well i finally got my new clutch in and i have been braking it in for the past week, i was on my way home from college on the interstate when all the sudden the car made a loud as noise, oil sprayed on the windshield, clunk clunk, smoke pores in through air vents and you would have thought car was on fire from all the smoke, i get out of the car and there is a long streak of oil. we had to wait for my friend to show up and when he got there my worst fears were confirmed.

my car slung a rod bearing, there was a pretty big hole in the block. it sucks , i was just cruising, not flooring or beating on the car at all, the car only has 27k on it and im only on a ix turbo, just a random incident with the 4g63, im also on a very very conservative tune, but on the plus side i am know getting a 2.3 stroker from ams and later on a 35r, im also thinking of sending my transfer case out for a build while my car is down, so anyways im done venting lol. hopefully the skies will clear up after i get all this fixed,-travis

 

Damn that sucks, goodluck with everything...

 

thanks man hopefully the car will be nice to me from here on out

 

Sad to hear! I know how it goes! I thought I had spun a bearing and was looking to go in the same direction as you, but I got lucky and the horrible noise I was hearing was the timing belt slapping around! Good Luck with your build!

 

Good luck with the 2.3L!

 

thanks guys im excited about the added torque and faster spool just deppressed out the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ lol

 

It sounds more like you broke a rod and put it thru the block , not just spinning a rod bearing. Either way I feel your pain as I am in the same boat under the same curcumstance low speed cruising and bam broke . What other mods did you have on the car????

 

Oil sprayed on the windshield... Yeap I remember that, not fun at all + all the $$$

Well good luck with the build.

my 2c - 2.3 and the HTA 35R are a kick ... combo

 

yeah that what i am aiming for, it will be a about 6 months b4 i can afford the hta 35r though, i have a ix turbo with cams, full boltons, and meth

 

good luck with it. When was the last time you romped on the car?

 

this has been happening alot more lately. apparently HKS Kansai tested a stock motor & determined that the stock rods are only good up to 400crank hp. as we know there are several cars making substantially more than that which will make failure inevitable. a few jaunts in the 25+psi range seem to be all it takes to hairline crack the rods which causes them to split in lower rpms where the torque curve is fatter.

sucks man. good luck on the new build & buy the strongest rods u can afford...

 

thanks guys last time a romped on it was b4 my clutch even went out

 

damn man good luck with the rebuild

 

Um most spun rod bearings result with a rod being broken and being thrown through the block.

 

sorry to hear that I to have had bad luck with my car lots of noise and oil not sure whats wrong with it tell this weekend. Good luck with the build.