New-ish 6.0L review, old motor carnage pics
04-26-2009, 10:10 PM
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New-ish 6.0L review, old motor carnage pics Well, due to time constraints, my hand was forced to go with a iron 6.0L (LQ9) instead of anything fancy. The bottom end has around 12 thousand miles on her, and the top end/cam was off of the old TSP set up (in my sig).
The old set up took a dump in my drive way last week. The consensus seems to be a hydrolock issue due to a leaky head gasket (more than likely my fault when I assembled the top end, don't make it any less painfull). It sat for a couple days then went boom when I attempted to move it out of the driveway. Here are some carnage pics....
It only had 5k miles on her and a tad bit longer than a year's life span. It looks like I had a ring sealing issue *notice the amount of oil covering the piston* It was going through about a quart every thousand miles, roughly, and all of the pistons looked as such. The pistons also had significant scuffing along the sides (I believe all of the inner sides). I will get pics up once the shop emails them to me. Not sure what that was about.... I never sprayed or really raced it. Got on it from a roll every now and again, but no track time or anything. I broke it in as per TSP, used the correct type of oil. What do you guys think?
Anyway, thew some ARP rod bolts on the LQ9 and slapped her in. I am pleased with the new set up. Hopefully it will last a little longer than the previous...
Torque feels amazing and still has enough top end power to hang with the old set up. Here is a comparison of the old set up and new....
old
New
Overall drivability is amazing! Very pleased with the results, considering how "budget" of a motor it really is. Anyone on the fence about going this route to save a little bit of slosh, I say go for it. I don't even notice the weight difference. The torque cuve of the new is almost identical to the old, except peeks a little earlier and higher than the previous.
All in all, I'm just gratefull to be back on the road again!! Sorry for the long wind. MODS, feel free to move if this isn't in the correct section, its got a little of everything....
The old set up took a dump in my drive way last week. The consensus seems to be a hydrolock issue due to a leaky head gasket (more than likely my fault when I assembled the top end, don't make it any less painfull). It sat for a couple days then went boom when I attempted to move it out of the driveway. Here are some carnage pics....
It only had 5k miles on her and a tad bit longer than a year's life span. It looks like I had a ring sealing issue *notice the amount of oil covering the piston* It was going through about a quart every thousand miles, roughly, and all of the pistons looked as such. The pistons also had significant scuffing along the sides (I believe all of the inner sides). I will get pics up once the shop emails them to me. Not sure what that was about.... I never sprayed or really raced it. Got on it from a roll every now and again, but no track time or anything. I broke it in as per TSP, used the correct type of oil. What do you guys think?
Anyway, thew some ARP rod bolts on the LQ9 and slapped her in. I am pleased with the new set up. Hopefully it will last a little longer than the previous...
Torque feels amazing and still has enough top end power to hang with the old set up. Here is a comparison of the old set up and new....old
New
Overall drivability is amazing! Very pleased with the results, considering how "budget" of a motor it really is. Anyone on the fence about going this route to save a little bit of slosh, I say go for it. I don't even notice the weight difference. The torque cuve of the new is almost identical to the old, except peeks a little earlier and higher than the previous.
All in all, I'm just gratefull to be back on the road again!! Sorry for the long wind. MODS, feel free to move if this isn't in the correct section, its got a little of everything....
04-27-2009, 07:42 AM
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haha, a little too soon. You should see how well the rod held up... It was BARELY warped. I was impressed. If the block would have held together I'm sure it would'a kept thump'n away.
