Gates' 4b11t w/ 11k race miles @ 566whp, finally lets go :(

[scheides]

Last week, ams 750r cast manifold kit that he's run since last year on E85:

http://amsperformance.com/amsperformanceimages/3/AMS750RE85only-Year2.jpg

Yesterday:

http://blogs.cobbtuning.com/wp-content/gallery/saturday-redline/friday-afternoon047.jpg

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Thanks for all the support...here's a quick rundown of what went down, more later. The engine (stock) finally failed, there is a nice hole in the block that oil shot out of and caused a fire. I luckily had the extinguisher in the car and was able to put 90% of it out with that and the other 10% with dirt haha. The oil sprayed out all the way back to the rear bumper where I had to trow the dirt onto. There's some minor cosmetic damage back there...but think of it as character haha. Other than that, the car appears to be solid and we'll be back with a nice little AMS 2.2L and 850R action real soon! Again thanks for all the support, I'll post a bunch more once I have more time this week.

And Matthew...Mumphrey made it out unharmed hahaha!


(murphy is his horse/copilot :P )

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/tyflip2/DSC_0115.jpg


Good luck Ryan!

[Matt D.]

He was playing with fire, but the fact that it held up that long proves that the 4B11 is a great engine and AMS are great tuners.

[awd-drifter]

4B11 is quite the strong motor for what Gate has done to it. I'm shocked at how reliable it has been for him.

[scheides]

Yea they said track conditions were awesome, which means it was sticky and fast, which means maybe oil starvation from too much cornering awesomeness, or something simply let go. I'd bet on a DD a stock 4b11 at this power level for 100k miles w/o blinking an eye.

[Goat Blower]

With good tuning.

[Shane@DBPerformance]

I'd bet on a DD a stock 4b11 at this power level for 100k miles w/o blinking an eye.

Or it might blow up faster with the kind of maintenance and attention a normal person without AMS behind them might give the car. I would guess by those number in STD correction that it would have put down around 475-480awhp on my dyno. My wife's 1G put down 485awhp on my dyno and then 563awhp in SAE mode at MAP. STD correction(like his dyno chart is in) is usually good for another 2%-4% higher numbers than SAE correction, depending on weather conditions.

[LingLing]

That's pretty impressive that it held up that long at over 500whp. Sucks that it blew up though. It must have really been spitting flames for it to warp the rear bumper like that.

[123abc]

It must have really been spitting flames for it to warp the rear bumper like that.

When you spring an oil leak under that much stress, it gets everywhere imaginable on the car.





Now when you get a hole in your block..... hahaha

[FattyBoomBatty]

If it was oil starvation, he should think about a dry sump or more baffles, or even an accumulator.

[Goat Blower]

A new shortblock from Mitsu with our discount is only $2200, not too bad for what you get. I think the bare block was like $900.