Someone blew up their car today....

[Speedfreak]

I see the head off but I don't see any damage? That's a good thing, eh? How bad is the gasket?

Toss in them arps and gasket and put that bitch back together! We got twisties to shred!

I'm thinking it's just a combination of all of the above that shane mentioned that led to this...pushing more boost, more power, more fuel, the car is gonna be ready to kick some ass after this.

When I blew the water pump freeze plug out on my car (like 311's did in teh video) it was on the street, doing 2-step at an intersection. I ended up going BACK to that intersection later to find the freeze plug, running through traffic to grab this shiny thing in the middle of a busy crossroads! When it happened, I suspected the head lifting and pressurizing the coolant chamber. I ordered ARP's soon thereafter and had shane install them via the 1x1 method and I have had zero issues since. 29psi daily now.

You know he blew his frost plug or you are guessing?

And there normally isn't "damage" do the deck or head with a simple blown head gasket. The damage will show on the gasket itself.. thats the purpose of the gasket. However if you look at the pics, you can see different areas that show some burn/darkened areas where combustion may have been pushing past the circumference of the cylinder walls.

If there was pre-ignition or something more violent, then you'll see damage to the hard parts.

[Predavore]

Also, regular boost leaks are your friend. When you do a lot of stuff to get a car ready, it's an easy thing to overlook!


:) I disagree. Boost leaks are bad!! Make sure you DON'T have any!!!

On the other hand, boost leak CHECKS are good! Do THAT every once in a while. :P

[Pushit2.0]

I would think thats what he ment.

[Predavore]

I would think thats what he ment.

I'm sure! hahaha, but someone might think otherwise. :rolleyes:

[311evo]

You know he blew his frost plug or you are guessing?

yep i did, probubly from pushing the coolent when the head gasket blew.

the car has been through hell lately, but sofar its going pretty good!

[311evo]

and it looks like both of the outside cyliners had problems? just one was worse. hmm.

[scheides]

You know he blew his frost plug or you are guessing?

And there normally isn't "damage" do the deck or head with a simple blown head gasket. The damage will show on the gasket itself.. thats the purpose of the gasket. However if you look at the pics, you can see different areas that show some burn/darkened areas where combustion may have been pushing past the circumference of the cylinder walls.

If there was pre-ignition or something more violent, then you'll see damage to the hard parts.

Ahh ok, My bro had a headgasket let go on his 1G and it took a small gouge out of the head from the gasket being pushed back.

Yes the water you see splashing and the pop you hear in the video he posted was when the frost plug popped out.

:) I disagree. Boost leaks are bad!! Make sure you DON'T have any!!!

On the other hand, boost leak CHECKS are good! Do THAT every once in a while. :P

RIGHT! BOOST LEAK TESTS ARE GOOD! Not actual boost leaks. They are bad. :(

[Speedfreak]

Ahh ok, My bro had a headgasket let go on his 1G and it took a small gouge out of the head from the gasket being pushed back.

Yes the water you see splashing and the pop you hear in the video he posted was when the frost plug popped out.



OK, but like the other guy corrected your post about boost leaks(simple brain fart when typing).. for the same reason I made my comments. Only because newbs will read your posts as golden and then when they hear a HG has blown(on any car/engine).. they will believe that damage to the head or block is the norm, which it isn't. I understand that damage does and can happen, like it did to your bro, but it isn't the norm for a blown HG.

And I didn't hear much on that vid because my laptop speakers suck, but that is generally what a HG blowing under load on a dyno looks like(some worse and some not as apparent), so it's not obvious to me that it was a frost plug.

[311evo]

I talked to shane just a bit ago, and the head studs didn't come in until about 3 today, so its going to be a race to get it done.

worst case scenario, ill hitch a ride with totaleclipse_05 (shotgun)

[scheides]

Fingers crossed!