Pics of engine carnage:
08-01-2004, 09:51 PM
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Pics of engine carnage: Hope it works. Rod snapped in half and destroyed the engine. I still cant find the other piece to the rod that broke off from the crank. I'm thinking that a rod bolt might have failed, or was not properly tightened? Who knows.
http://community.webshots.com/album/147374150PEJDxi
http://community.webshots.com/album/147374150PEJDxi
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08-01-2004, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Sunshine/ 00SS
Hope it works. Rod snapped in half and destroyed the engine. I still cant find the other piece to the rod that broke off from the crank. I'm thinking that a rod bolt might have failed, or was not properly tightened? Who knows.
http://community.webshots.com/scrip...74150&ran=18658
http://community.webshots.com/scrip...74150&ran=18658
If you can post a real good hi res pic of the bolt I can probably tell you if it failed from not being tensioned properly.
Get some good shots from a few different angles.
08-01-2004, 10:21 PM
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Try going here & look under the Yamaha pics. I deleted all those & added these.
I would take some closeups of the bolt end of the rod, except that I cant find that part!! It must be the part that flew out the side of the block!!!
Try going here & look under the Yamaha pics. I deleted all those & added these.
I would take some closeups of the bolt end of the rod, except that I cant find that part!! It must be the part that flew out the side of the block!!!
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08-02-2004, 08:28 AM
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Background on motor: ARE 393 All Bore, offset ground stock crank. Ross nitrous pistons, Eagle rods, Stage 3 ARE heads.
I also bent a valve when that rod let go & let the piston do whatever it wanted. Not a big deal though. It can be fixed easily.
I also bent a valve when that rod let go & let the piston do whatever it wanted. Not a big deal though. It can be fixed easily.
good luck with the fix 
sorry to hear of your loss track run i assume was the final straw?
08-02-2004, 05:24 PM
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I can't tell much from the pictures there. Well, other that there was a catastrophic rod failure. Did you find any other pieces of ROD?
Total speculation:From the last piston/rod pic it looks like the rod *could* have pulled apart there instead of being broken after the inital failure. Can you get any clearer pictures of that piece?
Really hard to tell though. I can't see the metal very well at all so it's impossible to tell if the rod was beaten into that shape or that's the point of failure.
Either way I hope things work out for you.
good luck
Total speculation:From the last piston/rod pic it looks like the rod *could* have pulled apart there instead of being broken after the inital failure. Can you get any clearer pictures of that piece?
Really hard to tell though. I can't see the metal very well at all so it's impossible to tell if the rod was beaten into that shape or that's the point of failure.
Either way I hope things work out for you.
good luck
08-02-2004, 06:52 PM
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That sucks Black, I still got a printout of when you were doing the bolton deal. You just had ran a 11.9XX and were getting your Hal shocks/springs. You've went a looong way since then. 2 or so years ago. Just seen the papers last night and figured I'd share 
Sorry bro, get that beast running again!!
Sorry bro, get that beast running again!!
08-02-2004, 07:47 PM
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How many miles did you get on that engine? I have seen so many of these "performance" parts failing miserably. Short blocks, long blocks, heads, transmissions. Sucks...you have to be so careful with what you buy now.