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Old 06-14-2008, 09:26 PM
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My forged engine broke 2 days ago. Not sure what the cause was but the timing chain is snapped, front timing cover blew to pieces, and a huge chunk of the front of the oil pan broke off. The crankshaft is also not sitting flat anymore, the backside of the shaft is down as per a visual look at the crank pulley, its cockeyed like a ****.

My guess is busted main cap by the looks of how the crank is sitting. Stange because it has ARP studs on the mains so it should have been able to stay together. And I doubt the snapped chain would have caused the crank to get all jacked up like that.

Oh well, time to rebuild again!!!
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maybe the crank broke?
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sounds like a part failure
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Originally Posted by nobreaks254
maybe the crank broke?
That would be pretty funny and surpising
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Originally Posted by Paint_It_Black
sounds like a part failure


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Originally Posted by brad8266


...I'm saving that for future use...
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sorry to hear it, time to build it stronger!
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That sucks! did you have an oiling issue? If your interested I'd like to offer my services to you. Our engines are consistent and of great quality, but if you know anything about HKE then I dont need tell you that.
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Originally Posted by brad8266
My forged engine broke 2 days ago. Not sure what the cause was but the timing chain is snapped, front timing cover blew to pieces, and a huge chunk of the front of the oil pan broke off. The crankshaft is also not sitting flat anymore, the backside of the shaft is down as per a visual look at the crank pulley, its cockeyed like a ****.

My guess is busted main cap by the looks of how the crank is sitting. Stange because it has ARP studs on the mains so it should have been able to stay together. And I doubt the snapped chain would have caused the crank to get all jacked up like that.

Oh well, time to rebuild again!!!
Damn! Serious carnage. Sorry to hear of your loss. Got any pics?
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I went back out and relooked and the crank pulley is crooked but the engine does crank with no weird noise so maybe I got lucky and the chain just snapped. Im hoping I can get away with a align hone and cylinder wall cleanup along with new bearings and new piston rings. And of couse a new oil pan and front cover since those are destroyed.
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How did it happen?
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Got it tore apart finally and saw the carnage.

The front main on the block cracked which resulted in the block splitting in a few places and the front main cap split in half which in turn tore up everything under the front cover.

I need a block, crank, oil pan, front cover, and timing set.
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basically a new engine....
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Originally Posted by Mikes96z
basically a new engine....
minus the pistons, rods, bolts, and studs.
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Originally Posted by Soul TKR
Ill dig my camera out tommorow, its been buried in a box since I just moved.
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wow! someone with worse luck than me. sorry to hear about that.
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Yeah, I guess spinning it over 7k finally got to it or something. Stupid cars.




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