Northwest Members - The poncho is dead :(

It hydrolocked itself. There is about a 2" hole in the block above the starter and it cracked my oil pan.:bang::bang::chug::zzz::chug::barf::zzz: Thats my plan for it. I will be looking for a new block now and I hope my crank is good.

It hydrolocked itself. There is about a 2" hole in the block above the starter and it cracked my oil pan.:bang::bang::chug::zzz::chug::barf::zzz: Thats my plan for it. I will be looking for a new block now and I hope my crank is good.

Oh that sucks man. i will keep my eye out for you. I have a budy that manages a wrecking yard if you want me to give him a call

O-crap Brandon.... that sucks! how did that go down?

Sorry to hear that bud. Hope it's up and running soon!

Damn dude that is shitty news

Sorry to hear that man.

It hydrolocked itself. There is about a 2" hole in the block above the starter and it cracked my oil pan.:bang::bang::chug::zzz::chug::barf::zzz: Thats my plan for it. I will be looking for a new block now and I hope my crank is good.

That blows dick!!!!!!! thats the same way i windowed my old block. does the motor have any warrenty??

i am wondering how you hydro-locked it, cause i had a buddy who had one of those ram airs for the bottom, and sucked up water, no more motor

Damn Brandon that sucks ass!!!
I have the FTRA ram air kit and I have no probablems with it suck water and I drive mine evey day... But yeah I'm wondering how it did that also???

Holy crap man! How did it hydro-lock? Did it blow a head gasket without knowing and the coolant seaped into the cylinder overnight or were you driving through a big puddle and it sucked up water? Damn,,,, that's hella bad news and very sorry to hear about that. :(

If it cracked the pan,,,, it may have taken a rod with it.

Mike

Aww man thats sucks :( that car was a beast! What are you gonna put in it?

Shit that sucks man I feel your pain.

At least you have a reason to finally put in new motor mounts that you've been wanting to do ;)

sorry to hear about that brandon..that sucks i hope you get her back up and goin soon.

I am not sure how it got water in it but it has been a couple weeks since I drove it and it wouldn't start finally it did and was clicking really loud

That is odd. U have any idea whT ock your gonn get?

If its outside and raining hard can water get in through the nostrils?

Oh heck yeah it can. After I took the plastic ducts out from behind the ram air nostrils, I drove it to Wongs and it was pouring out, and when I got to his shop I checked my air filter and it was soaked. Another reason I don't drive in crap conditions.

so even tho it was sitting, water can get in there. So my guess is, raining like a mofo, water got in the nostrils, water now sitting in the intake, boom.

Suck and I hope you get her/him back on the road soon.

Wow! I didn't know they would design something that would have water to go through it. Sounds like you need to ditch the hood and get a cowl hood.

If they removed the piece that deflects the water away from the airbox its a strait shot in

Now since I am having an SS hood put on; do they let water in as well?

No jer at least not enough to worry about

Did it have ported heads?

We have seen several sets crack in the past few years ;)

Hey gold!.. When I got my FTRA kit I read that hardly any air gets through the hood due to how low the scoop is and how far back the opening is. They made a good point. If your driving and it's raining, look at the beads is rain on top of the hood, they don't move, well hardly. So what's happening is that the air us just getting pushed right over the opening of the ram air hood. That's why I want the true ZL1 hood cause it's much higher.

Ellis it did have ported heads. None of the rocker arm mounts were broken off which is where I thought the ported 243's broke. My plan now is to get an LQ9 block and maybe some l92 heads or something similar. I don;t think it is going to be running again this year considering I have to rebuild the tranny as well and with me just having bought a house money is tight and being spent elsewhere.

Ellis it did have ported heads. None of the rocker arm mounts were broken off which is where I thought the ported 243's broke. My plan now is to get an LQ9 block and maybe some l92 heads or something similar. I don;t think it is going to be running again this year considering I have to rebuild the tranny as well and with me just having bought a house money is tight and being spent elsewhere.

That really sucks bro. I was looking forward to the Poncho coming along on the Ka-Nee-Ta cruise!

Ellis it did have ported heads. None of the rocker arm mounts were broken off which is where I thought the ported 243's broke. My plan now is to get an LQ9 block and maybe some l92 heads or something similar. I don;t think it is going to be running again this year considering I have to rebuild the tranny as well and with me just having bought a house money is tight and being spent elsewhere.


I would bet you have a crack in an Exhaust port. Sorry man. DO NOT re-use them.

