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Old Apr 29, 2006, 04:09 PM
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Pics of my cracked piston
Well, I finally got off the couch this weekend and finished ripping the head off the car. The pictures speak for themselves.
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Old Apr 29, 2006, 04:13 PM
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how many miles on the car?
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Old Apr 29, 2006, 04:14 PM
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Old Apr 29, 2006, 04:15 PM
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what happened?
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Old Apr 29, 2006, 04:18 PM
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here is a link to the thread I posted on the day it happened.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=193132
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Man, that doesn't look healthy at all, a lot of work ahead of you. Good luck!
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Old Apr 29, 2006, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by EVO_8
Man, that doesn't look healthy at all, a lot of work ahead of you. Good luck!
if that isnt the truth......forget about the labor (which is why I am biting the bullet and doing the work) the damn cost of the parts is what hurts.
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anybody have a clue as to how the metal from that piston ended up in all the cylinders? I am still trying to figure that out.
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Old Apr 30, 2006, 06:35 PM
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its the valves they most likely craped out too
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that's crazy
do you think your head lifted when you were boosting?
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doubt that..would need alot of boost and NOS lol to blow the head studs
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Originally Posted by althemean
anybody have a clue as to how the metal from that piston ended up in all the cylinders? I am still trying to figure that out.

well it cant spread from cylinder to cylinder..

didnt you take the head off ? how were the valves?

i read your other thread and compression seemed low in all the cylinders.. not just the cracked one
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Originally Posted by EvoRacer619
doubt that..would need alot of boost and NOS lol to blow the head studs
Yeah, that's it....
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Who tuned this car?

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Originally Posted by althemean
anybody have a clue as to how the metal from that piston ended up in all the cylinders? I am still trying to figure that out.
Goes through the intake manifold and distributes itself, commom.

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