Street Racing & Kill Stories - Lost to 76mm turbo stang... then he blew up. Sucks.

Rematch of a few weeks ago when he blew up LAST time... but I won that race. He went from 68mm turbo to 76mm with new pistons+rods... so we decided to have a rematch. Well this time he won, but blew up again. Methinks his tuner sucks... intake is bone dry, so he lost a ring or a piston. Car's been out of the machine shop/tuner less then two weeks. Unfortunate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48dIsNvSj40

Edit: Video taken by a friend from the sideline

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10qx2X-cXSI

Hahahahahaha. Sucks to suck! He did have a good pull on you though before smoke started billowing out...

the problem is already circled for him

the problem is already circled for him



Yeah, raggedy Ford's!

Sucks to be him.

That wasn't a little issue. He had sparks and eveything coming out the back of that car.. His motor is screwed!

the problem is already circled for him

takes a chevy guy to not know the difference between an oval and a circle :nod:

This actually reminds me of a story that happened a few months ago. I was heading to the Lake front over here and there was a new Mustang that had Boosted written on the license plate. I decided to give the guy a rev to see if he wanted to make a hit. As soon as I did he was ready to go then all of a sudden there were plumes of smoke billowing out the back of my car. I looked down at the dash and there was lights blinking all over the place so I shut the engine down a coasted to a safe parking spot. The dude in the Mustang pulled up and was laughing saying "well it might have been fun if you didn't blow your shit up".. Come to find out I lost the pulley on my power steering pump and it ate a hole in the fluid tank on top of it and spread power steering fluid all over the headers (Which is caused the big cloud of smoke)..

To bad I never saw that Mustang again.. :(

Damn that sucks. Should of bought a chevy

Same thing happened with I ran a procharged 2v

Ford motors suck.

Ford motors suck.


Hell yeah, they ain't shit without a blower and then they blow up.

Hell yeah, they ain't shit without a blower and then they blow up.

strong sarcasm, but really if it was only making 6's and it blew that blows for a forged bottom end.

If they are all forged, it's more than likely the tune that ate them than the parts inside the engine.



IMO, most local tuners nowadays are hacks. Seems like they feel their reputation hinges more on a big dyno number and could care less how long the engine lasts with their ragged edge tune.

Lol, holy crap!
Btw, good quality video setup. Great view

So Diet, ya finally lost (more or less... haha). Time for the nitrous to get hooked up now. :)

Judging from the way he pulled from you when he was in boost, am I the only one thinking he was making more like a peeky 700+rwhp before it blew?

So Diet, ya finally lost (more or less... haha). Time for the nitrous to get hooked up now. :)

Judging from the way he pulled from you when he was in boost, am I the only one thinking he was making more like a peeky 700+rwhp before it blew?

Yeah, I think so, but it is what it is. He said his boost alarm was going off, which is 20 psi, so... :jest:. Whatevs. Was a good run

Yeah, I think so, but it is what it is. He said his boost alarm was going off, which is 20 psi, so... :jest:. Whatevs. Was a good run

Boost alarm? Did he even know he had such a thing, or was he referring to the redneck alarm? << that's when you hear your rotating assembly rattling down your exhaust and tinkling across the road.

LOL! I can laugh because I've been there. Then I bought a vette. Oh, and mine blew up on 11.5 afr, tuned conservatively. Stock ford bottom ends don't like boost.

he was moving pretty good untill boom, there was a local that blew up his 2v twice before he sold it for a 03 cobra, i thought it was the best move he could have made, now he has a 03 kb cobra and that ride hauls the mail

If they are all forged, it's more than likely the tune that ate them than the parts inside the engine.



IMO, most local tuners nowadays are hacks. Seems like they feel their reputation hinges more on a big dyno number and could care less how long the engine lasts with their ragged edge tune.

I agree, its usually not ford thats the problem its the Shitty tuners. Just trolling before.

That wasn't a little issue. He had sparks and eveything coming out the back of that car.. His motor is screwed!

I think he just bottomed out going over a bump at 130+ lol.

Been there, done that. Definitely a shitty feeling. Gotta be even more shittier with a forged bottom end. Had to have a couple pistons pop there. Thats how mine looked when mine went.

Added sideline video, shitty quality but there you go

I think he just bottomed out going over a bump at 130+ lol.

Been there, done that. Definitely a shitty feeling. Gotta be even more shittier with a forged bottom end. Had to have a couple pistons pop there. Thats how mine looked when mine went.

When my last motor let go it smoked like that to but only on the decel. It ate the #7 piston, Tore up the #7 cyclinder on the head, bent all the intake valves, spun 2 rod bearings and 2 crank bearings.. :(

Sorry about your car. It was very impressive

Sorry about your car. It was very impressive

Who was this meant for?

When my last motor let go it smoked like that to but only on the decel. It ate the #7 piston, Tore up the #7 cyclinder on the head, bent all the intake valves, spun 2 rod bearings and 2 crank bearings.. :(

Mine just jerked a couple times and had no power. Thought it was spark blowout, but no, it was motor blowup haha. I snapped a rod, bent a rod, bent 4 valves, blew two pistons into pieces and ripped a hole in the cylinder wall. Oh, and a pen tip sized hole in my block haha.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f198/eastonhockeyplayer08/carnage.jpg :bomb:

BUILT FORD TUFF

Sorry about your car. It was very impressive

That wasn't my car that blew up in the video.

