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My block was cracked....

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Sep 14, 2004 | 10:08 AM

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My block was cracked....

at a lowsy 4 psi, HPE said teh block is cracked on the CYL that blew.....

how the hell can a block crack at 4 psi .... Im dumbfounded and pissed off lol

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Sep 14, 2004 | 10:17 AM

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Sounds like an excuse to upgrade to me.

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Sep 14, 2004 | 10:56 AM

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well I already have all teh parts for a damn stock aluminum block or I would go ahead with iron at this point. Makes it even more difficult.

How can the block have cracked so easily? I can't see it have been making more hten 500-550 flywheel hp. Car trapped 120 on 4 psi of boost, must have been weighing close to 3900 lbs with me in it.

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Sep 14, 2004 | 01:11 PM

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how was the tune?

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Sep 14, 2004 | 01:18 PM

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detonation will do funny things

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Sep 14, 2004 | 01:41 PM

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I didn't even hear any detonation.... it didn't pull timing, seemed like it just let go lol

it ran extremely lean...stock tune hehe

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mine just blew too... and this is before I even got the turbo on...

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Sep 14, 2004 | 02:54 PM

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lean will do it.....I wouldn't go iron. Put some forged pistons in new block and invest in some tuning.
fuel/tuning is THE most important thing with forced induction...I doubt you will hear anyone say differently.

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Sep 14, 2004 | 03:45 PM

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lean will do it.....I wouldn't go iron. Put some forged pistons in new block and invest in some tuning.
fuel/tuning is THE most important thing with forced induction...I doubt you will hear anyone say differently.

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