Nice work their man

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I haven't updated this in a while. Over the winter I had the transmission out to replace the forward drum and clutch pack the were bad. Yesterday I took the car out to test the transmission so that I could trust the car for some longer drives this weekend. I drove it around for a while and the transmission was working great. I went into town and put in $20 in fresh E85. I took some nice backroads home and was getting on it pretty good coming out of corners. the car felt pretty good so I made a 2nd gear pull. it pulled good till close to redline when the check engine light flashed. I knew I was getting some knock so I let off. I stopped at a stop sign so I desided to log a pull and see what was up. I turned the corner and floored it. As soon as the turbo spooled it went BOOOM!!!
I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

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I'm not sure where I'm going from here. I will be looking for a replacement engine, but I haven't decided if I'll go fully built or just another stock 2g 7bolt. It will probly come down to what is available for what I can afford.

Re: Carl's 98 auto AWD project Black Magic
 

That's too bad man.

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That sucks bad man. I have a 0 mile on build 7
Bolt short block if u are interested. Willing to sell for very good price.
New rings and acl race bearings, h beams and mahle pistons

Re: Carl's 98 auto AWD project Black Magic
 

Shitty

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Sucks man :( If it were me I'd probably just find another 7-bolt and throw it in. Seems like the simplest, cheapest, quickest way to get it back out so you can atleast enjoy it this summer.

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That is kinda what I'm leaning towards right now. But we'll see what I can find. A

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Lame. It will be interesting to see what exactly made it fail

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Sucks to hear! Hope you get it back on the road quickly!

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buy the one dark2g has. sweet deal

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It's looking like that is what's going to happen. If my head is salvageable it will be back up and running pretty quick.

Re: Carl's 98 auto AWD project Black Magic
 

Give me a yell if it is not ok Carl, I have a freshly rebuild head here on a 2g. Crower springs and retainers (could take those off), 5 angle valve job.

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Thanks JET. It blew the #2 Rod but for some reason when I tried to take the spark plugs out the #3 plug turns 1/2 a turn then gets tight so I'm afraid something bad happened in the #3 cylinder.

Re: Carl's 98 auto AWD project Black Magic
 

damn that sucks. can you post the log file?

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I was logging at the time but after it blew I turned the key off and slammed the laptop closed. Here's what it says when I try to open the log. under statement to say the least.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/...pspppaznfd.jpg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdyC1BrQd6g&hd=1

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Ugh, suck dude :( I wonder wtf happened.

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Typical 7-bolt rodwalk.

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sounded like he was knocking like crazy. wonder if the flex fuel sensor is a good upgrade?

wow that sounds obvious. call me captain reads and posts

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^Don't take my title!

lol.

So did you pick up the replacement motor yet?