sounds like she's gunna be a beast.

 

Yes I know there are tons of high HP 4g64s...I was just curious if you researched the block strength...I am in no way saying what I heard was right and was curious if you heard anything of the like....I am looking at building a 2.2 to 2.4L and have been considering the 4g64 ...

 

Looks like I only made it about 9k miles after all of the boltons and tune to 422
ER - this failure wasn't tune related, there is no sign of detonation on the head or broken piston.
Mobil1 religiously changed

 

^I knew Mobil1 sucks! J/k, just playing the role of zealot.

Sorry to hear about the mileage...maybe I'll look into that 4g64 sooner than later. cij, when talking about a stroker with Aaron from ER he recommended the 4g64 to me. I'm thinking of going with the 2.2L as I don't really see chasing the dragon of über-high hp/low ET cars.

This is my DD so going with something that will provide more tq but still rev similar to stock is what I'm looking for.

 

Yahu,
I'm also looking at doing a 4G64 block right now. This thread scares my Transfer case more than my block!

I can get brand new 4G64 Blocks with 100mm cranks for $1050.00 I'm still up in the air with what stroke/rev's I want to pursue. More noodling required.

 

what was ur boost? on what fuel?

 

28 tapering off on top

e85

 

Nice! I assume you'd be doing the build too, huh? I don't have the tools, time, or space to do that, unfortunately.

OT - I assume you got your turbo, and you're at ~540whp?! Did you just stick with the Red? Was that on C-16 again? dayum!!

 

Some more Pictures:











The top 2 rings are intact and spin freely in thier groove! Again, no sign of a bad tune, just plain outright mechanical failure!

 

god, your setup sounds like mine, 450 hp, 30 lbs of boost, e85... just finished everything a few hundred miles ago... i am starting to have nightmares...

 

Holy crap Johnny, you sure know how to break em. Sounds like she will be a beast with the new rebuild. ER will definitely build a bad *** block.

 

I'm still trying to figure out what to do for a turbo! so far my choices are

rock the stock IX
convert my old fp3052 over to an .82 t3 exhaust housing
use the ATP gt30 hotside on my fp3052 (I have a used one I picked up on my workbench)
have fp do a red conversion on my IX core.

decisions decisions

 

We talked about it at lunch, ease of change and power return got the Red voted into office.

 

^nice! That is what I'm rocking, and plan to be running on an eventual stroker. Then I might jump to a hta35, or whatever the new hawtness is at the time.

*edit - I was thinking about this earlier and was wondering if the issue with the piston cast would be considered a "flaw" when running in an "out of spec" scenario. I'd hate to call it a feature, though.

 

A little of JB weld will fix that block