Small update we are back to square one. . . Engine Decided to quit on a test run. . .it sure has been a fun project way to disappointing. Putting all that work in just to have a piston get lodged in the cylinder ...bend a valve as well! Autopsy still to be conducted. Here are a few pictures i would appreciate a couple wild stabs as to what excactly went wrong.
Background information, I got everything put together took it for a test drive probably 3 or 4 times a mile or 2 on the last test drive the car stalled out on me on a hill. Couldnt get her started again due to a dead battery. Alternator was not hooked up. Eventually figured out where i went wrong in the wiring. When i did get it started, there was this horrible knock. Did a little bit of diagnosing and it seemed to be a stock rocker cleaned it out. Started her back up noise was still there and very audiable.
Decided to take it for a test drive and perhaps free up any debry that might of caused another rocker to get stock. However on the test drive after a light second gear pull, the car begann to sputter and shutter and you could hear some kind of snapping noise and it died. Once fully stopped i attempted starting it with minimal succes she fired fired nothing fired. So My friend was positive i lost compression on one cylinder for some reason. We rolled the car forward slightly in 5th gear to check the timing marks which were still dead on.
I forgot to mention before driving we concluded something like a bolt or nut might be stuck in my intake manifold or something of that nature, since the noise was intermittent loud then not so loud. Long story short there was nothing in the intake or cylinder for that matter. The pictures speak for them self. Cylinder 1 was resting at BDC along with 2 and 3 while 4 was up at TDC
I guess ive blown my first 4G.
What are my plans: After contemplating parting it out multiple times, i just couldnt get my self to give up on everything. Instead i decided to take it a little slower and build it over the fall and winter see how it goes.
Atleast it looked alright broke down in the middle of the street
I figured i best get to putting the other engine that originally came out of the car together . . . since this wasnt going to end pretty and i sure was dead on!