Evo 8 issues.
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Evolving Member
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 142
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From: Illinois
Shoot, I don’t know. I was doing 15MPH when it let go. Not even 2k rpms. I bought the car a couple months ago when the owner had one of the rods replaced. The shop has a good reputation with tuned power cars and before I bought it I had the shop go through the rest of the motor to see if there were any other issues. They said no. What causes this? It’s almost like where the balancing shaft slides in became unseated. Thankfully I wasn’t going fast. It’s odd though the car ran good other than the boost cut out, but I never ran it in boost I just used it to drive two miles maybe once a week. I see MAP has a short block 2.4 for $2,200 I’m pretty sure I can just transplant the head and other goodies over. Ideas from you guys?
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Joined: Aug 2005
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From: West Coast
Since you noted that you saw the car in the shop with the engine apart before you bought it, maybe that shop has a warranty on the work...worth giving them a call, maybe talk to the tech who worked on it, he might have some insight on why it failed too.
Either installation error or bad break in. We should have a better picture once block is opened up. Personally, I'd lean towards installation error if quality parts. Butyou know that the shop will fight that tooth & nail.