Good luck on the build!

that sucks to hear. i hydro-locked mine a year ago but mine was due to pulling into a puddle i didn't think was that deep. good luck on gettin yours back on the road!

I was worried about the stage 3 heads being ported to much and breaking but these are only the stage 1's.

Damn bro, sorry to hear that! I don't know what your time frame is for getting her back on the road is. I'm planning on doing an engine swap soon, and I haven't decided on what I want to do with my LS1 thats coming out.

Damn bro, sorry to hear that! I don't know what your time frame is for getting her back on the road is. I'm planning on doing an engine swap soon, and I haven't decided on what I want to do with my LS1 thats coming out.

I wish I had the problem of not knowing what to do with an ls1 I would love to finally do the swap in the Jeep.

I wish I had the problem of not knowing what to do with an ls1 I would love to finally do the swap in the Jeep.

Been debating on pulling the engine out of the 97' and doing the same on the 94' Jeep YJ - real pita when the po put an RE lift kit on it first...I've seen a nice LT1 swap on a Jeep YJ so its doable.

Brandon - this is the great excuse to put a crate in it :cool:

Texas Speed heads arent they? they have history of breakage

I would never run Texas Speeds heads. Much better heads for the money out there.

If there's any question of them being cracked, bring them down to my place and we can jetwash, heat them to 160, and pressure test them and see if they are leaking.

[QUOTE=charlie6178;14718542]If there's any question of them being cracked, bring them down to my place and we can jetwash, heat them to 160, and pressure test them and see if they are leaking.[/QUOTE

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[QUOTE=charlie6178;14718542]If there's any question of them being cracked, bring them down to my place and we can jetwash, heat them to 160, and pressure test them and see if they are leaking.[/QUOTE

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really?? BS? i was offering a free pressure test to brandon lol i'm not quite sure how you got mixed up on that funny guy!

I will once I get them pulled off. Thanks for offering I'll buy ya lunch or something.

Hey brondon there is a guy looking for a block for mock up if you are interested in getting rid of the block, he stated he did not care if there is damage just wants to buy one for mock up. He has a posting on portland craigslist.

Thanks i'll get ahold of him.

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really?? BS? i was offering a free pressure test to brandon lol i'm not quite sure how you got mixed up on that funny guy!

Umm really you dont know why?

Yeah idk what you're calling BS about dude. For one, me offering up a pressure test on his heads pretty much has nothing to do with you, so I'm not quite sure what you're jumping in about.

Yeah idk what you're calling BS about dude. For one, me offering up a pressure test on his heads pretty much has nothing to do with you, so I'm not quite sure what you're jumping in about.

All Im going to say is you know why and leave it at that.

Brandon hope you get your bird back on the road soon.

All Im going to say is you know why and leave it at that.

Brandon hope you get your bird back on the road soon.

all i'm going to say is if you have a problem then let's discuss it. you have my phone number. calling out BS on a subject that has nothing to do with you is about as 12 year old girl as it gets. go head and PM me if you have anything else bright to add.

LOl this lil feud is cute=) SO whats the stories boys???

If you think this ones cute, check out todd amd Joe on the other ones..man! Lol they just won't stop.

If you think this ones cute, check out todd amd Joe on the other ones..man! Lol they just won't stop.

Muscle Soap Opera. Gotta love it.

Lmao!! Good one.

So my plan was going to try and do an l92 head swap and rebuild a 408 bottom end using my cam still if it is good but the fast intake is like $850 and then I would need a $500 tb and the heads and rockers and I figured the TFS 235 would be about the same price and flow better and I wont need worry about ptv clearence issues. I have a friend who is really trying to get me to go boost but I can't afford it yet, besides I would have to switch the cam and rear gears.

i want to buy your fast and whatever else you wanna sell=)

Have u taken it apart anymore yet to see what all is damaged?

So my plan was going to try and do an l92 head swap and rebuild a 408 bottom end using my cam still if it is good but the fast intake is like $850 and then I would need a $500 tb and the heads and rockers and I figured the TFS 235 would be about the same price and flow better and I wont need worry about ptv clearence issues. I have a friend who is really trying to get me to go boost but I can't afford it yet, besides I would have to switch the cam and rear gears.

Brandon, if you decide to go with L92 heads, we should talk. I've been looking into going with a single plane intake and 4bbl style throttle body so my intake and tb might be up for sale, maybe the heads too.

Mike

Thanks Mike I am not sure what I am going to do yet though.