'03 BBY Evo

[goodhart]

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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:(

[b00sted_spyder]

That is some crazy carnage!

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

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

[LingLing]

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!

[C3L1CA]

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?!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y202/C3L1CA/1df45606.jpg

Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it!

[Spikesoftail]

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

[goodhart]

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

[Murlo26]

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!

[FattyBoomBatty]

Dang. Good luck with the repairs.

[Goat Blower]

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