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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!

Re: Carl's 98 auto AWD project Black Magic
 

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.

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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?

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I'm thinking I'll pick it up this weekend. Want to road trip?

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Did you get your car running yet? Who do you guys think you are, Leasure? :D

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I'm back to work this weekend. :(

Nope, got other things going on.
Soon, hopefully in time for the end of the monsoon.

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Love it, street credit.

In all seriousness, good deal to get it back on the road. Not enough DSM around anymore.

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True that.

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Fix.t :hehe:

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On Saturday my daughter and I made the drive up to Grand Rapids to buy the Built short block from Dark2g. The motor looks great. He and his friends were really cool and have a nice shop to work out of. it was really nice meeting you guys.

Yesterday I finally got the old motor out of the car, and disassembled. Its not good so far I think the only parts I've found that are reusable are the cams, oil pickup tube, and the piece that goes around the rear main seal.

So at this point I'm in need of
2G head
front cover / oil pump
oil pan
baffle plate

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we agree fun meeting you as well. I will take a look in the garage tomorrow and see if we have any parts to help you out for sure. I assume andre had an oil pan to give you. idk i'll deff check though. Also I would not feel comfortable reusing the pickup tube but thats me. I also hope the tubo is ok.

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Thanks. If I do reuse the pick up it will be cleaned multiple times. The turbo exhaust inlet had a lot of stuff in it from the cylinder that the valve broke. The wheels look fine and there is no shaft play but I will probly have it rebuilt just to make sure its good to go.

Re: Carl's 98 auto AWD project Black Magic
 

God that's a lot of destruction for a 16G car.

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It was a hell of a 16g car considering the weight. I think the destruction would have been less. But when the rod broke it took out the rear balance shaft. When that happened the oil pump locked up and took out the timing belt destroying the head.

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Excellent carnage photos, thanks for sharing :)

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Hawt damn that thing went hard!

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that is impressive.

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that is impressive.

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Wow that ate if self good.

I have a new oem pan with a 10an fitting welded on and a few baffle plates.

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Holy epic carnage pics batman! Thank you for sharing!

My favorite part is the rod impressions on the baffle bolted under the crank, you can see how it just bounced bounced bounced its way across there and then kabam out the side of the pan :D

Re: Carl's 98 auto AWD project Black Magic
 

If you're going to break something, do it big. I think you win. :D

Re: Carl's 98 auto AWD project Black Magic
 

Gstracer on tuners has a front case and oil pump for sale

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If it's the one at $325, you can get it brand new from WB Mitsu for less than that with the discount.