That wasn't my car that blew up in the video.

It sure is a bad feeling. To make things worst after I put my new motor together and put it in the car I found out it had a crack in the side of my brand new block. Talk about pissed. We pulled the motor back out, had it welded and reinstalled it just to find another crack. So I had to buy a whole new block from GM, pay to get the machine work again, buy all new gaskets and rings and put the new new motor together.. I was like :bang:

It sure is a bad feeling. To make things worst after I put my new motor together and put it in the car I found out it had a crack in the side of my brand new block. Talk about pissed. We pulled the motor back out, had it welded and reinstalled it just to find another crack. So I had to buy a whole new block from GM, pay to get the machine work again, buy all new gaskets and rings and put the new new motor together.. I was like :bang:

DAMN. Yeah, thats a whole bunch of pissed off there.

come on guys, cut the guy some slack. Ive been in that situation numerous time with my GTO. Its not fun, it sucks, its gut wrenching. To blame the FORD product in a situation like this is ridiculous. They ALL break. Its never fun being that guy. The sad part is, this car could have made 25-30 less hp and ran for years. Tuners really have become a thing of the past. Ive learned to go out of my way to have a tuner tune my car in a ridiculously conservative way. If i get a slight bit of detonation, i will pull atleast 4 degrees out, where as most tuners will drop 1-2 degrees. Just because it doesnt knock that day, doesnt mean it wont in other conditions. No matter how strong the bottom end is, once you start making a fair amount of hp... detonation WILL prevail. When i tune my Boss i have now, you can damn well gaurentee i wont be adding any timing to the tune. Im all set with trying to grab that extra 10hp.

Oh shit ... It's the fastest 302 in the world ^^^.

Still trying to figure out why people don't just use meth for safety. Thing does wonders vs detonation.

(ask me how I know) Running 88octane through my boosted motor at my power levels and my compression. At about 2.5k miles on the setup and have absolutely 0 detonation/knocking. Meth. Is. God.

Oh shit ... It's the fastest 302 in the world ^^^.

Still trying to figure out why people don't just use meth for safety. Thing does wonders vs detonation.

(ask me how I know) Running 88octane through my boosted motor at my power levels and my compression. At about 2.5k miles on the setup and have absolutely 0 detonation/knocking. Meth. Is. God.

o boy

o boy

I hurd u ran like 9s with ur car.

takes a chevy guy to not know the difference between an oval and a circle :nod:
you own a honda......

I hurd u ran like 9s with ur car.

:eyes:

:eyes:
sorry he is a pirate.....

in my book you are the winner there

come on guys, cut the guy some slack. Ive been in that situation numerous time with my GTO. Its not fun, it sucks, its gut wrenching. To blame the FORD product in a situation like this is ridiculous. They ALL break. Its never fun being that guy. The sad part is, this car could have made 25-30 less hp and ran for years. Tuners really have become a thing of the past. Ive learned to go out of my way to have a tuner tune my car in a ridiculously conservative way. If i get a slight bit of detonation, i will pull atleast 4 degrees out, where as most tuners will drop 1-2 degrees. Just because it doesnt knock that day, doesnt mean it wont in other conditions. No matter how strong the bottom end is, once you start making a fair amount of hp... detonation WILL prevail. When i tune my Boss i have now, you can damn well gaurentee i wont be adding any timing to the tune. Im all set with trying to grab that extra 10hp.


I agree 100% with you.


I hauled my Cobra 8 hours away from where I live to have it tuned by someone who has a reputation for NOT tuning for the highest dyno number.

I told him when he tuned it that me and my wife would be daily driving the car and on the weekends I wanted to take it to the track and I wanted it to live.

That was two years ago and about 20,000 miles and I don't know how many trips down the drag strip...but a lot.

Guy around here does that highest dyno number crap. I know there have been two cars at the new strip that motors have blown i asked who tuned it it was the same guy. Mccord is good at it dont know if you guys know who that is?

Update: Hole in #7 piston for the Ford. Sucks

"It was 101 fuel, 9.8 cr, and 16psi on the boost controller. I forgot to ask about the 20lb spike dietcoke mentioned. He said the hole was in proximity to the exhaust valve.

Update: Hole in #7 piston for the Ford. Sucks

"It was 101 fuel, 9.8 cr, and 16psi on the boost controller. I forgot to ask about the 20lb spike dietcoke mentioned. He said the hole was in proximity to the exhaust valve.

detonation, lean and too much timing. Simple as that. Shame. He should bring the piston back to his tuner and thank him for a job well done.

Pro tuner right there.

Its a shame what happened to his car, but oh the irony his name is MindifIsmoke :lol:

detonation, lean and too much timing. Simple as that. Shame. He should bring the piston back to his tuner and thank him for a job well done.

I'm not gonna name any names but I was having this same discussion with a local tuner about my car once. I told him if I found out that my motor blew up because of a tune he put on the motor that he would fix the motor or recieve an ass whoopen everyday untill he fixed the motor. Needless to say he didn't tune my car!!

Gotta wonder why the car spiked 4psi more than it should have. Can't blame the tuner just yet until you know why the car made 25% more boost than it was supposed to.

Also the driver's fault for keeping his foot in while the boost alarm was going off.

That said, if the tune was safe enough it should have been able to take a 4psi spike for brief time. Sounds like it was tuned on the edge and then got tossed off the cliff by the extra PSI.